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。研讨会将汇集等离子体科学和科学相关团体的代表，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基础是什么？对现有设施的扩建或升级是否会增加用户群或扩展到新的等离子科学或其他子领域？(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)网络如何扩大用户设施的使用，特别是少数民族服务机构和重点本科院校？将确定研讨会的与会者，并将在研讨会举行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。研讨会的发言将在网上直播，并有机会与场外与会者进行在线评论和问答。本次研讨会是为了响应美国国家科学院等离子体2020年十年调查和其他最近的社区报告提出的建议而举办的，这些报告倡导在等离子体科学设施网络上进行机构间和项目间合作，以充分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与建立和运营等离子体科学用户设施网络相关的机遇和挑战，这些设施涵盖了等离子体科学子领域的各个领域。该研讨会将产生一份报告，解决上述问题，并将旨在发表报告或一些适当的修改版本在科学杂志上。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准的支持。

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.