Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics

在发现的推动下，在技术和想象力的飞跃下，我们对宇宙的理解在过去的几十年里发生了巨大的变化。天文学和天体物理学领域继续与物理学、化学、生物学和计算机科学建立新的联系。实现这些科学机会取决于维持和加强研究事业的基础。基于对天文学和天体物理学十年调查“天文学和天体物理学的新世界、新视野”的审议，天文学和天体物理学委员会（CAA）确定了天文学和天体物理学界关注的问题，并就其天文学和天体物理学研究计划向联邦机构提供指导，以鼓励该领域的科学进步。该合同的主要功能是使下一个十年调查成为可能。CAA是在美国国家科学院工程与物理科学部的物理与天文委员会和空间研究委员会的支持下进行的。委员会成员来自不同领域的专家，因此CAA能够识别和评估问题和趋势，从而对科学研究前沿的关键问题产生新的见解和新观点。行政协调会的活动是将支助机构的资料传播到更广泛的社区，并向机构官员提供基于社区的投入。CAA定期从天文学、天体物理学和物理界收集信息，委员会成员与机构官员、行政部门、国会工作人员和社区成员进行交流。大多数报告和分析对广大公众开放。工作人员和委员会成员也参加美国天文学会的年会，偶尔也参加美国科学促进会和美国物理学会的年会。CAA由NASA和NSF支持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the Universe has changed dramatically over the course of the last few decades. The fields of astronomy and astrophysics continue to create new connections to physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science. Realizing these scientific opportunities is contingent upon maintaining and strengthening the foundations of the research enterprise. Basing its deliberations on the decadal survey of astronomy and astrophysics, "New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics", the Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA) identifies issues of concern to the astronomy and astrophysics community and provides guidance to federal agencies regarding their astronomy and astrophysics research programs in order to encourage the field's scientific progress. A primary function during this award is to enable the next decadal survey. The CAA is under the auspices of the Board on Physics and Astronomy and the Space Studies Board of the Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences at the National Academy of Sciences.Committee membership is drawn from experts from across a diverse field, and the CAA is thus able to identify and assess issues and trends that can lead to fresh insights and new perspectives on key questions at the forefront of scientific research. The activities of the CAA serve to disseminate information from the supporting agencies into the broader community, as well as to provide the agency officials with community-based input. The CAA routinely gathers input from the astronomy, astrophysics, and physics communities, and members of the committee converse with agency officials, the administration, congressional staff, and community members. Most reports and analyses are available to the broader public. Staff and committee members also participate in annual meetings of the American Astronomical Society and, occasionally, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society. The CAA is supported by NASA and NSF.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.