Conference: Building Bridges to Use-Inspired Research and Science-Informed Practices

需要在学术、私人和政府社区之间建立更紧密的联系，以将基础科学研究转化为造福社会的解决方案，并帮助实现国家科学基金会引领世界科学创新的愿景。然而，科学界之间缺乏对强有力的伙伴关系互惠互利的认识，共同的利益、社区需求和功能性伙伴关系的障碍也没有得到很好的界定。为克服这些差距，将举办一次讲习班，就加强科学界伙伴关系和建立加速将研究转化为创新的途径提出建议，并加强和扩大包容性和体验式培训机会，以培养一支多样化和具有全球竞争力的劳动力队伍。研讨会由两个EPSCoR辖区(爱达荷州和夏威夷)领导，将包括由KnowInnovation推动的一系列国家活动：两个免费的虚拟研讨会前微实验室，参与者人数不限；以及代表不同团体和组织的120名选定参与者的面对面研讨会。研讨会的参与者将共同创建结构和流程，以告知不同的组织如何支持受使用启发的研究并就其进行合作。讲习班的成果将包括白皮书，突出强调扩大以利用为基础的研究和建立伙伴关系的机遇和挑战，这些伙伴关系将导致将基础生物学研究转化为社会影响。为了保持在科学创新方面的全球领先地位，需要新的程序来改善学术界、私营部门和政府科学界之间的合作，以促进将基础研究转化为创新，并更好地为循证实践提供信息。当前和下一代研究人员缺乏明确的支持途径和培训机会，无法从事以使用为灵感的研究和科学实践。为了找到解决办法，将举办一次研讨会，在三个主要科学界之间建立新的联系。研讨会由爱达荷州和夏威夷两个EPSCoR辖区领导，将在全国范围内通知和招募研究人员，以获得新的利用启发研究和培训机会，并在未来的职业生涯中实施科学知识实践，以平衡不同社区的社会、生态和经济需求。研讨会的目标是提高人们对互惠伙伴关系的益处的认识，确定共同的利益、需求和障碍，为新的结构和过程提出建议，以加快受使用启发的研究，并扩大职业早期研究人员的培训机会。本研讨会面向处于任何职业阶段的任何组织中希望从事受使用启发的研究、翻译和建立合作伙伴关系的个人。研讨会还面向学术、政府和私人组织的参与者，他们希望自己的科学需要得到更广泛的理解并纳入研究优先事项。该项目由生物科学局、既定的激励竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)和技术、创新和伙伴关系局联合资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Building stronger connections among academic, private, and government communities is needed to translate basic science research into solutions that benefit society and to help fulfill the vision of the National Science Foundation to lead the world in science innovation. However, awareness of the reciprocal benefits of strong partnerships among science communities is lacking, and shared interests, community needs, and barriers to functional partnerships are not well defined. To overcome these gaps, a workshop will be held to develop recommendations on strengthening science community partnerships, and building pathways that speed the translation of research to innovations and enhance and expand inclusive and experiential training opportunities to prepare a diverse and globally competitive workforce. The workshop, led by two EPSCoR Jurisdictions (Idaho and Hawai’i), will consist of a series of national events facilitated by KnowInnovations: two free virtual Pre-Workshop MicroLabs for an unlimited number of participants and an In-Person Workshop for 120 selected participants representing diverse groups and organizations. Participants of the workshop will co-create the structures and processes that will inform how diverse organizations can support and collaborate on use-inspired research. The products of the workshops will include white papers that highlight opportunities and challenges for expanding use-inspired research and building partnerships that will lead to the translation of basic biological research into societal impact. To maintain global leadership in science innovation, new processes are needed to improve collaborations among academic, private, and government science communities to facilitate the translation of basic research to innovation and to better inform evidence-based practices. The current and next generation of researchers lack clear support pathways and training opportunities for careers in use-inspired research and science-informed practices. To find solutions, a workshop will be held that will build new connections among the three key science communities. The workshop, led by two EPSCoR Jurisdictions: Idaho and Hawai’i, will inform and recruit researchers nationally to new opportunities for use-inspired research and training, and future careers where science-informed practices can be implemented to balance the social, ecological, and economic needs of diverse communities. The workshop goals are to build awareness of the benefits of reciprocal partnerships, to identify shared interests, needs, and barriers, to develop recommendations for new structures and processes to accelerate use-inspired research, and to expand training opportunities for early career researchers. This workshop is for individuals in any organization at any career stage who wants to engage in use-inspired research, translation and partnership building. The workshop is also for participants from academic, government, and private organizations who want their science needs to be more broadly understood and incorporated into research priorities.This project is jointly funded by the Directorate of Biological Sciences, the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), and the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships.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.