RaMP: Understanding Plant Species Rarity: Causes and Consequences from Genes to Ecosystems

RaMP：了解植物物种稀有性：从基因到生态系统的原因和后果

• 批准号: 2216650
• 负责人: Lauren Eserman
• 金额: $ 298.07万
• 依托单位: Atlanta Botanical Garden
• 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: 2022-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2216650&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RaMP; Understanding; Plant; Species; Rarity

The current plant research and conservation workforce is not adequate to meet the major environmental challenges of the coming decades that include biodiversity loss, climate change, food insecurity, and environmental degradation. The United States is facing severe shortages of botanically trained scientists, now and in the near future, as well as a decline in degree programs and course offerings in botany and plant science in universities which also threatens the management of our nation’s resources. There is an urgent need for major advances in broadening participation in the sciences from historically marginalized groups, including engagement in plant research and conservation. In order to address this major training gap, the Rare Plant RaMP Network, a collaborative team, will be assembled from four botanical gardens: the Atlanta Botanical Garden, California Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum, and the San Diego Botanic Garden. These organizations will train postbaccalaureate mentees in conservation, genetics, ecology, economic botany, and biogeography of rare plants. The Rare Plant RaMP Network will consist of researchers, scientists, and conservation professionals at each institution who will serve as mentors and co-mentors and engage three cohorts of eight mentees each with each participating institution serving two mentees per year. Recruitment practices will include participants from groups underrepresented in STEM; these baccalaureates will then engage in Broader Impacts activities that will support them during the program. The five objectives of the Rare Plant RaMP Network are to 1) provide career guidance and professional development to post-baccalaureate mentees; 2) broaden participation in botanical sciences and conservation; 3) empower mentees to perform independent and collaborative research that will strengthen their ability to communicate science to other researchers, policymakers, and the general public; 4) form a cohort of peers whose lasting bonds/relationships will provide opportunities for collaborative work in the years to come; and 5) improve the mentoring skills and capacities of researchers in botanical science organizations. To improve mentee experiences, mentors and co-mentors will be trained in inclusive mentoring practices. Mentees and co-mentors will take part in bi-weekly meetings focusing on professional development topics, an annual symposium at one of the participating institutions, and one national conference per year. The network will be collaborative, exchange ideas, and foster long-term relationships among participants and collaborating organizations.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.

目前的植物研究和保护队伍不足以应对未来几十年的主要环境挑战，包括生物多样性丧失、气候变化、粮食不安全和环境退化。美国现在和不久的将来都面临着受过植物学训练的科学家的严重短缺，以及大学植物学和植物科学学位课程和课程设置的减少，这也威胁到我们国家资源的管理。迫切需要在扩大历史上边缘群体对科学的参与方面取得重大进展，包括参与植物研究和保护。为了弥补这一重大培训缺口，稀有植物 RaMP 网络这一协作团队将由四个植物园组成：亚特兰大植物园、加州植物园、莫顿植物园和圣地亚哥植物园。这些组织将对学士后学员进行保护、遗传学、生态学、经济植物学和稀有植物生物地理学方面的培训。稀有植物 RaMP 网络将由每个机构的研究人员、科学家和保护专业人员组成，他们将担任导师和共同导师，并聘请三组，每组八名学员，每个参与机构每年为两名学员提供服务。招募实践将包括来自 STEM 领域代表性不足的群体的参与者；然后，这些学士学位获得者将参与更广泛的影响活动，以在项目期间为他们提供支持。稀有植物 RaMP 网络的五个目标是 1) 为学士后学员提供职业指导和专业发展； 2）扩大对植物科学和保护的参与； 3) 授权学员进行独立和协作研究，这将增强他们向其他研究人员、政策制定者和公众传播科学的能力； 4）形成一群同事，他们持久的纽带/关系将为未来几年的协作工作提供机会； 5) 提高植物科学组织研究人员的指导技能和能力。为了改善学员的体验，导师和共同导师将接受包容性指导实践的培训。学员和共同导师将参加每两周一次的会议，重点关注专业发展主题、在参与机构之一举行的年度研讨会以及每年一次的全国会议。该网络将在参与者和合作组织之间进行协作、交流思想并培养长期关系。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。