Ocean Science and Technology Plan

国家研究委员会(NRC)被资助对海洋科学和技术联合小组委员会(JSOST)的“海洋科学和技术计划”进行独立审查，这是一份描述美国海洋科学和技术(S和T；T)未来5-10年的愿景和优先事项的跨部门规划文件。这项研究将为制定S&T计划和补充实施战略所使用的机构间规划过程提供信息和建议。研究将分三个阶段进行。在第一阶段，NRC工作人员将从出版的NRC报告中编写建议摘要，这些报告与JSOST确定的8个研究主题、4个支柱和2个交叉领域相关。核管理委员会将任命一个专家委员会进行第二阶段和第三阶段的工作。在第二阶段，专家委员会将对S&T；计划草案进行独立审查。在第三阶段，同一委员会将对修订后的最终计划进行全面评估。广泛影响该计划将包括海洋S公司如何实现联邦政府海洋行动计划的目标的愿景，并描述拟议中的S公司将如何在提高生活质量、增强人类健康、减轻自然灾害的影响、维持生物资源、改善生态系统健康、预测气候变化和变化、促进海洋作业、加强海洋资源管理、促进经济增长、改善国家安全、促进国土安全和改善教育等领域为国家带来好处。

Funding is provided to the National Research Council (NRC) to conduct an independent review of the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology's (JSOST) "Ocean Science and Technology Plan," an interagency planning document describing the vision and priorities for U.S. ocean science and technology (S&T) for the next 5-10 years. The study is to both inform and advise the interagency planning process being used to develop the S&T plan and a complementary implementation strategy. The study will be conducted in three phases. During phase 1, NRC staff will prepare summaries of recommendations from published NRC reports that are relevant to the 8 research themes, 4 pillars, and 2 cross-cuts identified by JSOST. The NRC will appoint an expert committee to carry out phases 2 and 3. In phase 2, the expert committee will conduct an independent review of the draft S&T plan. In phase 3, the same committee will provide an overall assessment of the final plan after it has been revised.Broader impactsThe plan will include a vision of how ocean S&T can meet the goals of the federal government's Ocean Action Plan and describe how the proposed S&T will lead to benefits to the nation in areas such as improving the quality of life, enhancing human health, mitigating effects of natural hazards, sustaining living resources, improving ecosystem health, predicting climate variability and change, promoting marine operations, enhancing the stewardship of ocean resources, advancing economic growth, improving national security, promoting homeland security, and improving education.