The Research Ambassador Program: Empowering Scientists to Communicate Research to Public Audiences

该项目将开发一项“研究大使”计划，培训一小批科学家向美国西北部和其他地方未得到充分服务的公众传达雨林树冠生态。一批合作的学术研究人员和非正式科学教育工作者将借鉴森林树冠研究领域的成功传播经验。一个跨学科的研究/教育小组将招聘六名“研究大使”，并提供工具，帮助他们直接向公众有效地发言和写作。该团队和大使将为每位大使制作宣传材料，并为公众受众创建一个树冠研究网站。除了向公众传播研究成果外，该项目还将在科学和社会之间建立创新的联系，为公众提供科学传播问题的务实解决方案。

This project will develop a "Research Ambassador" program whereby a small cadre of scientists will be trained to communicate rain forest canopy ecology to underserved public audiences in the northwest U. S. and elsewhere. A set of collaborating academic researchers and informal science educators will draw from successful dissemination experiences in the field of forest canopy studies. An interdisciplinary research/education team will recruit six "research ambassadors" and provide tools to help them effectively speak and write directly to the public. The team and the ambassadors will create dissemination materials for each ambassador, and contribute to a canopy research website for public audiences. In addition to communicating research to public audiences, this project will provide innovative connections between science and society that can present pragmatic solutions to problems of scientific communication to the public.