IRES Track III - International Research Engagement for Graduate Level Professional Development: Limnology and Oceanography Research Exchange (LOREX)

海平面上升、海洋酸化、海冰融化、飓风和海啸、渔业衰退、海岸线侵蚀、人为对水生系统的污染、海上风能和石油和天然气活动，这些只是水生系统和依赖它们的种群面临的当前威胁中的一小部分。这些问题越来越具有全球性，超越了政治边界。解决这些全球挑战的唯一有效方法是科学家参与国际合作以找到解决方案；然而，这样做并不是一项微不足道的任务。如何找到并联系国外合作者？我们从哪里获得支持国际计划的资源？在存在语言和文化障碍的情况下，如何与外国科学家进行有效的交流？很少有研究生学术项目为进行国际研究提供指导或培训。湖沼学和海洋学科学协会（ASLO）制定了湖沼学和海洋学研究交流（LOREX）计划来解决这一不足。在未来的3年里，ASLO将提供一个国际研究参与计划，为研究生水平的专业发展，湖沼学和海洋学。该计划将通过研讨会、讲习班和网络材料，为所有研究生学会成员提供设计和协调国际合作研究的培训。此外，每年将选出30名学生成员，应用这些知识，并与来自海外几个合作湖泊和海洋研究所（澳大利亚、瑞典、以色列和加拿大）的科学家合作设计研究项目，这些研究机构代表了不同的水生系统和相关挑战。通过这种经验，ASLO将培养未来的科学家成为富有成效和积极参与的全球科学家。湖沼学和海洋学研究交流项目（LOREX）是由美国湖沼学和海洋学科学协会（ASLO）提供的一个正式的培训和专业发展项目，旨在促进水生科学领域的国际研究合作。该计划的目标是通过为研究生提供多阶段、高质量的培训和研究计划，促进美国全球水生科学家的发展。该计划支持学生发起和开展国际研究，从与国际社会形成创造性的想法和研究建议，与国内外同行建立联系和交流，通过在四个具有海洋和淡水科学不同专业知识的国际机构执行原创性合作研究项目。专业发展将透过工作坊及网络研讨会，重点介绍沟通及合作培训，探讨国际合作及非学术行业的各种挑战及机遇；在ASLO会议上举行专门会议，介绍学生和国际合作者的研究；以及额外的在线资源。每年，将选出最多30名学生参加四个国际地点之一（澳大利亚，瑞典，以色列和加拿大）的研究交流经验。这种经验将使未来的科学家为开展合作工作做好准备，有助于扩大网络，并通过合作改善科学。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。

Sea level rise, ocean acidification, sea ice melting, hurricanes and tsunamis, declining fisheries, eroding coastlines, human derived pollution of aquatic systems, offshore wind energy and oil and gas activities, these are just a few of the current threats facing aquatic systems and the populations that depend on them. These problems are increasingly global in nature and transcend political boundaries. The only effective way to solve these global challenges is for scientists to engage in international collaborations to find solutions; however, doing this is not a trivial task. How can we find and contact collaborators from foreign countries? Where do we obtain the resources to support international projects? How can communication with foreign scientist be productive despite language and culture barriers? Few graduate academic programs provide guidance or training in conducting international research. The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) has developed the Limnology and Oceanography Research Exchange (LOREX) program to address this deficiency. Over the next 3 years ASLO will offer an international research engagement program for graduate level professional development in limnology and oceanography. This program will provide all graduate student society members training in designing and coordinating international collaborative research through seminars, workshops and web-based materials. In addition, thirty student members will be selected each year to apply this knowledge and carry out research projects that they design in collaboration with scientists from one of several collaborating limnologic and marine institutes overseas (Australia, Sweden, Israel and Canada) which represent different aquatic systems and related challenges. Through this experience ASLO will train future scientists to become productive and engaged global scientists. The Limnology and Oceanography Research Exchange (LOREX) is a formal training and professional development program in international research collaboration in the aquatic sciences offered by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO). The goal of this program is to catalyze the development of globally engaged U.S. aquatic scientists by providing a multi-stage, high-quality training and research program for graduate students. The program supports students in initiating and carrying out international research from the stage of formulating creative ideas and research proposals with the international community, networking and communicating with peers at home and abroad, through the execution of original collaborative research projects at four international institutes with diverse expertise in both marine and freshwater sciences. Professional development will be facilitated through workshops highlighting communication and collaboration training, webinars addressing various challenges and opportunities in international collaboration as well as non-academic industries; dedicated sessions at ASLO conferences featuring student and international collaborator research; and additional online resources. Each year, up to thirty students will be selected to participate in the research exchange experience at one of four international locations (Australia, Sweden, Israel and Canada). This experience will prepare future scientists to conduct collaborative work, serve to expand networks, and improve science through collaborations.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.