Cooperative Institute for Dynamic Earth Research

学科工具的进步和主要基础设施的努力推动了我们探测地球内部和表征地表环境演变的能力取得了令人印象深刻的进展。新的数据集和新的方法提供了有价值的见解，但我们对地球上可居住环境的出现仍然知之甚少。阻碍进步的部分原因是研究的学科性质。需要一种更加综合的方法，利用每个相关学科的知识和最新成就，以产生新的想法，并确定区分相互竞争的假设的新观察。研究人员计划为动态地球研究合作研究所（CIDER）举办一个夏季项目，主题是早期地球和可居住环境的演变。他们寻求通过促进所有职业水平的研究人员的跨学科教育来降低更综合研究的障碍。他们还打算培养一支能够更有效地从事跨学科研究的队伍，目标是在一个重要而尚未解决的研究问题上取得更快的进展。拟议中的为期四周的暑期项目汇集了一批来自全国各地机构的高年级研究生和博士后，以解决早期地球如何发展成可居住环境的重要问题。来自美国各机构的高级参与者，代表一系列学科，将担任小组研究项目的讲师和导师。该计划的前两周用于讲座和教程，涵盖各个学科的基本工具和方法。后两周用于开发具有良好学科专业知识组合的小组研究项目。该奖项反映了NSF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。

Advances in disciplinary tools and major infrastructure efforts have fueled impressive progress in our ability to probe the interior of the Earth and characterize the evolution of the surface environment. New data sets and new methodologies offer valuable insights, yet the emergence of habitable environments on our planet is still poorly understood. Part of the impediment to progress is due to the disciplinary nature of research. A more integrated approach that leverages the knowledge and latest achievements in each of the relevant disciplines is needed to generate new ideas and to identify new observations that distinguish between competing hypotheses. The investigators plan a summer program for the Cooperative Institute for Dynamic Earth Research (CIDER) on the theme of early Earth and the evolution of habitable environments. They seek to lower barriers to more integrated research by promoting cross-disciplinary education of researchers at all career levels. They also intend to develop a workforce that can more effectively engage in interdisciplinary research with the goal of enabling more rapid progress on an important and unsolved research problem.The proposed four-week summer program brings together a cohort of senior graduate students and postdocs from institutions across the country to tackle the important question of how the early Earth developed a habitable environment. Senior participants from various US institutions, and representing a range of disciplines, will serve as instructors and mentors for group research projects. The first two weeks of the program are devoted to lectures and tutorials, covering the basic tools and approaches of the various disciplines. The second two weeks are used to develop research projects in groups with a good mix of disciplinary expertise. The outcome will be a better understanding of Earth evolution, including important questions related to the cycling of water and carbon through the Earth system, which regulates the long-term stability of climate.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.