NSF INCLUDES: Collaborative Research: Integrating Indigenous and Western Knowledge to Transform Learning and Discovery in the Geosciences

寻找包容性方法来扩大代表性不足的社区对科学的参与是该项目的重点。该团队将通过在部落社区和STEM机构之间发展新的伙伴关系，为美洲原住民学生创造途径，促进美洲原住民科学家参与和融入地球科学。每个合作伙伴都带来了一个成功的项目，这些项目基于研究文献中的良好实践，旨在改善代表性不足的学生和科学家的成果。研究人员将共同建立科学合作，为美国原住民学生从中学到研究生院乃至更高层次的学习提供支持。此外，该项目还将致力于为中国本土研究人员营造友好的工作环境。传统的西方?组织。这种方法将把本土和西方的知识整合到研究合作中，以创建更具创造性、创新性和与文化相关的科学研究项目。这个名为“整合土著和西方知识，改变地球科学的学习和发现”的项目，利用集体影响的原则，在部落社区和STEM机构之间建立了新的伙伴关系，促进了美国土著科学家对地球科学的参与和包容。项目合作者将更有力地将本土和西方知识整合到集体开发的研究项目中。该项目的合作伙伴是“发声：气候解决方案的合作科学”（发声）和成员部落学院和社区，还有哈斯凯尔印第安民族大学、国家大气研究中心（NCAR）、亚利桑那大学？美国的生物圈2号和美国国家大气研究中心？大气研究与科学（SOARS）实习和全球学习与观测造福环境（GLOBE）公民科学项目的重要机会。他们将共同建立美洲原住民和传统西方科学家之间的研究伙伴关系，为NCAR和生物圈2号的科学家提供如何与部落社区适当接触的专业发展，并为NA学生提供从中学到大学、到研究生院乃至更高层次的途径。该项目将把面向初中和高中青年的社区公民科学项目与哈斯凯尔印第安民族大学和亚利桑那大学的本科项目联系起来，并将本科生和研究生的暑期研究实习经验与部落社区、部落大学教师、传统科学机构和社区公民科学的兴趣主题联系起来。该项目还提高了所有合作伙伴的研究能力，并汇集了不同的观点，这已被证明可以带来更大的创新、创造力和更高影响力的研究。该项目有可能为在其他机构建立类似的伙伴关系提供一个经过验证的模式，包括为主流科学家提供专业发展的内容和方法，为美国土著学生和科学家创造更多欢迎空间的方法，改善地球科学研究的实施方式的有希望的实践，以及在这一重要的研究事业中增加美国土著学生和科学家的代表性。

Finding inclusive approaches to broaden the participation of underrepresented communities in the sciences is the focus of this project. The team will create pathways for Native American students from the development of new partnerships between tribal communities and STEM institutions that promote the participation and inclusion of Native American scientists in the geosciences. Each partner brings a successful program, based on good practices from the research literature in improving outcomes for underrepresented students and scientists. Together, the researchers will create scientific collaborations that support a pipeline for Native American students from middle school through to graduate school and beyond. In addition, the project will work on building welcoming workplace climates for indigenous researchers within ?traditional Western? organizations. The approach will integrate indigenous and Western knowledge in research collaborations to create more creative, innovative, and culturally relevant science research programs. This project, Integrating Indigenous and Western Knowledge to Transform Learning and Discovery in the Geosciences, uses the principles of collective impact to create new partnerships between tribal communities and STEM institutions that promote the participation and inclusion of Native American scientists in the geosciences. The project collaborators will more strongly integrate indigenous and Western knowledge into collectively-developed research projects. The project partners the Rising Voices: Collaborative Science for Climate Solutions (Rising Voices) and member tribal colleges and communities with Haskell Indian Nations University, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the University of Arizona?s Biosphere 2, and National Center for Atmospheric Research?s Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) internship and Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) citizen science programs. Together, they will build research partnerships between Native American and traditional Western scientists, provide professional development for NCAR and Biosphere 2 scientists on how to engage appropriately with tribal communities, and provide pathways for NA students from middle school through college, to grad school and beyond. The project will connect community-based citizen science programs for middle- and high school youth with undergraduate programs at Haskell Indian Nations University and University of Arizona, and with summer research internship experiences for undergraduates and graduate students that address topics of interest across tribal communities, tribal college faculty, traditional science institutions, and community-based citizen science. This project also enhances the research capacity of all partners, and brings together diverse perspectives, which have been shown to lead to greater innovation, creativity, and higher impact research. The project has the potential to provide a tried and tested model for building similar partnerships at other institutions, including content and methods for professional development for mainstream scientists, ways to create more welcoming spaces for Native American students and scientists, promising practices for improving how research in the geosciences carried out, and an increase in the representation of Native American students and scientists in that vital research enterprise.