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

世界各地的许多城镇依靠来自冰川、积雪和高海拔流域地下水的水，这些流域被称为源头。这些类型的水源的供水预计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水供应进行农业和能源生产等活动。我们需要一支多元化的、全球参与的劳动力队伍来研究水资源的这些变化。这一美洲源头青年科学家伙伴关系计划以拉丁美洲为重点，培训来自美国各地的研究生研究这些复杂的水管理问题，以便我们可以确保美洲各地依赖水源的社区在未来的生存能力。该计划将通过向研究生提供研究指导和拉丁美洲各地知名科学家的指导来实现这一点。该计划将与现有的NSF资助的研究协调网络(RCN)建立协同效应，该网络已经产生了一个由来自6个国家和12个组织的合作者组成的跨学科团队，从加拿大的艾伯塔省延伸到智利的巴塔哥尼亚。该计划将指导学生在拉丁美洲不同的依赖水源的社区内设计自己的研究报告时，应对跨学科、国际和组织间的水资源挑战。路径学生和他们的导师将让我们了解什么策略可能最好地让社区对水资源供应的变化做出反应。研究地点位于哥斯达黎加、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)准备和计划；(2)在智利举办为期两周的暑期学校；(3)在指定地点之一进行国际研究体验；(4)返回美国后继续参与和指导；(5)以口头、在线形式介绍经验的最终活动；以及(6)继续参与未来的区域研究中心活动。国际研究经验的持续时间为两到四个月，具体取决于学生的时间表。从项目的接受点到最终的活动，学生将参加为期18个月的路径项目。到这一进程结束时，该计划将培养出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地工作。通过这项计划，这些学生最终将在科学和文化成熟的美国高等教育机构提高研究和拓展能力，以便在国际环境中有效地工作。该项目由NSF国际科学与工程办公室(OISE)和既定的激励竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)联合资助。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。

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.