Research Capacity Building and Communication Activity Support for Future Earth

该奖项为美国未来地球中心秘书处的能力建设、通信和信息技术活动提供核心支持。未来地球计划寻求协调国际全球变化研究，以帮助通过研究和创新加快向可持续发展的转变。在这一角色中，美国未来地球中心是一个召集人，帮助美国研究人员在共同设计和共同生产知识和工具的基础上从事研究，旨在帮助制定解决全球环境挑战的方案，如淡水安全、沿海脆弱性、减少灾害风险和抗灾能力。该计划得到了美国主要机构的支持，并得到了美国全球变化研究计划的跨学科支持。在过去的几年里，美国中心承担了直接支持USGCRP及其成员机构的活动。这些资金将用于进一步让美国研究界参与这些发展中的努力。未来地球计划围绕三个主要主题组织：动态地球、全球发展和向可持续发展转变。在这三个主题的支持下，美国未来地球秘书处中心将支持研讨会和其他努力，以促进研究的联合设计，以加强跨学科努力，帮助为许多具有挑战性的社会问题制定解决方案。美国中心还将制定计划和倡议，教育下一代跨学科研究人员和专业人员如何将全球可持续发展与人类繁荣结合起来，并将通过广泛的沟通和外展努力积极参与公众。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award provides core support for capacity building, communications and information technology activities of the US Hub of Future Earth Secretariat. The Future Earth program seeks to coordinate international global change research to help accelerate transformations to sustainability through research and innovation. In this role, the US Hub of Future Earth serves as a convener that helps US researchers engage in research based on the co-design and co-production of knowledge and tools designed to help develop solutions to global environmental challenges such as fresh water security, coastal vulnerability, disaster risk reduction and resilience. The program is supported by major U.S. agencies, under the interdisciplinary auspices of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Over the past several years, the US Hub has taken on activities that directly support the USGCRP and its member agencies. These funds will be used to further engage the US research community in these developing efforts. The Future Earth program is organized around three major themes: Dynamic Planet; Global Development; and Transformations toward Sustainability. Under the auspices of these three themes, the US Hub of the Future Earth Secretariat will support workshops and other efforts to foster the co-design of research to enhance transdisciplinary efforts to help develop solutions for many challenging societal issues. The US Hub will also develop programs and initiatives to educate the next generation of inter-disciplinary researchers and professionals on how to integrate global sustainability with human prosperity and will actively engage the public through an extensive communication and outreach effort.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.