A Decadal Assessment of Plasma Science

该项目将部分支持对等离子体科学的下一次十年调查。该报告由美国国家科学院、工程院和医学院(The National Academy of Sciences，Engineering，and Medicine，the National Academy of Science，Engineering，and Medicine，the National Academy of Science，Engineering，and Medicine，the National Academy of Science，Engineering，and Medicine，the National Academy of Science，Engineering，and Medicine，the National Academy of Science，Engineering，and Medicine，the National Academy of Science，Engineering，and Medicine，the National Academy of Science，Engineering，and Medicine，the National Academy of Science，Engineering，and Medicine，the National Academy of Sciences，Engineering，and Medicine(the National Academy of Sciences，the National Academy)完成，将为国会和政府的联邦政策制定者、支持该领域的机构及其项目、研究界和公众提供有关等离子体科学问题的宝贵信息和指导。该报告将讨论等离子体科学在过去十年中取得的进展，并将确定该领域未来十年的新机会和引人注目的科学问题。该报告还将讨论等离子体科学进步带来的技术能力对其他研究领域以及在满足更广泛的国家需求方面的好处。报告的部分内容将旨在增进公众对等离子体科学及其在其他科学和社会中所发挥的作用的了解。为了实施这一项目，美国国家科学院将组建一个约15人的小组。委员会成员将不仅包括一系列等离子体科学专业知识，还包括来自邻近研究领域的专业知识，这些领域与等离子体科学本质上是相互联系的，并且日益相互联系。在编写报告的过程中，委员会将在美国不同地点举行多次会议和讲习班，包括专业协会会议的城镇会议，以便让等离子体科学界参与调查过程。然后，委员会将编写一份报告：1)评估过去十年来等离子体科学的进展和成就；2)确定将等离子体科学定义为一门学科的主要科学问题和新机遇，指出与其他学科的联系和对其他学科的影响；3)讨论美国在多国等离子体研究活动中作用的性质和重要性；4)讨论等离子体科学如何在等离子体科学领域和以外对美国国家需求做出贡献，包括经济繁荣和国防；5)评估目前的等离子体科学劳动力和培训机会是否与未来的劳动力需求相称；6)评估大学在围绕主要研究仪器或社区资产(例如，用户设施、卫星、望远镜等)组织的大型国家项目中的当前角色和未来机会；以及7)评估当前美国跨联邦和私人努力在等离子体科学方面的研究工作的结构、计划平衡和水平是否最适合实现科学机会。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 project will partially support the next decadal survey for plasma science. Conducted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies), the report produced through this project will provide valuable information and guidance on issues that pertain to plasma science to federal policy makers in both Congress and the Administration, the agencies and their programs that support this field, research communities, and the general public. The report will discuss progress that has taken place in plasma science over the past ten years and will identify new opportunities and compelling scientific questions for the field over the next decade. The report will also discuss the benefits of the technological capabilities enabled by advances in plasma science for other fields of research as well as in meeting broader national needs. Portions of the report will be written with the goal to enhance the public understanding of plasma science and the role that it plays in other sciences and society at large.To carry out this project, a panel of approximately 15 members will be assembled by the National Academies. Committee membership will include not only a spectrum of plasma science expertise but also expertise from neighboring research fields with which plasma science is intrinsically and increasingly interconnected. In the process of developing the report, the committee will hold multiple meetings and workshops, including town meetings at professional society meetings, at various locations in the United States so as to engage the plasma science community in the survey process. The committee will then produce a report: 1) assessing the progress and achievements of plasma science over the past decade; 2) identifying the major scientific questions and new opportunities that define plasma science as a discipline, noting connections to and the influence on other disciplines; 3) discussing the nature and importance of the U.S. role in multi-national plasma research activities; 4) discussing how plasma science has contributed and will likely contribute to U.S. national needs both in and beyond plasma science, including economic prosperity and national defense; 5) assessing whether the present plasma science workforce and training opportunities are commensurate with future workforce needs; 6) assessing the present role of, and future opportunities for, universities within large national programs organized around major research instruments or community assets (i.e., user facilities, satellites, telescopes, etc.); and 7) assessing whether the structure, program balance, and level of the current U.S. research effort in plasma science across the federal and private efforts are best positioned to realize the science opportunities.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.