NEON Satellite Site Award: Training Plan

自2008年以来，科学与工程联盟（SEA）一直在协助氖，Inc.将少数民族服务机构纳入国家生态观测站（氖）科学和教育规划。 SEA-NEON，Inc.伙伴关系有助于扩大认识和提高历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）和少数民族服务机构（MSI）的能力，以开展和参与氖生态，工程，网络基础设施和社会科学研究和发展（R D）的机会。通过研讨会，机构外展和协调活动; SEA一直是传达氖提供的机会的领导者。该奖项将继续持续的合作伙伴关系，以提高历史上黑人学院和大学（HBCU）和少数民族服务机构（MSI）的能力，进行和参与氖生态，工程，网络基础设施和社会科学研究。目前，该人群缺乏具有氖基础设施、氖资源的构建、部署和操作方面详细知识的经验丰富的个人。在过去的四年里，SEA与氖，Inc.密切合作。在制定一系列文件称为卫星网站框架。 这些文件提供了氖基础设施能力的详细概述，这些能力将使机构能够建立类似于氖站点的研究能力。SEA-氖合作伙伴关系的这一阶段将侧重于转让氖，Inc.的知识和技术设计，通过强化培训的两个人，将作为资源，实施基于网站的基础设施和氖研究的MSI和HBCU。因此，氖，Inc.正在使用？训练教练？氖是一个复杂的观测站，将由地理上分散的实地和实验室基础设施组成，通过网络技术联网，成为一个综合研究平台，用于区域到大陆规模的生态研究。 尖端的传感器网络、仪器、实验基础设施、自然历史档案设施和遥感将通过互联网与计算、分析和建模能力联系起来，以创建氖的综合基础设施。作为一个覆盖整个大陆的研究工具，氖将支持大量不同的组织和个人;首先是科学家、教育工作者和工程师，他们将在研究和教育项目中使用氖基础设施。 增强所有机构的可及性将扩大氖科学和教育对下一代科学家和教育工作者的影响。 要实现氖的这一包容性愿景，需要与服务不足的社区积极参与和建立伙伴关系，以确保人们了解氖的研究机会、氖科技能力的教育和培训以及关键基础设施领域的技术转让。

Since 2008, the Science and Engineering Alliance (SEA) has been assisting NEON, Inc. with inclusion of minority serving institutions in the planning of the National Ecological Observatory (NEON) science and education. The SEA-NEON, Inc. partnership has helped broaden the awareness and increase the capacity of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) to conduct and participate in NEON ecological, engineering, cyberinfrastructural, and social science research and development (R&D) opportunities. Through workshops, institutional outreach, and coordination activities; SEA has been a leader in conveying the opportunities NEON provides. This award will continue the ongoing partnership to increase the capacity of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) to conduct and participate in NEON ecological, engineering, cyberinfrastructural, and social science research. Currently this demographic lacks experienced individuals with the detailed knowledge in NEON infrastructure, construction, deployment, and operation of NEON resources. For the past four years SEA has worked closely with NEON, Inc. in developing a series of documents known as the Satellite Site Framework. These documents provide a detailed overview of the NEON infrastructure capabilities that would allow institutions to build research capabilities similar to NEON sites. This phase of the SEA-NEON partnership will focus on transfer of NEON, Inc.'s knowledge and technical designs through intensive training of two individuals that will serve as resources for implementation of site based infrastructure and NEON research by MSIs and HBCUs. As such, NEON, Inc. is using the ?train the trainer? model for enabling research capabilities within this research community.NEON is a complex Observatory that will consist of geographically distributed field and lab infrastructure networked via cybertechnology into an integrated research platform for regional to continental scale ecological research. Cutting-edge sensor networks, instrumentation, experimental infrastructure, natural history archive facilities, and remote sensing will be linked via the internet to computational, analytical, and modeling capabilities to create NEON's integrated infrastructure. As a continent-wide research instrument, NEON will support a large and diverse group of organizations and individuals; foremost are the scientists, educators, and engineers who will use NEON infrastructure in their research and educational programs. Building enhanced accessibility for all institutions will broaden the impact of NEON science and education to the next generation of scientists and educators. For this inclusive vision of NEON to be realized requires active engagement and partnerships with underserved communities to ensure awareness of NEON's research opportunities, education and training in NEON scientific and technical capabilities, and technology transfer in key infrastructure areas.