NEON Science Summit: Initiating grassroots research communities through an 'unconference'; Summer/Fall; Boulder, Colorado

资金提供给科罗拉多-博尔德大学的一个研讨会，旨在组装氖数据的用户，努力刺激跨氖数据主题的研究合作，并启动了一个“氖用户社区的建设。“积极参与的氖用户社区将激发和协调更广泛的社区对天文台的研究用途和更广泛的社会效益的兴趣。利用“非会议”模式的研讨会旨在让与会者确定利用氖基础设施和数据的近期和长期合作机会。氖基础设施和数据都将为新的、令人兴奋的合作研究的产生提供背景。讲习班将有助于建立氖用户社区。所提出的参与者招募计划通过针对不同的职业阶段、研究重点和学术机构类型以及其他人口特征，增强了对不同氖用户群体的聚集。这次“非会议”的组织者将通过鼓励远程参加来扩大参与范围，使其超出100名选定的与会者。本质上，该研讨会旨在聚集氖的当前用户，并为建立未来用户社区提供基础。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。

Funding is provided to the University of Colorado - Boulder for a workshop intended to assemble users of NEON data in an effort to stimulate research collaborations across NEON data themes and initiate the building of a 'NEON User Community.' An actively engaged NEON user community will stimulate and coordinate wider community interest around the research use and wider societal benefits of the Observatory. A workshop utilizing the 'unconference' model aims to have participants identify near- and long-term collaborative opportunities to utilize NEON infrastructure and data. Both NEON infrastructure and data will provide the context for the generation of novel, exciting, collaborative research. The workshop will contribute to the building of the community of NEON users. The participant recruitment plan presented enhances the assembly of a diverse group of NEON users by targeting different career stages, research foci, and types of academic institutions, among other demographic traits. The organizers for this 'unconference' will expand participation beyond the 100 selected attendees by encouraging remote attendance. Essentially, the workshop seeks to assemble current users of NEON and provide the foundation for building the community of future users.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.