AccelNet-Implementation: PEER2PEER International Convergence Research Networks in Transboundary Water Security

跨界河流流域覆盖了美国陆地面积的72%和地球陆地面积的47%以上，为150个国家的30亿人提供了家园。 跨界河流流域由两个或两个以上的国家共享，往往是水冲突和合作努力的热点。PEER 2 PEER是一个实施跟踪项目，将通过催化新的国际和跨学科合作来推进跨界水安全研究，教育和推广。 这一网络汇集了由美国国家科学院、工程院和医学院以及美国、中东、北非和中亚的合作伙伴组织管理的网络。 PEER 2 PEER利用成熟的区域网络，专注于跨界水管理的不同方面，包括加强参与研究（PEER）计划的伙伴关系，科学，工程和医学计划的阿拉伯-美国前沿，以及合作的国际网络。 PEER 2 PEER参与者将协同研究计划，共享数据和工具，并促进跨界水安全奖学金和能力建设方面的合作。 该项目将创建一个创新的生态系统，专门用于将工程，物理科学和社会科学研究转化为地方，州和国家政府机构的计划和政策。 PEER 2 PEER将制定严格的下一代水科学家的培训计划，以应对全球跨学科的挑战。 其中一个差距是缺乏干旱趋势和变化的科学证据，沿着也缺乏对不同跨界河流流域的区域水安全产生不同影响的科学证据。 对以下问题的了解也很有限：（a）极端干旱事件的影响通过远程连接的粮食贸易网络跨国传播，从而影响到水安全;（B）社会文化背景、经济发展水平、环境问题以及技术和政治合作如何影响科学外交以支持跨界水安全。 该项目将解决以下问题：缺乏知识交流和数据/工具共享工具，无法利用多种数据流，包括遥感观测和地面数据进行跨界干旱监测;能力和教材有限，无法帮助未来的研究人员对跨界水安全采取跨学科、综合和趋同的办法。 PEER 2 PEER将举办研讨会，技术培训，教师和学生交流，实地考察，推广和传播。 它将为网络成员开发一个在线平台，以促进持续参与和研究合作。 研究数据将通过与NSF资助的促进水文科学大学联盟的合作伙伴关系与网络成员共享。通过国际网络对网络合作加速研究（CNONet）计划旨在加速科学发现的过程，并为下一代美国研究人员进行多团队国际合作做好准备。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。

Transboundary river basins cover about 72% of the U.S. landmass and more than 47% of the Earth’s land area, providing homes to 3 billion people in 150 countries. Shared by two or more countries, transboundary river basins are often hotspots for both water conflicts and efforts at cooperation. PEER2PEER, an implementation-track project, will advance transboundary water security research, education, and outreach by catalyzing novel international and interdisciplinary cooperation. This network of networks brings together networks managed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and partner organizations in the United States, Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia. PEER2PEER leverages mature regional networks focusing on different aspects of transboundary water management, including the Partnership for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) program, the Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering and Medicine Program, and partnering international networks. PEER2PEER participants will synergize research initiatives, share data and tools, and foster collaboration in transboundary water security scholarship and capacity building. The project will create an innovative ecosystem designed specifically for translating engineering, physical science, and social science research into plans and policies for local, state, and national government agencies. PEER2PEER will develop rigorous training programs of the next generation of water scientists for addressing interdisciplinary challenges worldwide.PEER2PEER will collectively address critical gaps in transboundary water security research and education. One gap is the lack of scientific evidence on drought trends and variability, along with the corresponding disparate impacts on regional water security in different transboundary river basins. There is also limited understanding of how: (a) water security is affected by transnational propagation of the impact of extreme drought events through tele-connected food trade networks; and (b) socio-cultural context, levels of economic development, environmental concerns, and technical and political collaboration affect science diplomacy to support transboundary water security. This project will address the lack of knowledge exchange and data/tool sharing vehicle to leverage multiple data streams, including remotely sensed observations and ground-based data for transboundary drought monitoring, and the limited capacity and educational materials to prepare future researchers in interdisciplinary, holistic, convergent approaches in transboundary water security. PEER2PEER will feature workshops, technical trainings, faculty and student exchanges, field visits, outreach and dissemination. It will develop an online platform for network members to facilitate sustained engagement and research collaboration. Research data will be shared with network members through a partnership with the NSF-funded Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Sciences, Inc. The Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) program is designed to accelerate the process of scientific discovery and prepare the next generation of U.S. researchers for multiteam international collaborations. The AccelNet program supports strategic linkages among U.S. research networks and complementary networks abroad that will leverage research and educational resources to tackle grand scientific challenges that require significant coordinated international efforts.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.