IRES-Track I: People, primates, and tropical forests: Integrated primatological and ecological research to advance human-primate coexistence and ecosystem health in Indonesia

IRES-Track I：人类、灵长类动物和热带森林：综合灵长类动物学和生态研究，以促进印度尼西亚人类与灵长类动物的共存和生态系统健康

• 批准号: 2153614
• 负责人: Erin Riley
• 金额: $ 29.98万
• 依托单位: San Diego State University Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-01 至 2025-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2153614&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Track; People; primates; tropical

This award is funded in whole under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).This project provides opportunities for a total of 15 U.S. students from San Diego State University to engage in a 6-week long international field research experience focused on human-primate coexistence and ecosystem health in Sulawesi, Indonesia. This project will expand the diversity of the STEM workforce by recruiting student participants from underrepresented groups. Drawing from the expertise in primatology and tropical ecology of the PI and foreign mentor, students will conduct research that will advance our understanding of how primates adapt to human-induced environmental change, with implications for ways for people and primates to coexist, and how human activities affect the health of tropical ecosystems. Student participants will learn how to write a research proposal and carry out independent field research. Students will also benefit from the fieldwork experience in terms of personal growth and maturity and the development of invaluable life skills, such as interpersonal and cross-cultural communication. This international research experience will produce cohorts of students who are better prepared for research and for employment in increasingly multicultural workplace environments. It will also help increase the diversity of ideas and perspectives on ways to advance ecosystem health and the sustainable coexistence of humans and wildlife.This project will engage U.S. students in high-quality collaborative research in an international setting and expand the diversity of the STEM workforce by recruiting students from underrepresented groups. Five students from San Diego State University, a designated Hispanic Serving Institution and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution, will conduct field research in Sulawesi, Indonesia for a 6-week period during each summer of the award. Drawing from the intersecting fields of primatology and tropical forest ecology, the overarching theme of the research is human-primate coexistence and ecosystem health. Under the mentorship of the PI and the foreign faculty mentor at Hasanuddin University, South Sulawesi, students will develop projects focused on human-primate conflict at the forest-farm edge, human-primate interactions in a provisioning context, the impact of climate change on plant phenology, and the role of primates in tropical forest regeneration. Students will gain experience developing a research question, writing a research proposal, collecting data, using those data to test hypotheses, and analyzing and disseminating the research findings. This international research experience will enable students to develop skills in diverse research methods and to build teamwork, problem-solving, and cross-cultural communication skills critical for becoming globally competent scientists and professionals. The inherent collaborative nature of this project means that there will be direct contributions to the capacity building of faculty, students, and park staff in Indonesia as well, via expanded research skills and dissemination of research findings to international audiences. The project results will also help inform forest management policy, the development of mitigation efforts aimed at minimizing the frequency and intensity of human-primate interactions, and conservation outreach programs focused on expanding people’s awareness of the threats to Sulawesi’s endemic flora and fauna. Ultimately, this project will showcase the value of interdisciplinary research and international collaboration in addressing today’s grand challenges and produce a cadre of STEM students who are globally engaged scientists and professionals.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.

该奖项由《2021年美国救援计划法案》（Public Law 117-2）全额资助。该项目为圣地亚哥州立大学的总共15名美国学生提供了机会，进行为期6周的国际实地研究体验，重点关注印度尼西亚苏拉威西岛的人类与灵长类动物共存和生态系统健康。该项目将通过从代表性不足的群体中招募学生参与者来扩大STEM劳动力的多样性。利用PI和外国导师在灵长类动物学和热带生态学方面的专业知识，学生将进行研究，以促进我们对灵长类动物如何适应人类引起的环境变化的理解，对人类和灵长类动物共存方式的影响，以及人类活动如何影响热带生态系统的健康。学生参与者将学习如何撰写研究提案并进行独立的实地研究。学生还将受益于个人成长和成熟方面的实地考察经验，以及宝贵的生活技能的发展，如人际和跨文化沟通。这种国际研究经验将产生学生谁是更好地为研究和就业准备在日益多元文化的工作场所环境的群体。它还将有助于增加关于如何促进生态系统健康和人类与野生动物可持续共存的想法和观点的多样性。该项目将吸引美国学生在国际环境中进行高质量的合作研究，并通过招募代表性不足的群体的学生来扩大STEM劳动力的多样性。来自圣地亚哥州立大学的五名学生，一个指定的西班牙裔服务机构和亚裔美国土著太平洋岛民服务机构，将在印度尼西亚苏拉威西岛进行为期6周的实地研究。从灵长类动物学和热带森林生态学的交叉领域，研究的首要主题是人类-灵长类动物共存和生态系统健康。在南苏拉威西岛Hasanuddin大学PI和外国教师导师的指导下，学生将开发专注于森林农场边缘人类灵长类动物冲突的项目，人类灵长类动物在供应环境中的相互作用，气候变化对植物物候的影响，以及灵长类动物在热带森林再生中的作用。学生将获得开发研究问题，撰写研究提案，收集数据，使用这些数据来测试假设，分析和传播研究结果的经验。这种国际研究经验将使学生能够发展各种研究方法的技能，并建立团队合作，解决问题和跨文化沟通技能，这些技能对于成为具有全球竞争力的科学家和专业人士至关重要。该项目固有的合作性质意味着，通过扩大研究技能和向国际受众传播研究成果，将对印度尼西亚的教师，学生和公园工作人员的能力建设做出直接贡献。项目成果还将有助于为森林管理政策提供信息，制定旨在最大限度地减少人类与灵长类动物相互作用的频率和强度的缓解措施，以及重点提高人们对苏拉威西特有植物群和动物群威胁的认识的保护推广计划。最终，该项目将展示跨学科研究和国际合作在应对当今重大挑战方面的价值，并培养出一批全球参与的科学家和专业人士。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。