Workshop: Frontiers in Ecosystem Science: Energizing the Research Agenda

该奖项将支持几个研讨会，以促进生态系统科学界解决生态系统科学的研究前沿、机会和挑战。这项工作将由一个五人指导委员会领导，该委员会将在未来两年的多个科学社会会议上组织和举办一系列研讨会和讨论小组，最终将举行生态系统科学前沿研讨会。相关目标学会包括美国地球物理联合会、美国湖泊和海洋学学会、美国微生物学会、美国生态学会、河口研究联合会、北美底栖生物学会、国际微生物生态学学会、国际景观生态学协会、美国地理学家协会和美国土壤科学学会。项目成果将包括一份研讨会报告，以及一份或多份同行评议的出版物，这些出版物将指导生态系统科学和相关学科的未来方向。随着研究变得越来越多的跨学科，特别是全球环境变化的科学，生态系统科学家经常发现自己处于智力和组织领导的地位，因为他们有跨学科的工作经验。生态系统科学作为调查性研究的核心领域由来已久，与社会和国家的需求从未如此密切相关。该项目的所有活动都将由职业生涯早期和成熟的研究人员、学生和博士后研究人员以及科学界代表性不足群体的成员组成，性别均衡。

This award will support several workshops to catalyze the ecosystem science community to address research frontiers, opportunities and challenges in ecosystem science. The effort will be led by a five person steering committee who will organize and hold a series of workshops and discussion groups at multiple scientific-society meetings over the next two years, culminating in a Frontiers of Ecosystem Science Symposium. Relevant target societies include American Geophysical Union, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, American Society of Microbiology, Ecological Society of America, Estuarine Research Federation, North American Benthological Society, International Society for Microbial Ecology, International Association of Landscape Ecology, Association of American Geographers and the Soil Science Society of America. Project outcomes will include a workshop report, as well one or more peer reviewed publications that would serve as to guide future directions in ecosystem science and related disciplines. As research is becoming more interdisciplinary, particularly the science of global environmental change, ecosystem scientists often find themselves in positions of intellectual and organizational leadership because of their experience working across disciplines. Ecosystem science has a long history as a core area of investigative research, and has never been more relevant to the needs of society and the nation. All activities in this project will involve a gender-balanced assemblage of early-career and established investigators, participation by students and postdoctoral researchers, and members from underrepresented groups in science.