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

需要在学术、私人和政府团体之间建立更强的联系，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引领世界科学创新的愿景。然而，缺乏对科学界之间强有力的伙伴关系的互惠利益的认识，并且没有很好地定义共同利益、社区需求和功能性伙伴关系的障碍。为了克服这些差距，将举行一次研讨会，就加强科学界伙伴关系、建立加速将研究转化为创新的途径以及加强和扩大包容性和经验培训机会提出建议，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EPSCoR的两个管辖区（爱达荷州和夏威夷）领导，将包括一系列由KnowInnovations推动的全国性活动：两个免费的研讨会前虚拟微实验室，可供不限人数的参与者使用，以及一个面对面的研讨会，可供120名代表不同团体和组织的选定参与者使用。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协作使用启发式研究。研讨会的成果将包括白皮书，其中强调了扩大使用激励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。为了保持科学创新的全球领导地位，需要新的过程来改善学术、私人和政府科学界之间的合作，以促进将基础研究转化为创新，并更好地为基于证据的实践提供信息。当前和下一代的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为依据的实践。为了找到解决办法，将举行一个研讨会，在这三个关键的科学界之间建立新的联系。该研讨会由EPSCoR的两个辖区（爱达荷州和夏威夷）领导，将向全国范围内的研究人员提供信息和招募新的机会，以开展以使用为灵感的研究和培训，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。讲习班的目标是建立对互惠伙伴关系的好处的认识，确定共同的兴趣、需要和障碍，为新的结构和进程提出建议，以加速使用激发的研究，并扩大早期职业研究人员的培训机会。本次研讨会适用于任何组织、任何职业阶段的个人，只要他们希望从事使用启发式研究、翻译和伙伴关系建设。该研讨会还面向来自学术、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，并将其纳入研究重点。该项目由生物科学理事会、刺激竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）和技术、创新和伙伴关系理事会共同资助。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。

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.