Collaborative Research: IRES Track III: Partnerships Along the Headwaters of the Americas for Young Scientists Program

合作研究：IRES 第三轨：美洲源头青年科学家项目合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 1954188
• 负责人: Benjamin Warner
• 金额: $ 29.92万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-04-01 至 2024-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1954188&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; IRES; Track; III

Many towns and cities worldwide rely on water from glaciers, snowpack, and groundwater in watersheds at high elevations, called headwaters. Water supplies from these types of headwaters are predicted to shift with climate change. These shifts threaten the viability of downstream communities that rely on these changing water supplies for activities such as agriculture and energy production. We need a diverse and globally engaged workforce to study these changes in water resources. Focusing on Latin America, this Partnerships Along the Headwaters of the Americas for Young Scientists Program trains graduate students from across the United States to study these complex water management problems so that we may ensure the viability of headwater-dependent communities across the Americas into the future. This program will do this by providing graduate students with research guidance and mentorship from established scientists working across Latin America. The program will build synergies with an existing NSF funded research coordination network (RCN), which has produced an interdisciplinary team of collaborators from six countries and twelve organizations stretching from Alberta, Canada to Patagonia, Chile. This program will guide students to address interdisciplinary, international and interorganizational water resources challenges as they design their own research studies within diverse headwater-dependent communities across Latin America. Pathways students and their mentors will allow us to understand what strategies may best allow communities to respond to changes in water availability. Study sites are located in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. The research design process includes six steps: (1) Preparation and planning; (2) A two week summer-school in Chile; (3) An international research experience at one of the designated sites; (4) Continued engagement and mentoring upon return to the US; (5) A culminating event with oral, online presentations on the experiences; and (6) Continued engagement in future RCN activities. The international research experience will be two to four months in duration depending on the student’s timeline. From the point of acceptance in the program through the culminating event, students will be engaged in the Pathways Program for 18 months. By the end of this process, this program will have produced water resources professionals with the scientific and cultural know-how to work effectively in a variety of headwater and communities. Through this program, these students will ultimately grow research and outreach capacity at US institutions of higher education with the scientific and cultural sophistication to work effectively in international settings.This project is jointly funded by the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.

世界各地的许多城镇和城市都依赖于冰川、积雪和高海拔流域（称为源头）的地下水。预计这些类型源头的供水将随着气候变化而变化。这些变化威胁到下游社区的生存能力，这些社区依赖这些不断变化的供水来开展农业和能源生产等活动。我们需要一个多元化和全球参与的劳动力来研究水资源的这些变化。以拉丁美洲为重点，这个伙伴关系沿着美洲的青年科学家计划的源头培训来自美国各地的研究生，研究这些复杂的水资源管理问题，使我们可以确保整个美洲的源头依赖社区的可行性到未来。该计划将通过为研究生提供研究指导和来自拉丁美洲工作的知名科学家的指导来实现这一目标。该计划将与现有的NSF资助的研究协调网络（RCN）建立协同作用，该网络已经产生了来自六个国家和十二个组织的跨学科合作者团队，从加拿大的阿尔伯塔到智利的巴塔哥尼亚。该计划将指导学生解决跨学科，国际和组织间的水资源挑战，因为他们在拉丁美洲不同的水源依赖社区内设计自己的研究。Pathways学生和他们的导师将使我们了解什么策略可以最好地让社区应对水资源供应的变化。研究中心位于哥斯达黎加、厄瓜多尔、智利、阿根廷和巴西。研究设计过程包括六个步骤：（1）准备和规划;（2）在智利为期两周的暑期学校;（3）在指定地点之一的国际研究经验;（4）返回美国后继续参与和指导;（5）最终活动与口头，在线演示的经验;和（6）继续参与未来的RCN活动。国际研究经验将持续两到四个月，具体取决于学生的时间轴。从接受该计划到最后的活动，学生将参与Pathways计划18个月。在这一过程结束时，该计划将产生具有科学和文化知识的水资源专业人员，以便在各种水源和社区有效工作。通过这个项目，这些学生最终将提高美国高等教育机构的研究和推广能力，使其具有在国际环境中有效工作的科学和文化复杂性。该项目由美国国家科学基金会国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）和促进竞争性研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）共同资助该奖项反映了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。