SAVI: LIFE: Linked Institutions for Future Earth

该项目将建立一个名为LIFE（未来地球联系机构）的虚拟研究所。该虚拟研究所旨在协调建立在共享独特的实验设施，理论优势和实地观测基础上的国际研究，以促进对地球表面系统及其对变化的反应的定量，预测性理解。该项目将建立LIFE作为地球表面可持续性研究，教育和公众参与的国际交流中心。 LIFE的重点是了解和量化地球表面系统的脆弱性。 这个虚拟研究所将采用跨学科的方法，通过以主题为基础的重点研究活动，重点是可操作的研究，预测未来气候和人类活动对地球表面脆弱性的影响，从流域到三角洲。（1）研究人员交流，（2）共享和共同指导博士后研究人员，（3）国际共享研究生学位课程，（4）基于主题的重点研究（主要是实验和理论）活动，（5）研究生和年轻研究人员的国际暑期研究所，（6）可操作研究的数据/模型共享，以及（7）科学对公众的国际交流。 该方法还包括通过让公众参与与未来地球的可持续性有关的问题、研究在预防和适应变化方面的作用，以及建立一个科学博物馆展品国际交流论坛，向更广泛的受众传播科学。 该项目利用了六个国家的资源：乌拉圭，智利，意大利，法国，英国和美国。该奖项被指定为跨虚拟研究所（SAVI）的科学奖，并由NSF的国际科学和工程办公室共同资助。

This project will establish a Virtual Institute called LIFE (Linked Institutions for Future Earth). This virtual institute aims to coordinate international research built on sharing unique experimental facilities, theoretical strengths, and field observations for advancing the quantitative, predictive understanding of the Earth surface system and its response to change. The project will establish LIFE as a hub of international exchange in earth surface sustainability research, education, and public engagement. The focus of LIFE is on understanding and quantifying the vulnerability of the Earth surface system. This virtual institute would embrace an interdisciplinary approach that brings projections of future climate and human activities to bear on Earth surface vulnerability, from watersheds to deltas through theme-based focused research campaigns with an emphasis on actionable research.LIFE will focus on seven major interconnected programs: (1) researcher exchange, (2) shared and co-mentored postdoctoral researchers, (3) international shared graduate degree programs, (4) theme-based focused research (mainly experimental and theoretical) campaigns, (5) international summer institutes for graduate students and young researchers, (6) data/model sharing for actionable research, and (7) science-to-public international exchange. The approach also includes disseminating science to broader audiences by engaging the public on issues related to the sustainability of future Earth, the role of research in preventing and adopting to change, and the development of a forum for international exchange of science museum exhibits. The project leverages resources in six countries: Uruguay, Chile, Italy, France, UK, and US.This award is designated as a Science Across Virtual Institutes (SAVI) award and is being co-funded by NSF's Office of International Science and Engineering.