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

需要在学术界、私营部门和政府社区之间建立更紧密的联系，将基础科学研究转化为造福社会的解决方案，并帮助实现美国国家科学基金会领导世界科学创新的愿景。然而，人们对科学界之间强有力的伙伴关系的互惠利益缺乏认识，共同利益、社区需求和有效伙伴关系的障碍也没有得到很好的界定。为了克服这些差距，将举办一次研讨会，就加强科学界伙伴关系、建立加快将研究成果转化为创新成果的途径、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等问题提出建议。该研讨会由两个EPSCoR管辖区（爱达荷州和夏威夷州）领导，将包括一系列由KnowInnovations推动的全国性活动：两个免费的虚拟研讨会前微型实验室，可供无限数量的参与者参加，以及一个面对面研讨会，可供代表不同团体和组织的120名选定参与者参加。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和合作使用启发式研究。 讲习班的成果将包括白色文件，其中强调扩大以使用为灵感的研究和建立伙伴关系的机会和挑战，从而将基础生物学研究转化为社会影响。为了保持科学创新的全球领导地位，需要新的流程来改善学术、私人和政府科学界之间的合作，以促进基础研究向创新的转化，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。为了找到解决方案，将举办一个研讨会，在三个主要科学界之间建立新的联系。该研讨会由两个EPSCoR管辖区领导：爱达荷州和夏威夷，将在全国范围内通知和招募研究人员，以获得新的机会，进行使用启发的研究和培训，以及未来的职业生涯，其中科学知情的做法可以实施，以平衡不同社区的社会，生态和经济需求。 研讨会的目标是建立互惠伙伴关系的好处的认识，以确定共同的利益，需求和障碍，制定新的结构和流程，以加快使用启发研究的建议，并扩大早期职业研究人员的培训机会。该研讨会适用于任何组织中处于任何职业阶段的个人，他们希望从事使用启发式研究，翻译和伙伴关系建设。该研讨会也是为来自学术，政府和私人组织的参与者谁希望他们的科学需要更广泛地理解和纳入研究的优先事项。该项目是由生物科学理事会，建立计划，以刺激竞争性研究（EPSCoR），和技术，创新，该奖项反映了NSF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。

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.