Ocean Studies Board Activities in Support of NSF

申请的资金将用于继续为包括国家科学基金会在内的联邦海洋机构提供有关主要海洋相关科学、工程和政策问题的指导。海洋研究委员会（OSB）是美国国家科学院内部与海洋有关的科学、工程和政策问题的协调中心。该委员会探索理解、管理、保护和恢复沿海和海洋环境和资源所需的科学、政策和基础设施。该委员会编写的报告引起了公众媒体、各行业、教育机构、国会和其他联邦机构的兴趣。委员会的召集功能将学术界、联邦和州机构、行业科学家以及对渔业和沿海灾害等特定问题感兴趣的利益相关者聚集在一起。海洋局支持海洋知识普及，帮助公众了解海洋如何影响他们的日常生活，教育儿童了解地球环境及其过程，并激励下一代海洋科学家。他们通过参与指导和奖学金项目，支持招收少数族裔进入地球科学领域。1999年，OSB发起了罗杰·雷维尔纪念讲座。这个一年一度的讲座在华盛顿特区举行，重点关注决策者和公众感兴趣和重要的海洋科学主题。此外，通过国家科学院的Christine Mirzayan科学和技术政策研究员项目，研究生研究员得到支持。美国国家科学院海洋研究委员会（OSB）负责探索理解、管理和保护沿海和海洋环境及资源所需的科学、政策和基础设施。它为讨论海洋问题提供了一个论坛，组织研究以帮助解决这些问题，并编写供公众使用的报告。OSB开展广泛的活动，从对科学争议的深入研究到对紧急政策问题的快速审查。OSB的核心支持在多个联邦机构之间共享。除了与海洋问题有关的活动外，本提案还为OSB核心、海洋研究科学委员会（SCOR）、Revelle讲座和联合国海洋科学促进可持续发展十年活动美国国家委员会的相关费用提供部分支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

The requested funding will be used to continue providing guidance on major ocean-related science, engineering, and policy issues to the federal ocean agencies, including the National Science Foundation. The Ocean Studies Board (OSB) is the focal point within the National Academy of Sciences for ocean-related science, engineering, and policy issues. The board explores the science, policies, and infrastructure needed to understand, manage, protect, and restore coastal and marine environments and resources. The board has produced reports that garner interest from the public media, various industries, educational institutions, Congress, and other federal agencies. The convening function of the board brings together the academic, federal and state agency, and industry scientists as well as interested stakeholders on particular issues such as fisheries and coastal hazards. OSB supports ocean literacy and helps build the public’s understanding of how the ocean influences their daily lives, educates children about the Earth’s environment and its processes, and inspires the next generation of ocean scientists. They support recruitment of minorities into the earth sciences through participation in mentoring and fellowship programs. In 1999, the OSB initiated the Roger Revelle Commemorative Lecture. This annual lecture, held in Washington, DC, focuses on ocean science topics of interest and importance to policymakers and the public. In addition, through the National Academies’ Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellows program, graduate student fellows are supported.The Ocean Studies Board (OSB) of the National Academy of Sciences explores the science, policies, and infrastructure needed to understand, manage, and conserve coastal and marine environments and resources. It provides a forum for ocean issues to be discussed, organizes studies to help address these issues, and produces reports that are available to the public. The OSB conducts a wide range of activities, from in-depth studies of scientific controversies to fast-track reviews of urgent policy issues. The OSB core support is shared between multiple federal agencies. In addition to the activities related to ocean issues, this proposal provides partial support for expenses associated with OSB core, Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), the Revelle Lecture, and U.S. National Committee for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development activities.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.