Scoping Workshops for Coastlines and People

海岸对我们国家的经济繁荣、可持续发展和国家安全至关重要。沿海地区的人口密度是内陆县的六倍，而且还在迅速增长。来自陆地、海洋和大气的环境现象不断改变着沿海景观，影响着人类栖息地、基础设施和生态群落。对海岸线和人类的跨学科研究可以带来更大的预测能力，这将使决策者能够制定可持续的途径，保护我们的海岸和居住在海岸上的人们免受未来环境变化的影响。该项目将支持4个研讨会（3个面对面，1个虚拟），将汇集400多名科学家、利益相关者和社区领袖，为海岸线和人民最紧迫的跨学科科学需求制定优先事项。这些研讨会不仅将讨论紧迫的科学问题，而且还将确定支持已确定领域的研究工作所需的基础设施。这些研讨会将由Know Innovation提供便利，并包括不同参与者的参与。这些讲习班将同时举行，并将利用技术使各个讲习班之间的思想相互交流。研讨会的目标是确定海岸线和人类基础研究方面的差距，以便a)更好地应对环境挑战；B)更好地告知决策者（包括联邦机构以及地方、州和联邦当局和管理机构）；C)让公众参与公民科学和知识转移；d)建立机制，纳入代表性不足的社区和学习者。在这些研讨会上产生的想法将广泛地提供给科学界。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。

Coasts are paramount to our nation's economic prosperity, sustainability and national security. Coastal areas have a population density that is six times greater than inland counties and is rapidly growing. Environmental phenomena of terrestrial, oceanic, and atmospheric origin are constantly changing coastal landscapes and affect human habitats, infrastructure and ecological communities. Interdisciplinary research on coastlines and people can lead to greater predictive capabilities that will enable decision makers to develop sustainable pathways to protect our coasts and the people that inhabit them from future environmental change. This project will support 4 workshops (3 in-person, 1 virtual) that will bring together over 400 scientists, stakeholders, and community leaders to develop priorities for the most pressing interdisciplinary science needs on coastlines and people. These workshops will address not only the pressing science issues, but also identify the infrastructure needed to support research efforts in the identified areas. The workshops will be facilitated by Know Innovation and include a diverse engagement of participants. The workshops will be held simultaneously and will utilize technology to allow for cross-pollination of ideas across the various workshops. The goals of the workshops are to identify the gaps in fundamental research on coastlines and people that will a) better address environmental challenges; b) better inform decision makers (including federal agencies and local, state, and federal authorities and governing bodies); c) involve the public in citizen science and knowledge transfer; and d) create mechanisms to include underrepresented communities and learners. Ideas generated at these workshops will be made broadly available to the scientific community.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.