Catalyzing Opportunities for Research in the Earth Sciences (CORES): A Decadal Survey for NSF?s Division of Earth Sciences

该奖项为核心研究提供资金，这将帮助美国国家科学基金会地球科学部（EAR）在未来十年为其在研究、基础设施和培训方面的投资制定优先事项和战略。在过去的十年里，地球科学的突破和发现改变了我们对地球的理解，并使研究人员能够调查，建模和预测一系列地球现象，范围从原子到行星，从毫秒到千年。地球科学是最综合的科学之一，结合了物理、化学、生物和社会科学的方法来理解我们星球的动态和过程，并解决其居民面临的挑战。因为地球科学研究支持和影响生物和生命的过程，并与人类及其进化有直接的反馈，地球科学研究对社会、经济、安全和环境有直接的影响。这项十年一次的调查将帮助美国国家科学基金会的地球科学部确定近期有望取得重大进展的研究领域，并在美国国家科学院提供的专家建议下，为其投资设定相关的优先事项和战略。核心研究将由美国国家科学院、工程院和医学院（NASEM）地球与生命研究部的地球科学与资源委员会（BESR）和美国国家科学基金会地球科学部的水科学与技术委员会（EAR）完成。美国国家科学院将组建一个由地球科学研究界志愿专家组成的特别委员会。该委员会将准备一份以社区为基础的共识研究报告，其中将包括：一套简明的高优先级科学问题，这些问题将在未来十年推动地球科学的发展，分析EAR的研究基础设施投资组合，讨论EAR如何利用和补充其合作伙伴的能力、专业知识和战略计划，鼓励更大的合作，并最大限度地共享研究资产和数据。同行评议的报告将与研究和技术界、政策和决策者以及对地球科学和政策感兴趣的其他目标受众公开分享和传播。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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 funds for the CORES study which will help NSF's Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) set priorities and strategies for its investments in research, infrastructure and training in the coming decade. Within the past decade, breakthroughs and discoveries in Earth science have transformed our understanding of our planet and allowed researchers to investigate, model, and predict a range of Earth phenomena that range in scale from atomic to planetary, and over milliseconds to millennia. The Earth sciences are among the most integrative of sciences, incorporating physical, chemical, biological and social science approaches to understand the dynamics and processes of our planet, and address the challenges faced by its inhabitants. Because the Earth sciences examines processes that support and affect organisms and life and have direct feedbacks with humans and their evolution, Earth science research has direct societal, economic, security and environmental impacts. This decadal survey will help NSF's Division of Earth Sciences to identify research areas that are poised for significant advance in the near term, and set relevant priorities and strategies for its investments, with expert advice provided by the National Academies.The CORES study will be completed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Division of Earth and Life Studies' Board on Earth Sciences and Resources (BESR) and the Water Science and Technology Board for the NSF Division of Earth Sciences (EAR). The National Academies will assemble an ad hoc committee of volunteer experts from the Earth sciences research community. The committee will prepare a community-based, consensus study that will include: a concise set of high-priority scientific questions that will advance the Earth sciences over the coming decade, an analysis of the portfolio of EAR's research infrastructure investments, and a discussion of how EAR can leverage and complement the capabilities, expertise and strategic plans of its partners, encourage greater collaboration and maximize shared use of research assets and data. The peer-reviewed report will be shared and disseminated publicly with a targeted audience of the research and technical community, policy and decision makers, and others with an interest in Earth science and policy.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.