US Government Support for IAI Core Budget 2018-2023

美洲全球变化研究所(IAI)是一个国际条约组织，美国是其合作伙伴。设立该中心的目的是协调和促进美洲与全球变化有关的科学研究，并在该区域建设科学能力，同时促进跨国界在全球变化问题上的科学协作和协调。IAI支持广泛的长期合作研究网络，这些网络增加对影响美洲的全球变化的跨学科和跨学科研究的使用。该研究所还为成员编写培训材料，以促进跨学科和跨国际边界的研究的整合。作为其办公室职能的一部分，IAI帮助支持科学家/社区/政策制定者的互动以及共同设计和开发跨学科科学研究项目，以帮助更好地了解困扰美洲各国的复杂问题，这些问题涉及全球变化引起的与物理-化学-人类-生态系统相关的挑战，其解决方案涉及解决不同利益攸关方的需求，以便其成果可用于制定服务于当地社区和/或国家、区域和/或跨界利益的有效的科学政策。在这方面，美洲全球变化研究所将继续支持其合作研究网络计划，并将分析和公布建立跨学科和跨部门团队的最佳做法，以建立能够处理以问题为中心的研究的跨学科、跨部门团队。这项工作的更广泛影响包括促进科学家、研究小组和美洲各国之间的国际合作；创建教育和培训材料，有效地创建跨学科科学研究项目，解决与全球变化有关的紧迫问题；鼓励采用开放数据和数据共享做法；以及使科学研究成果的产生对当地社区以及政策制定者和决策者有用。其他影响包括一项针对学生和其他人的积极教育计划，其中包括关于科学外交和科学政策过程的研讨会。美洲全球变化研究所是一个办公室，其不断发展的科学议程由其由美洲19个国家组成的理事机构定期确定。它的科学议程是对美国全球变化研究计划研究重点的补充。该奖项涵盖IAI理事会工作人员的薪金和管理该办公室以及与伙伴国及其研究协调网络互动的旅费。它还包括咨询服务；计算、网络和互联网服务；通信；以及IAI出版预算的一部分。IAI的活动还由组成其理事会的每个国家的会费支持。该组织的主要目标是：(1)促进关于影响美洲的全球变化各方面的跨学科研究的区域合作；(2)使任何国家或机构都无法进行的区域规模的研究；(3)建设科学能力，提高该区域各国的科学技术能力和研究基础设施；(4)促进研究小组和国家之间科学数据的标准化、收集、分析和交流。在接下来的五年里，IAI还将努力与其他对全球变化科学和政策感兴趣的全球变化组织建立伙伴关系。作为其使命的一部分，2014年至2018年，IAI帮助协调了17个多国、跨学科和跨学科的全球变化研究合作，涉及15个伙伴国90个机构的100多名调查人员。它的使命是帮助该地区的科学界发展一种合作的方式，对全球变化问题提供坚实的科学理解，以支持该地区的可持续发展。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。

The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) is an international treaty organization, of which the US is a partner. It was created to coordinate and promote scientific research related to global change in the Americas and to build scientific capacity in the region in addition to fostering collaboration and coordination of science on global change across national boundaries. The IAI supports extensive long-term collaborative research networks that increase use of inter- and transdisciplinary research on global change as it impacts the Americas. The Institute also develops training materials for constituents to foster the integration of research across disciplinary and international boundaries. As part of its office functions, the IAI helps support scientist/community/policy maker interactions and the co-design and development of interdisciplinary scientific research projects to help better understand complex problems plaguing nations in the Americas that involve physico-chemical-human-ecosystem related challenges resulting from global change, the solutions of which involve addressing the needs of diverse stakeholders such that the results can be used in the development of effective science-based policies that serve local communities and/or national and regional and/or cross-border interests. In this regard and in response to its governing body of nations from across the Americans that define IAI's agenda for each funding period, the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research will continue to support its collaborative research network programs and will also analyze and make public best practices for establishing inter- and transdisciplinary, intersectional teams that can tackle problem-focused research. Broader impacts of the work include the fostering of international collaboration between and among scientists, research groups, and countries across the Americas; creating educational and training materials for effective creation of transdisciplinary scientific research projects that address pressing issues related to global change; encouraging the adoption of open data and data sharing practices; and enabling the production of scientific research results useful to local communities as well as policy- and decision-makers. Other impacts include an aggressive educational program for students and others that includes workshops on science diplomacy and the science-to-policy process. The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research is an office that has an evolving science agenda that is determined, on a regular basis, by its governing body, which is comprised of 19 countries across the Americas. Its science agenda is complementary to the research priorities of the US Global Change Research Program. The award covers IAI Directorate staff salaries and travel costs for administering the office and for interacting with partner states and its research coordination networks. It also covers consultant services; computing, web, and internet services; communications; and part of the IAI publication budget. IAI activities are also supported by membership fees from each of the countries making up its governing board. The main goals of the organization are to: (1) promote regional cooperation for interdisciplinary research on aspects of global change affecting the Americas; (2) enable regional scale research which cannot be pursued by any individual country or institution; (3) build science capacity and improve the scientific and technical capabilities and research infrastructure of the States in the region; and (4) foster standardization, collection, analysis, and exchange of scientific data between research groups and countries. Over the next five years, IAI will also work to build partnerships with other global change organizations with interests in global change science and policy. As part of its mission, between 2014 and 2018, IAI helped coordinate 17 multi-country inter- and transdisciplinary global change research collaborations involving over 100 investigators in 90 institutions in 15 partner countries. Its mission is to assist the scientific community in the region to developing a collaborative way of providing solid scientific understandings of global change issues in support of sustainable development in the region.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.