Planning proposal: Strenghtening Research and Academic Opportunities at the Robert J. Bernard Field Station

克莱蒙特学院获得了一笔计划拨款，用于开发一个专注于南加州生态系统生物监测和保护的综合合作研究网络。这项工作的核心将是罗伯特·j·伯纳德野外站（BFS; http://bfs.claremont.edu/）。该基金将支持两个研讨会，将南加州的研究人员和土地管理者聚集在一起，以实现以下目标：(1)建立一个关注南加州生态系统的生态学、生物多样性和保护的合作者网络；(2)设计生物和气候监测方案，为未来的研究和教育活动奠定基础；(3)提高生态和气候数据集的收集、获取、归档和传播能力。这一努力的成果将是一项10年战略计划，该计划将概述生物和气候监测项目的实施情况，以及生物和气候研究所的数据管理项目，并描述如何将这些项目纳入克莱蒙特学院和合作机构的课程。这些规划工作将以区域研究为重点，为克莱蒙特学院的学生提供多样化的研究机会，并利用克莱蒙特学院的独特地理位置，在区域生态学和生物多样性研究中发挥领导作用。这项规划工作将促进对南加州生态系统感兴趣的研究人员之间的交流，并通过普遍获取有关南加州生物群和维持它的环境的数据，促进新科学和知识的创造。克莱蒙特学院期望研究人员和土地管理者之间的合作也将导致新的区域多学科项目的发展。因此，这项规划工作将通过鼓励区域学院和大学之间的合作，间接地增加代表性不足的群体的机会，其中许多学院和大学彼此相距不到100英里，并有自己的当地实地站或保护区。

The Claremont Colleges is awarded a planning grant to develop an integrated and collaborative research network focusing on the biomonitoring and conservation of Southern California ecosystems. The centerpiece of this effort will be the Robert J. Bernard Field Station (BFS; http://bfs.claremont.edu/). The grant will support two workshops to bring together Southern California researchers and land managers to achieve the following goals: (1) develop a network of collaborators focusing on the ecology, biodiversity and conservation of Southern California ecosystems; (2) design a biological and climate monitoring program at BFS that provides a foundation for future research and educational activities; and (3) improve the ability to collect, access, archive and disseminate ecological and climatic data sets. A product of this effort will be a 10-year strategic plan that will outline the implementation of bio- and climate monitoring programs and a data management program at the BFS and describe how these programs can be incorporated into curricula at the Claremont Colleges and collaborating institutions. These planning efforts will have a regional research focus to provide diverse research opportunities for students at the Claremont Colleges and exploit the unique location of the Claremont Colleges to play a leadership role in regional ecology and biodiversity research.This planning effort will facilitate communication among researchers interested in Southern California ecosystems and enable new science and knowledge creation through universal access to data about the biota in Southern California and the environment that sustains it. The Claremont Colleges expect that collaboration among researchers and land managers will also result in the development of new regional multi-disciplinary projects. As such, this planning effort will indirectly enhance opportunities for underrepresented groups by encouraging the collaboration among regional colleges and universities, many of which are less than 100 miles from each other and have their own local field stations or preserves.