Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) National Communications Office (LNCO)

在一个全球急剧变化、人口趋势不断变化以及通信和网络的广泛数字化性质的时代，向不同利益相关者进行科学传播的需求正在迅速变化。该合同将支持一个新的灵活的通信办公室，该办公室将为长期生态研究（LTER）网络带来创新能力，以在网络内外的所有研究、通信和教育领域进行互动、共享信息、综合数据和协作。新的项目和活动将鼓励和促进教育和培训的多样性，以加强与公众的沟通和联系；地方、地区和联邦机构；以及非政府和非营利机构。向科学界和社会提供的支助服务将充分利用新出现的社会文化见解所带来的最新技术创新，以制定新的战略，促进有效的交流和使更具创造性的合作研究成为可能。沟通和外联的项目目标是在LTER社区内培养关系和综合团队科学，扩大LTER社区与网络外的其他研究人员和利益相关者之间的接触，并向目标受众传播LTER科学发现以及与政策和管理相关的知识。通信办公室将开发一个有效的、引人入胜的网站，其中包括在线研究论坛、多媒体研究亮点，以及获取工具和服务，以提高对LTER网络的认识和参与。与布伦环境科学与管理学院的战略环境传播和媒体项目以及一个新的、最先进的环境传播和媒体设施（海洋科学外展、传播和培训）的合作伙伴关系将利用先进的科学传播和教育资源。该办公室将确定和部署资源，以最大限度地扩大整个LTER网络的综合机会。综合工作组和分发的研究生讨论会将得到支持，题目将由LTER和其他研究团体确定。将通过三年一次的全体科学家会议、与其他专业会议一起举行的年度会议以及促进和启用虚拟LTER网络互动和团队科学来支持其他网络。通信办公室将通过科学传播和环境媒体的面对面和虚拟培训、促进协作技能的培训以及开放综合科学的研究生/早期职业培训相结合，支持LTER教育和培训。通过LTER教育委员会的支持和协调，通信办公室将成为最佳实践、评估指标和学生跟踪工具等主题的信息中心。它将有助于确定和培养新的ltr教育和培训合作伙伴，并将通过与促进服务不足群体参与的多个社会和组织合作，鼓励和促进多样性。所有活动都将使用当代形成性和总结性评估进行评估，促进采用适应性方法来推进整个LTER网络的交流、综合和教育。

The needs for science communication to diverse stakeholders are changing rapidly in an era of dramatic global change, shifting human demographic trends, and the widespread digital nature of communication and networking. This award supports a new and nimble Communications Office that will bring, to the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) network, innovative capabilities to interact, share information, synthesize data, and collaborate in all areas of research, communication, and education both within and outside of the network. New programs and activities will encourage and promote diversity in education and training to enhance communication and outreach to the public; to local, regional, and federal agencies; and to non-governmental and non-profit agencies. The support services provided to the scientific community and to society will take full advantage of recent technological innovations that are informed by emerging socio-cultural insights to develop new strategies for effective communication and for enabling more creative collaborative research.Project goals for communication and outreach are to cultivate relationships and synthetic team science within the LTER community, broaden engagements between the LTER community and other researchers and stakeholders outside the network, and disseminate LTER scientific discoveries and policy- and management-relevant knowledge to targeted audiences. The Communications Office will develop an effective and engaging web presence featuring online research fora, multi-media research highlights, and access to tools and services that build awareness and participation in the LTER Network. Partnerships with the Strategic Environmental Communications and Media Program at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management and with a new, state-of-the-art facility in environmental communications and media (Outreach, Communication, and Training for Ocean Science) will leverage sophisticated science communication and education resources. The Office will identify and deploy resources to maximize opportunities for synthesis across the LTER network. Synthesis working groups and distributed graduate seminars will be supported, with topics identified by the LTER and other research communities. Additional networking will be supported through the triennial All Scientists' Meeting, annual meetings held in conjunction with other professional meetings, and promotion and enabling of virtual LTER network interactions and team science. The Communications Office will support LTER education and training using a combination of in-person and virtual training in science communication and environmental media, training in facilitating collaboration skills, and graduate/early-career training in open synthesis science. Through support and coordination of the LTER Education Committee, the Communications Office will serve as an information hub on topics such as best practices, evaluation metrics and tools for student tracking. It will help identify and cultivate new partners for LTER education and training efforts, and will encourage and promote diversity through collaboration with multiple societies and organizations that promote participation by under-served groups. All activities will be evaluated using contemporary formative and summative assessments, facilitating an adaptive approach to advancing communication, synthesis, and education across the LTER network.