2021 Workshop on Plasma Science Facility Networks

该奖项支持计划于2021年11月在宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡举行的2021年等离子体科学设施网络研讨会的组织工作。研讨会将把等离子体科学和与科学有关的社区的代表聚集在一起，以解决以下问题：(1)建立和运行等离子体科学用户设施网络需要什么？可以利用、扩展或升级哪些设施或仪器？(2)拟议设施的估计用户群是什么？现有设施的扩展或升级是增加用户基础还是扩展到新的等离子体科学或其他子领域？(3)管理等离子体科学用户设施网络透明和有效运行的最佳实践是什么？(4)网络如何扩大对用户设施的访问，特别是到少数族裔服务机构和主要是本科院校？研讨会参与者将被确定，并将在研讨会会议日期之前通过虚拟会议或市政厅开始准备对上述问题的结构化答复。研讨会的介绍将通过网络直播，并有机会与场外参与者进行在线评论和问答。这次研讨会是为了回应美国国家科学院等离子体2020十年十年调查和其他最近的社区报告提出的建议，这些报告主张在等离子体科学设施网络上进行机构间和计划间合作，以利用和最大限度地发挥其科学和计划影响。研讨会的目标是讨论在各等离子体科学分领域建立和运营等离子体科学用户设施网络所带来的机遇和挑战。研讨会将产生一份关于上述问题的报告，并将致力于在科学期刊上发表报告或适当修改的版本。这一奖项反映了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。

This award supports organization of the 2021 Workshop on Plasma Science Facility Networks planned to be held in November, 2021 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The workshop will bring together representatives of the plasma science and scientifically related communities to address the following questions: (1) What is required to establish and operate a network of plasma science user facilities? What facilities or instrumentation can be leveraged, expanded or upgraded? (2) What is the estimated user base for the proposed facilities? Will expansions or upgrades to existing facilities increase the user base or expand to new plasma science or other sub-fields? (3) What are the best practices for managing transparent and effective operation of user facility networks for plasma science? (4) How can networks broaden access to user facilities, specifically to Minority Serving Institutions and Primarily Undergraduate Institutions?The workshop participants will be identified and will begin to prepare structured responses to the above questions well ahead of the workshop meeting dates via virtual meetings or townhalls. The workshop presentations will be webcast with the opportunity for online commentary and questions and answers with offsite participants. This workshop is being held in response to recommendations made by the National Academies Plasma 2020 Decadal Survey and other recent community reports which have advocated for inter-agency and inter-program collaboration on networks of plasma science facilities in order to leverage and maximize their scientific and programmatic impact. The goal of the workshop is to discuss the opportunities and the challenges associated with establishing and operating networks of plasma science user facilities across the spectrum of plasma science sub-fields. The workshop will produce a report addressing the above questions and will aim to publish the report or some appropriately modified version in a scientific journal.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.