Building Community in Arctic Research: Communication, Research Support, and Multi-Knowledge System Integration

北极是一个对国家具有重要战略、经济和生态重要性的地区。北极研究项目和研究人员从不同的学科、机构和视角跨越各种主题，以了解北极系统及其与世界其他地区的联系。该项目的总体目标是促进和维持跨不同学科、部门和视角的合作，以支持变革性的科学进步；扩大和多样化对北极研究事业的参与；加强各种利益攸关方之间的双向交流；以及改善与感兴趣的公众的接触。项目活动将集中在五个关键领域：1)研究界支持，这将包括：通过虚拟工具促进北极研究倡议，为新兴研究团队提供支持，跟踪项目活动的成功，并有针对性地支持职业生涯初期的研究人员；2)联网活动，包括评估北极研究界不同部分如何参与合作活动的网络分析，以及将北极研究界成员聚集在一起，以实现共同目标的面对面活动；3)与土著社区和知识系统合作，包括将土著知识与天气和冰的预报结合起来，将北极土著领导人与其他决策者联系起来，并为所有职业层次的土著学者提供其他支持；4)交流和外联网络研讨会、时事通讯、虚拟北极公民科学会议、邮寄名单和网站资源；以及5)支持机构间北极研究政策委员会(IARPC)，这是一个美国跨机构机构，由联邦政府各机构、部门和办公室组成，定期举行会议，协调联邦资助的北极研究。该项目的网络、研究社区支持和IARPC支持任务将导致研究人员和资助者走到一起，探索在北极研究中进行合作的新的、有创意的方式。该项目的传播活动将向广大受众传播北极研究，突出其与社会的相关性，并加强研究界、公民科学家和其他利益攸关方之间的联系。与北极土著知识持有者的合作活动将增强研究合作的多样性，从而增进对北极的了解。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 Arctic is a region of significant strategic, economic, and ecological importance to the nation. Arctic research projects and researchers span a wide variety of topics, from different disciplines, institutions, and perspectives, to understand the Arctic system and its connections to the rest of the world. The overarching goals of the project are to nurture and sustain collaborations across the diverse disciplines, sectors, and perspectives to support transformative scientific advances; to broaden and diversify participation in the Arctic research enterprise; to strengthen two-way communications among a variety of stakeholders; and to improve outreach to the interested public. Project activities will focus on five key areas: 1) Research community support, which will include: fostering Arctic research initiatives through virtual tools, providing support for emerging research teams, tracking success from project activities, and targeted support for early-career researchers; 2) Networking activities, including network analysis to evaluate how different segments of the Arctic research community are participating in collaborative activities, and in-person events to bring together members of the Arctic research community to work towards common goals; 3) Collaboration with Indigenous communities and knowledge systems, including integration of Indigenous knowledge with weather and ice predictions, connecting Arctic Indigenous leaders with other decision-makers, and other support for Indigenous scholars at all career levels; 4) Communications and outreach webinars, newsletters, a virtual Arctic citizen science conference, mailing lists, and website resources; and 5) Support of the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC), a U.S. interagency body that consists of agencies, departments, and offices across the Federal government who meet regularly to coordinate federally-funded research in the Arctic. The project's networking, research community support, and IARPC support tasks will result in researchers and funders coming together to explore new and creative ways to collaborate in Arctic research. The project's communication activities will disseminate Arctic research to a broad audience to highlight its relevance to society, and result in stronger ties between the research community, citizen scientists, and other stakeholders. The collaboration activities with Arctic Indigenous knowledge holders will enhance diversity in research collaborations, thereby improving knowledge of the Arctic.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.