Collaborative Research: IRES Track II: Rivers of the Andes Field Training

合作研究：IRES Track II：安第斯山脉实地训练

• 批准号: 2106167
• 负责人: Andrew Wilcox
• 金额: $ 14.55万
• 依托单位: University of Montana
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2106167&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; IRES; Track; II

This project will train students in interdisciplinary, international river sciences and prepare them for the STEM workforce, for their research, and for applying river science toward developing sustainable solutions to the human-induced stresses on rivers in the Andes and globally. The proposed 12-day Advanced Studies Institute will immerse 14 US-based graduate students in innovative field training in hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology for, in each of two years. Working in the Magdalena River basin, Colombia, students will learn cutting-edge field, remote sensing, and computational tools, develop critical and systems thinking, and complete team-based research projects. Students will work with instructors from University of Montana, University of Colorado, and Colombia, taking advantage of long-term research sites in the Magdalena River basin and broad expertise. The Rivers of the Andes Field Training course will recruit a diverse group of students that broadens participation in sciences, and course materials and lessons learned will be shared openly and widely.River systems are under stress from climate change and growing demands for water, energy, and food. There is a strong disconnect, however, between where research and teaching about fluvial processes is concentrated, and where stresses on river systems such as new dam construction and associated impacts on humans and biodiversity are more recently evolving, such as in the Andes. Moreover, innovative and interdisciplinary approaches are needed to address challenges such as those surrounding river systems and to prepare students for the 21st century workforce. To address these challenges, we propose Rivers of the Andes Field Training (RAFT), a course to be taught in Colombia that will provide field-based training in river sciences. Course content will focus on hydrology and fluvial geomorphology, especially river mechanics, floods, and sediment regimes, and complementary content in tropical fish ecology and basin-scale, cumulative-impact and decision-support analysis. RAFT will use the Magdalena River and its tributaries as a field site to illustrate broader content about river processes and Andean rivers. The course will augment field training with classroom teaching about fluvial processes and observational, measurement and modeling approaches for understanding river processes. RAFT will provide a transformative experience for graduate student participants by combining innovative approaches and technologies with evidence-based best practices to not only advance knowledge of river sciences and associated tools, but also to promote critical and systems thinking and observational, interdisciplinary, and teamwork skills. RAFT will include international and multicultural experience, interdisciplinary teaching on cutting-edge process knowledge and tools, training in cross-scale and systems thinking, team-based projects, and practice in science communication. Participants will be equipped to tackle wicked problems at the nexus of water, energy, and food systems and to apply science toward sustainable solutions to the challenges surrounding rivers in the Andes and in the Anthropocene.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.

该项目将培养学生跨学科的国际河流科学，并为他们的STEM劳动力做好准备，为他们的研究，并将河流科学应用于开发可持续的解决方案，以应对安第斯山脉和全球河流的人为压力。拟议中的12天高级研究学院将在两年的时间里每年让14名美国研究生沉浸在水文学，地貌学和生态学的创新实地培训中。在哥伦比亚马格达莱纳河流域工作，学生将学习尖端领域，遥感和计算工具，发展批判性和系统思维，并完成基于团队的研究项目。学生将与蒙大拿大学，科罗拉多大学和哥伦比亚大学的教师合作，利用马格达莱纳河流域的长期研究地点和广泛的专业知识。安第斯山脉的河流实地培训课程将招收多样化的学生，扩大科学参与，课程材料和经验教训将公开和广泛地分享。河流系统正受到气候变化和对水，能源和食物日益增长的需求的压力。然而，在河流演变过程的研究和教学集中的地方，与诸如新水坝建设等对河流系统的压力以及对人类和生物多样性的相关影响最近正在演变的地方，例如在安第斯山脉，两者之间存在着很大的脱节。此外，需要创新和跨学科的方法来应对挑战，如周围的河流系统，并为21世纪世纪的劳动力准备学生。为了应对这些挑战，我们建议在哥伦比亚开设“安第斯山脉河流实地培训”课程，提供河流科学方面的实地培训。课程内容将侧重于水文学和河流地貌学，特别是河流力学，洪水和沉积物状况，以及热带鱼生态学和流域尺度，累积影响和决策支持分析的补充内容。 RAFT将使用马格达莱纳河及其支流作为实地考察点，以说明有关河流过程和安第斯河流的更广泛内容。该课程将增加实地培训与课堂教学有关河流过程和观察，测量和建模方法，了解河流过程。RAFT将通过将创新方法和技术与基于证据的最佳实践相结合，为研究生参与者提供变革性的体验，不仅可以提高河流科学和相关工具的知识，还可以促进批判性和系统思维以及观察，跨学科和团队合作技能。RAFT将包括国际和多元文化的经验，尖端过程知识和工具的跨学科教学，跨规模和系统思维的培训，基于团队的项目，以及科学传播的实践。参与者将有能力解决水，能源，该项目由美国国家科学基金会国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）和刺激竞争研究的既定计划（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。