Conference: Conference: CET: Convergent Clean Energy Research in Support of Sovereign and Prosperous Tribal Nations

这一奖项是对亲爱的同事关于清洁能源主题会议提案的23-108号信函的回应。美国的部落民族作为这片土地上的原始居民，拥有主权和自治社区的独特地位。部落土地蕴藏着巨大的清洁能源资源潜力。与此同时，许多部落经历着高度的能源匮乏，电力服务的可靠性和质量明显下降。在四分之一生活在贫困中的人口中，改善获得电力服务的机会和改善电力服务的质量对于支持改善健康、福祉和经济机会至关重要。然而，在向清洁能源过渡的过程中，这些挑战也带来了创新和领导的机会。由于土著社区没有得到传统系统的良好服务，他们也较少受到传统系统的约束，因此这些社区有可能走在能源转型的前沿。虽然潜力巨大，但合作研究对于克服技术挑战、将土著知识和价值观纳入能源规划以及了解部落国家将清洁能源技术嵌入其中的复杂社会技术系统是必要的。该项目将召集来自学术界、部落政府和机构、联邦资助的研究和发展中心以及能源部门组织的不同利益攸关方举行为期两天的研讨会。这次研讨会的主要成果将是一份白皮书，它描述了一个集中的、优先的研究议程，旨在支持部落国家的清洁能源过渡，以及实现部落雄心壮志的教育和劳动力培训需求。这次研讨会将促进对关键研究和劳动力发展需求的了解，这些需求必须得到满足，以推进美国部落国家的清洁能源过渡。讲习班将在以下领域作出贡献：(A)记录部落推进清洁能源项目的目标和土著对部落能源主权目标的看法；(B)确定在部落土地上发展清洁能源项目的独特技术挑战，并确定克服这些挑战的研究议程；(C)了解部落土地上发展清洁能源的非技术(即文化、管理、经济)障碍，并为部落能源规划的社会技术办法确定汇聚研究的议程；(D)确定为实现部落清洁能源目标必须解决的关键教育和劳动力培训需求；和e)召集和培养由教育工作者、研究人员、部落首领、专业人员和学生组成的多样化网络，以推动和支持这项研究和教育议程。讲习班的主要成果将是推动美国部落国家清洁能源技术和项目发展的研究议程。讲习班将使研究型大学和土著地区中心与部落学院和主要是本科机构汇聚一堂，为研究提供合作机会，使土著学生直接参与本科生和研究生的研究。研讨会还将寻求确定战略，以吸引土著学者参与清洁能源研究和专业领域，并促进研究和实践者社区之间的有效合作。这一奖项反映了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。

This award was in response to Dear Colleague Letter 23-108 on Conference Proposals on Clean Energy Topics. Tribal Nations in the United States, as the original inhabitants of the land, hold a unique status as sovereign, self-governing communities. Tribal Lands hold immense clean energy resource potential. At the same time, many tribes experience high levels of energy poverty and significantly less reliable and poorer quality electricity service. Improving access to and the quality of electricity services in Tribal Nations is crucial to supporting improved health, well-being, and economic opportunity in a population where one in four lives in poverty. However, these challenges also bring opportunities for innovation and leadership in the transition to clean energy. Because Indigenous communities are poorly served by the legacy system, they are also less bound to it, and with this comes the potential for these communities to be on the leading edge of the energy transition. While the potential is immense, convergent, collaborative research is necessary to overcome technical challenges, integrate Indigenous knowledge and values into energy planning, and understand the complex socio-technical systems in which clean energy technologies are embedded in the context of Tribal Nations. This project will convene a diverse group of stakeholders from academia, Tribal governments and agencies, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, and energy sector organizations for a two-day workshop. The primary outcome of this workshop will be a White Paper describing a convergent, prioritized research agenda aimed at supporting clean energy transitions in Tribal Nations, and education and workforce training needs to achieve ambitious Tribal aspirations.This workshop will advance knowledge of the critical research and workforce development needs that must be met to advance clean energy transitions in Tribal Nations in the United States. The workshop will make contributions in the following areas: A) documenting Tribal objectives in advancing clean energy projects and Indigenous viewpoints on the goals of Tribal energy sovereignty; B) identifying unique technical challenges to developing clean energy projects on Tribal lands and defining a research agenda to overcome these challenges; C) understanding non-technical (i.e., cultural, regulatory, economic) barriers to clean energy development on Tribal lands and defining an agenda for convergent research on socio-technical approaches to Tribal energy planning; D) identifying critical educational and workforce training needs that must be addressed to meet Tribal clean energy goals; and E) convening and fostering a diverse network of educators, researchers, and Tribal leaders, professionals, and students to advance and champion this research and educational agenda. The primary outcome of the workshop will be a research agenda to advance clean energy technology and project development in Tribal Nations in the United States. The workshop will bring together research universities and FFRDCs with Tribal colleges and Primarily Undergraduate Institutions to seed collaborative opportunities for research that directly engages Indigenous students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The workshop will as well seek to identify strategies to engage Indigenous scholars in clean energy research and professional fields, and to foster effective collaboration between the research and practitioner communities.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.