RaMP: Native American Capacity Building to Explore Biological Systems Resilience: Weaving Traditional Ways of Knowing with Western Science

RaMP：美洲原住民探索生物系统弹性的能力建设：将传统的认知方式与西方科学相结合

• 批准号: 2319734
• 负责人: TARAH SULLIVAN
• 金额: $ 300万
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2027-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2319734&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RaMP; Native; American; Capacity; Building

A fundamental question in biology is how are molecular, physiological, ecological, and ecosystem system resilience interrelated – network patterns that are common or divergent across systems and scales. This question is especially urgent in the face of accelerating climate change and other human perturbation to biological systems. The overarching goal of this research is to transform the social, cultural, and intellectual fabric of academia by creating a network connecting universities with local tribes and building a collaborative framework around shared values and scientific goals that engages Indigenous knowledge systems in equitable, non-extractive ways. This project provides a framework for the development of a suite of projects addressing many levels of biological resilience in systems relevant to Tribal partners and builds intellectual and cultural relationships that will integrate subdisciplines in biology and different ways of knowing. This project’s Indigenous RaMP postbaccalaureate mentees will engage in respectful, relational, reciprocal, and responsible projects developed with Tribes, mentors, and co-mentors to meet Tribal needs. This work will honor and uphold Indigenous knowledge by fully engaging Tribal nations and people at every step of project development. Ultimately, this project will lay the groundwork for land-grant institutions in the US to honor and uphold Indigenous knowledge by fully engaging Tribal nations and people at every step of project development so Indigenous systems can be applied together with Western knowledge systems to shed new light on biological systems resilience.This work will intertwine Western scientific approaches to learning about biological systems resilience with Indigenous knowledge to train mentees in the Indigenous paradigm of “two-eyed seeing.” Further, employing Indigenous research methodologies in the project will enable participants (mentees, mentors, and co-mentors) to explore the cultural theme of Tribal nation building in academia. Within this program, there will be full integration of Tribal sovereignty and self-determination and a spirit of community and public leadership that aligns with long-term decision making. The project will support ~30 post-bac mentees who identify as Native American/Native Alaskan/Indigenous. Mentees will be supported in developing scientific, professional, and cultural skills that will position them to pursue further education or STEM activities in and with tribal communities. Biological systems of study will range from the molecular to the landscape and ecosystem scales, including mechanisms of salmon hatchery resilience, long-term agroforestry disease resistance, and the impacts of soil health and stewardship on tribal food sovereignty. Engaging in Tribal research capacity building, can serve as a model for the process of interaction between Tribes and universities. Finally, understanding the properties of resilient human-ecological systems is of urgent importance in our rapidly changing world.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.

生物学中的一个基本问题是分子，物理，生态和生态系统系统的弹性如何相互关联 - 在系统和尺度之间常见或不同的网络模式。面对加速气候变化和其他人类对生物系统的扰动，这个问题尤其紧迫。这项研究的总体目标是通过建立一个将大学与当地部落建立联系，并围绕共享价值和科学目标建立协作框架来改变学术界的社会，文化和智力结构，这些框架以公平的，非提取性的方式吸引土著知识系统。该项目为开发一系列项目提供了一个框架，该项目涉及与部落伙伴相关的系统中的许多层次的生物弹性，并建立了智力和文化关系，这些关系将在生物学和不同的知识方式中整合子学科。该项目的土著坡道后的后肠龙男子将与部落，导师和委托人一起开发尊重，关系，互惠和负责任的项目，以满足部落需求。这项工作将通过在项目开发的每个步骤中充分吸引部落国家和人民来尊重和维护土著知识。最终，该项目将通过在项目开发的每个步骤中充分吸引部落国家和人员来为美国的土地疏忽机构奠定基础，以纪念和维护土著知识，以便可以将土著系统与西方知识系统一起应用于对生物学系统的新启示，以使生物系统的恢复能力与新西方的科学方法相互了解，以了解生物学的知识，以了解对生物学的知识，以了解生物学的知识，以了解生物学的知识，以了解生物学的知识，以了解生物学的知识。 “双眼浸润。”此外，在项目中采用土著研究方法将使参与者（受训者，导师和联合主管）探索学术界部落国家建筑的文化主题。在该计划中，部落主权和自决以及社区和公共领导的精神将与长期决策保持一致。该项目将支持约30名确定为美国原住民/阿拉斯加原住民/土著人的BAC后指导者。将在发展科学，专业和文化技能方面得到支持，这些技能将使他们在部落社区内和与部落社区一起购买进一步的教育或STEM活动。研究的生物系统范围从分子到景观和生态系统量表，包括鲑鱼孵化场弹性的机制，长期农业疾病的耐药性以及土壤健康和管理人员对部落食品主权的影响。参与部落研究能力建设，可以作为部落与大学之间互动过程的模型。最后，在我们快速变化的世界中了解弹性人类生态系统的特性至关重要。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来通过评估来诚实地获得支持。