A Planning Workshop for Engaging the Scientific Community in Improving the Public Understanding of Science

该奖项为为期两天的规划研讨会提供资金，该研讨会将召集一个小型工作组，由关注提高公众对科学的理解的有影响力的人士组成。 讲习班的主要目标将是讨论科学界应如何应对对科学日益增长的不信任，并就如何开展持续的国家努力，最终提高公众对科学的理解，提出一套建议。来自各行各业的关注越来越多，包括商业界、学术界、教育界和国会，他们认为美国在科学和技术方面都落后了。 与此同时，似乎有一个广泛的共识，即整个科学风气正在受到无知或故意力量的攻击。公众、新闻媒体和政治决策者对科学知之甚少，而且经常被歪曲。 如果公众要支持恢复美国科学领导地位的努力，对科学的性质和价值的知情理解是必要的。该讲习班将确定以协调和持续的方式解决这些问题的战略。 这次研讨会将是重要的第一步，有助于确定关于科学的错误信息和公众困惑的来源，并确定纠正错误信息和困惑的行动，确定现有的或应该开发的可以提高公众对科学的理解的产品和计划，并建立一个网络，可以建立在现有的计划，创造一个持续的国家努力，最终将导致更多的公众了解，科学

This award provides funding for support of a two-day planning workshop that will bring together a small working group of influential people concerned about improving the public understanding of science. The primary goal of the workshop will be to discuss how the scientific community should respond to the growing mistrust of science and to develop a set of recommendations on how to create a sustained national effort that will ultimately result in a greater public understanding of science. There are growing concerns from all sectors business, academia, educators, Congress that the United States is falling behind in both science and technology. At the same time, there appears to be broad consensus that the entire scientific ethos is under assault by uninformed or intentional forces. Science is poorly understood and often misrepresented to the public, the news media, and to political decision-makers. Informed understanding of the nature and value of science is necessary if the public is going to support efforts to restore Americas scientific leadership. This workshop will identify strategies that will address these issues in a coordinated and sustained manner. This workshop will be an important first step in identifying the sources of misinformation and public confusion about science and determining actions to correct that misinformation and confusion, identifying products and programs that exist or should be developed that could improve the public understanding of science, and developing a network that can build on existing programs to create a sustained national effort that will ultimately result in a greater public understanding of science.