Grand Challenges in Environmental Science & Engineering

9806286 Policansky NAS/NRC有了这笔奖金，美国国家科学院将进行一项研究，以确定、描述和优先考虑环境科学和工程方面的重大研究挑战。为了向研究委员会提供信息，将征求更广泛的科学界的意见。美国国家研究委员会（NRC）的几个单位将根据它们确定的标准确定最多三个重要挑战的优先级。还将征求专业协会的意见。研究委员会将根据所提供的资料组织一次讲习班，讨论环境中最重要的重大挑战。将于一九九九年年底前发表一份报告。该报告将为未来二三十年对地球环境及其所支持的生命进行的基础研究提供一个清晰而可信的知识基础。所选择的少数研究机会有望进一步了解控制地球上生命和环境的最基本过程，并构成取得实质性研究进展的最佳机会。研究的范围将是广泛的，正如将提供投入的NRC委员会所指出的那样：环境研究和毒理学、水科学和技术、海洋研究、生物学、农业、地球科学和资源、极地研究、大气科学和气候、化学科学和技术、可持续发展、全球变化的人类维度和生态系统。美国国家工程院也将参与其中。研究委员会将由NRC在物理科学、数学、行为和社会科学、教育、地球科学、环境和资源、工程和技术系统、生命科学和农业等领域的各个委员会组成的小组监督。跨学科的机会将在整个过程中得到强调。

9806286 Policansky NAS/NRC With this award, the National Academy of Sciences will conduct a study to identify, describe, and prioritize grand research challenges in environmental science and engineering. To provide information for the study committee, the advice of the broader scientific community will be sought. Several National Research Council (NRC) units will identify and prioritize up to three important challenges, based on criteria they identify. Professional societies will also be consulted. The study committee, based on information provided, will organize a workshop to discuss the most important grand challenges in the environment. A report will be issued by the end of 1999. The report will articulate a clear and credible intellectual foundation for the next two to three decades of basic research into the earth's environment and the life that it supports. The small number of research opportunities chosen are expected to further understanding of the most fundamental processes that control life and the environment on earth and constitute the best opportunities for substantial research progress. The scope of the study will be broad, as indicated by the NRC Boards that will provide input: Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Water Science and Technology, Ocean Studies, Biology, Agriculture, Earth Sciences and Resources, Polar Research, Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Chemical Sciences and Technology, Sustainable Development, Human Dimensions of Global Change, and Ecosystems. The National Academy of Engineering will also be involved. The study committee will be overseen by a group formed from the various NRC commissions in areas of physical sciences, mathematics, behavioral and social sciences, education, geosciences, environment and resources, engineering and technical systems, life sciences and agriculture. Interdisciplinary opportunities will be emphasized throughout the process.