Collaborative Research: Conference: Interdisciplinary Antarctic Earth Science Conference & Deep-Field Planning Workshop

独特的南极环境提供了对地球上其他地方看不到的过程和记录的深入了解，对于了解我们星球的历史和未来至关重要。南极科学的偏远性和物流将来自不同学科的研究人员聚集在一起，否则他们不会有合作的机会，而且通常很少参加相同的学术会议。跨学科南极地球科学（IAES）会议是一个两年一度的聚会，支持在南极工作的美国生物，低温，地理和大气科学研究人员的合作。该提案将支持将于2022年和2024年举行的下两次IAES会议，以及配对的深场营地规划研讨会。IAES会议对NSF支持南极地球科学跨学科合作的使命非常重要，但也实现了国家科学院关于提高跨学科意识，数据共享和早期职业研究人员指导和发展的建议。IAES会议的规模和范围使其成为新的跨学科合作的中心，并帮助培养下一代南极地球科学家。IAES会议的目标是发展和深化整个南极地球科学界的科学合作，并为未来的深场研究和非实地研究建立框架。在为期2.5天的混合会议上，IAES的主题将包括1）连接地表过程，地质学和地球深部; 2）景观，冰盖，海洋和大气相互作用; 3）探索隐藏的大陆;以及4）古代和现代生物，生态系统和环境的进化和生态学。会议将通过介绍当前的研究和主题演讲来分享科学，通过欢迎来自代表性不足的社区和学科的新研究人员来扩大参与，并通过跨学科网络深化合作，突出潜在的研究联系，新颖的导师活动，促进数据再利用，以及遥感和建模的应用。国际空间研究机构会议的讨论结果将用于编写关于未来南极协作研究和基于社区驱动的研究优先事项的深场营地的白色文件。在整个项目中将征求社区调查和反馈意见，以指导IAES会议的未来发展。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。

The unique Antarctic environment offers insight into processes and records not seen anywhere else on Earth, and is critical to understanding our planet’s history and future. The remoteness and logistics of Antarctic science brings together researchers from diverse disciplines who otherwise wouldn’t be presented with opportunities for collaboration, and often rarely attend the same academic conferences. The Interdisciplinary Antarctic Earth Science (IAES) conference is a biennial gathering that supports the collaboration of U.S. bio-, cryo-, geo-, and atmospheric science researchers working in the Antarctic. This proposal will support the next two IAES conferences to be held in 2022 and 2024, as well as a paired deep-field camp planning workshop. The IAES conference is important to the mission of the NSF in supporting interdisciplinary collaboration in the Antarctic Earth sciences, but also fulfills recommendations by the National Academy for improving cross-disciplinary awareness, data sharing, and early career researcher mentoring and development. The size and scope of the IAES conference allow it to serve as a hub for novel, interdisciplinary collaboration, as well as help develop the next generation of Antarctic Earth scientists.The goals of the IAES conference are to develop and deepen scientific collaborations across the Antarctic Earth science community, and create a framework for future deep-field, as well as non-field-based research. Across a 2.5 day hybrid conference, the IAES themes will include 1) connecting surficial processes, geology, and the deep earth; 2) landscape, ice sheet, ocean and atmospheric interactions; 3) exploring the hidden continent; and 4) evolution and ecology of ancient and modern organisms, ecosystems, and environments. The conference will share science through presentations of current research and keynote talks, broaden participation through welcoming new researchers from under-represented communities and disciplines, and deepen collaboration through interdisciplinary networking highlighting potential research connections, novel mentorship activities, and promoting data re-use, and application of remote sensing and modeling. Discussions resulting from the IAES conference will be used to develop white papers on future Antarctic collaborative research and deep-field camps based on community-driven research priorities. Community surveys and feedback will be solicited throughout the project to guide the future development of the IAES conference.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.