Effectively Communicating Science Annual One Week Workshops

该奖项旨在为科学家提供实践经验，帮助他们向各种受众传达复杂的科学概念，以及他们研究的质量和准确性。调查人员将在每年为期一周的讲习班上通过一系列互动和解决问题的练习来实现这一目标。讲习班将使用一个详细而复杂的科学案例研究，旨在模拟涉及相互竞争的科学证词的真实世界科学冲突。参与者将获得有关其表现的指导和反馈，从而使他们能够在给定的环境中进行实验和练习。此外，与会者将讨论有关专家科学传播的伦理问题。这些研讨会的主要广泛影响是培训活跃于教学、研究、写作和出版领域的科学家如何提高他们的沟通技巧。一旦参与者完成研讨会，他们将以“研究员”的身份加入研讨会的其他毕业生，并形成一个训练有素的科学家网络，他们将教育其他学生和同事在各种公共论坛上有效交流科学知识、研究和过程的方法。

This award aims to provide hands-on experience to scientists in communicating complex scientific concepts and the quality and accuracy of their research to a variety of audiences. The investigators will achieve this aim through a series of interactive and problem-solving exercises in annual week-long workshops. The workshops will use a detailed and complex science case study designed to simulate a real world scientific conflict involving competing scientific testimony. Participants will receive coaching and feedback on their performances thereby allowing them to experiment and practice with what works best in a given context. In addition, participants will discuss ethical issues concerning expert scientific communication.The primary broader impacts of the workshops are training scientists who are active in teaching, researching, writing, and publishing on how to improve their communication skills. Once participants complete the workshop, they will join other graduates of the workshop as "Fellows" and form a network of trained scientists who will educate other students and colleagues on the methods of effectively communicating scientific knowledge, research, and process in a variety of public forums.