U.S. Participation in International Geoscience Unions: IUSS, INQUA, IUGS, and IUGG

该项目将支持美国国家科学院（NAS）、国际科学组织理事会（BISO）通过独立的国家委员会（USNC）和四个独立的国际地球科学联盟代表相关的美国科学界，这些国际地球科学联盟是国际科学理事会（ISC）的一部分。这些联合会是国际土壤科学联合会（IUSS）、国际第四纪研究联合会（INQUA）、国际地质科学联合会（IUGS）和国际大地测量学与地球物理联合会（IUGG）。每个美国国家委员会（USNC）的主要作用是促进美国科学家参与各自联盟的活动，并“通过国际科学团体的参与、合作和领导，提高美国在全球的知名度和影响力”。美国土壤科学全国委员会将通过专题讨论会和国家会议来推进美国土壤科学，并通过在世界土壤科学大会上接触国际土壤科学研究来帮助早期职业科学家的发展。美国第四纪研究委员会将在2019年国际科学研究协会大会的科学内容中发挥重要作用，并将在美国专业学会会议上组织关于第四纪研究的未来和愿景的专题会议。USNC地质科学将支持更具包容性的地质工作队伍的发展。美国大地测量学和地球物理学全国委员会将重点提名美国科学家担任工会领导职务，并将增加与地球物理和大地测量学社区的联系。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。

This project will support the National Academies of Sciences (NAS), Board on International Scientific Organizations (BISO) to represent the relevant US science communities through separate National Committees (USNC) to four, individual International Geoscience Unions that are part of the International Science Council (ISC). These unions are the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA), the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). The main role of each U.S. National Committee (USNC) is to facilitate participation of American scientists in the activities of its respective union and to "advance US visibility and impact globally through the engagement, collaboration, and leadership of international scientific societies". The USNC for Soil Science will work to advance U.S. soil science through topical symposia and national conferences and aid in the development of early career scientists through exposure to international soil science research at the World Congress of Soil Sciences. The USNC for Quaternary Research will play an important role in the scientific content of the 2019 International INQUA Congress and will organize topical sessions at U.S. professional society meetings on the future of and vision for Quaternary Research. The USNC for Geological Sciences will support the development of a more inclusive geologic workforce. The USNC for Geodesy and Geophysics will focus on nominating U.S. scientists for union leadership positions and will increase outreach to the geophysical and geodetical communities.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.