NNA-CO: A Community Office for Coordination, Partnership, and Capacity-Building to Support Convergence Research in the Rapidly Changing Arctic

新北极航行（NNA）是NSF的十大创意之一。NNA项目解决快速变化的北极地区的趋同科学挑战。北极研究需要为国家、更大地区和地球仪的经济、安全和复原力提供信息。NNA授权从地方到国际规模的新的研究伙伴关系，使下一代北极研究人员多样化，加强正规和非正规教育的努力，并在适当的情况下整合知识的共同生产。该奖项通过协调NNA项目和更广泛的社区实现了这一目标的一部分，专注于社会系统，自然环境和建筑环境之间的相互作用。导航新北极社区办公室（NNA-CO）提供领导，支持以使用为灵感的融合研究，解决与不断变化的北极相关的复杂挑战。这种方法对于满足社会需求至关重要，如粮食主权、气候适应力和环境安全。NNA-CO在NNA项目内部、之间和之外建立合作和公平知识生成的意识、伙伴关系、机会和资源。NNA-CO提高了对土著知识和数据主权的认识;促进包容性和协作性的研究设计和实施;并协调有效的知识传播，教育和推广。该办公室培养早期职业研究人员的能力，并提供独特的机会，激发和吸引广大观众对北极的自然环境，建筑环境和多元文化和社区的更全面的理解。NNA-CO是一个分布式办公室，分为三个部分，分别位于科罗拉多大学博尔德（CU），阿拉斯加太平洋大学（APU）和阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯（UAF）。CU的中央办公室通过与位于同一地点的环境科学研究合作研究所（CIRES），国家冰雪数据中心（NSIDC）和北极和高山研究所（INSTAAR）的合作关系提高了效率。APU是一个部落控制的阿拉斯加土著服务机构，通过促进当地/区域NNA研究伙伴关系，并将NNA研究与土著文化，知识体系和研究需求相结合，为北极社区举办社区推广办公室。一个教育和推广（E O）在UAF外地办事处促进NNA研究人员和社区，教师和学生之间的连接在阿拉斯加保持协调，文化上适当的，并以地方为基础的E O活动。NNA-CO通过加强沟通，协调和学习为NNA社区服务，重点是（1）与土著人民共同制作知识，（2）融合研究，（3）文化敏感的教育和推广，以及（4）开放科学，以提高NNA项目的完整性，数据共享和再现性。NNA-CO未来的活动将由研究和土著咨询委员会指导。快速反应和融合工作组，侧重于一系列研究领域（例如，粮食安全、沿海系统和全球联系），将相关的NNA调查人员和合作伙伴聚集在一起，作为主要的组织机制。NNA-CO的活动扩大了NNA项目的影响，为将知识和有用的科学应用于北极决策创造了合作机会。NNA-CO对于促进北极在全球系统中的作用的认识和认识至关重要，包括在生物物理，经济和社会文化背景下。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。

Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) is one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas. NNA projects address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic. The Arctic research is needed to inform the economy, security and resilience of the Nation, the larger region and the globe. NNA empowers new research partnerships from local to international scales, diversifies the next generation of Arctic researchers, enhances efforts in formal and informal education, and integrates the co-production of knowledge where appropriate. This award fulfills part of that aim by coordinating NNA projects and broader communities, focusing on interactions among social systems, the natural environment, and the built environment.The Navigating the New Arctic Community Office (NNA-CO) provides leadership to support use-inspired convergence research that solves complex challenges related to the changing Arctic. This approach is crucial for addressing societal needs, such as food sovereignty, climate resilience, and environmental security. The NNA-CO builds awareness, partnerships, opportunities, and resources for collaboration and equitable knowledge generation within, between, and beyond NNA projects. The NNA-CO increases recognition of Indigenous knowledge and data sovereignty; promotes inclusive and collaborative research design and implementation; and coordinates effective knowledge dissemination, education, and outreach. The office builds capacity in early career researchers and provides unique opportunities to inspire and engage a wide audience toward a more holistic understanding of the Arctic—its natural environment, built environment, and diverse cultures and communities.The NNA-CO is a distributed office with three parts located at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU), Alaska Pacific University (APU) and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). The Central Office at CU gains efficiency through affiliations with the co-located Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), and the Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR). APU, a tribally controlled, Alaska Native-serving institution, hosts a Community Extension Office for Arctic communities by facilitating local/regional NNA research partnerships and interfacing NNA research with Indigenous cultures, knowledge systems, and research needs. An Education and Outreach (E&O) Field Office at UAF facilitates connections among NNA researchers and communities, teachers, and students across Alaska to maintain coordinated, culturally appropriate, and place-based E&O activities. The NNA-CO serves the NNA community through enhanced communication, coordination, and learning, with a focus on (1) co-production of knowledge with Indigenous Peoples, (2) convergence research, (3) culturally responsive education and outreach, and (4) open science for greater integrity, data-sharing, and reproducibility within NNA projects. The future activities of the NNA-CO will be guided by research and Indigenous advisory boards. Rapid Response and Convergence Working Groups, focused on a range of research areas (e.g., food security, coastal systems, and global connections), bring together relevant NNA investigators and partners to serve as the primary organizing mechanisms. NNA-CO activities extend the impact of NNA projects by creating collaborative opportunities for applying knowledge and usable science to Arctic decision-making. The NNA-CO is essential to advancing knowledge and awareness of the role of the Arctic in the global system, including within biophysical, economic, and socio-cultural contexts.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.