ART: Translating Research to Practice to Create Climate-Ready Communities Across Virginia

有了这个加速研究翻译奖，乔治梅森大学-与气候战略中心合作-将创建全校范围内的编程，使当地政府，社区组织和当地企业需要支持可持续，公平和气候适应性社区的发展的科学的快速，低成本的翻译。与气候有关的灾害的频率和强度都在增加，每年给美国造成数十亿美元的损失。弗吉尼亚州的社区已经经历了气候变化的有害影响，极端天气和降水，极端高温和海平面上升破坏基础设施;破坏工作，商业和运输;破坏生计;并造成生命损失-但基于科学的解决方案的广泛实施仍然难以捉摸。从合作推广服务中汲取灵感，该奖项将建立一种变革性的研究翻译新模式;该模式利用高等教育的独特资源，与社区利益相关者合作，以解决这一差距并共同发展对气候变化的适应能力。该奖项将加速将研究转化为实践，以在整个弗吉尼亚州创建气候就绪社区（目标1）;通过社区参与、技术援助和共同制作研究成果产品，建立和促进一种翻译研究成果的文化（目标2）;并创造一个由学者、从业者、以及具有将气候变化研究付诸实践所需技能和专门知识的领导人（目标3）。这些计划将被组织成三个不同但相互关联和综合的活动类别：（a）促进和协调外联，并与市政和其他社区利益相关者持续接触;（B）以社区为重点的研究翻译，由支持种子翻译研究项目（STRP）发展的改良精益启动计划推动;以及（c）综合培训方案，以创建适应气候变化的劳动力队伍。前两个STRP将重点关注减轻洪水危害（STRP 1）和减少城市热量（STRP 2）对前线社区的影响的解决方案的共同生产。该奖项建立的新教学计划将培养具有气候科学素养的教师，愿意并能够将其研究转化为实践的受启发的科学家以及社会企业家。城市和其他社区的从业者也将接受培训，了解如何以及为什么使用基于科学的方法、工具和数据来规划和实施气候变化适应性战略。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。

With this Accelerating Research Translation award, George Mason University – in collaboration with the Center for Climate Strategies – will create university-wide programming that enables the rapid, low-cost translation of the science that local governments, community-based organizations, and local businesses need to support the development of sustainable, equitable, and climate-resilient communities. Climate-related disasters are increasing in frequency and intensity – and are costing the United States billions of dollars in damages each year. Communities in Virginia are already experiencing harmful effects of climate change as extreme weather and precipitation, extreme heat, and sea level rise damage infrastructure; disrupt work, commerce, and transportation; destroy livelihoods; and cost lives – but the wide-spread implementation of science-based solutions remains elusive. Drawing inspiration from the cooperative extension service, this award will establish a transformative new model for research translation; one that leverages the unique resources of higher education, in collaboration with community stakeholders, to address this gap and co-develop resilience to climate change. This award will accelerate the translation of research into practice to create climate-ready communities throughout Virginia (objective 1); establish and foster a culture of translating research through community engagement, technical assistance, and the co-production of research-informed products (objective 2); and create a climate-ready workforce of scholars, practitioners, and leaders with the skills and expertise needed to put research on climate change into practice (objective 3). These programs will be organized into three distinct but interrelated and integrated categories of activity: (a) facilitated and coordinated outreach and ongoing engagement with municipal and other community-based stakeholders; (b) community-focused research translation that is propelled by a modified lean launchpad program that supports the development of seed translational research projects (STRP); and (c) integrated training programs to create a climate-ready workforce. The first two STRPs will focus on the co-production of solutions that mitigate flood hazards (STRP 1) and reduce the impacts of urban heat (STRP 2) on frontline communities. New instructional programs established by this award will create climate science-literate instructors, use-inspired scientists who are willing and able to translate their research into practice, and social entrepreneurs. Municipal and other community-based practitioners will also be trained in how and why to use science-based methods, tools, and data to plan and implement climate change resilience strategies.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.