A Conference on Communicating Science to Broader Audiences

这项授予内布拉斯加大学林肯分校的奖金将使预计300名科学家和科学记者中的50人能够参加一个跨学科会议，该会议旨在探讨如何改善科学界以外的科学、数学和工程问题的交流机制。在一个紧张的为期两天的会议/研讨会环境中，与会者将参加经过验证的实践传播培训，该培训旨在提高科学家向非专业受众广泛传播其科学的能力，并提高主要面向公众的科学作家的技能。全体会议、分组讨论和小型研讨会旨在实现这些目标，并在科学家/作家界面上丰富相互理解。与会者还将探讨如何将公共STEM交流整合到本科和研究生课程中，以更好地为未来的研究人员和作家做好准备。会议结束后将开发一个基于网络的资源，它捕捉了会议的精髓，并且可以用作研究人员和记者提高科学传播技能的工具。

This award to the University of Nebraska - Lincoln will enable fifty of an anticipated 300 scientists and science journalists to participate in an interdisciplinary conference designed to address mechanisms for improving the communication of scientific, mathematical, and engineering issues outside the scientific community. In an intense two-day conference/workshop setting, participants will take part in proven practice communication training designed to improve the ability of researchers to communicate their science broadly to non-expert audiences, and to enhance the skills of science writers whose messages are directed largely to the public. Plenary, breakout and mini-workshop sessions are designed to achieve these goals and to enrich mutual understanding at the scientist/writer interface. Conference participants will also investigate ways in which public STEM communication can be integrated into the undergraduate and graduate curricula to better prepare future researchers and writers. A web-based resource that captures the essence of the conference and that can be used as a tool for researchers and journalists to improve their science communication skills will be developed following the conference.