WORKSHOP: Resilient Supply of Critical Minerals; Rolla, MO; May 2020

2018年，根据总统行政命令，内政部列出了35种关键矿物，这些矿物的不可靠供应对我们国家的经济和国防构成了风险。随后，2019年6月4日，美国商务部发布了《确保关键矿产安全可靠供应的联邦战略》报告，其中概述了几项行动呼吁，如果得到执行，将减少美国对关键矿产供应中断的脆弱性。这笔拨款用于支持一个为期两天的跨学科国家研讨会，该研讨会将汇集来自学术界、工业界和政府的利益相关者，以全面解决这些呼吁。主题专题会议将从跨学科、融合的角度讨论关键矿物的弹性供应，包括采矿工程、萃取冶金、分离、政策等。在各自领域的国家领导人将发表主题演讲，随后是ted式的演讲、小组讨论和分组讨论。分组会议将安排跨学科参与，提供一个包括经济、技术、社会和政策方面的融合视角。将制定研究路线图，反映提高供应弹性所需方法的跨学科性质。讲习班的调查结果将通过一份公开的讲习班报告加以总结和传播。该研讨会将于2020年5月27日至28日在密苏里州罗拉市的密苏里科技大学举行，随后将于2019年5月29日进行一次可选的实地考察，届时将重点介绍美国中西部的关键矿产潜力。该研讨会将帮助培育一个新兴的国家社区，在关键矿物供应弹性方面拥有专业知识，涵盖学术界、工业界和政府。旅行补助，特别是对学生和早期职业研究人员的补助，将有助于建立一个跨越几代人的社区，并将增强研讨会的持久影响。发展一个健康和活跃的关键矿物社区对国家经济和安全至关重要，因为美国目前在关键矿物清单上的35种商品中有31种依赖进口。本次研讨会将深入探讨美国大学如何满足未来对国家关键矿产人才的需求，特别是在最有可能蕴藏未发现资源的农村地区。因此，讲习班将为帮助农村劳动力发展提供基础。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。

In 2018, the Department of the Interior, in response to a Presidential Executive Order, listed 35 critical minerals whose unreliable supply poses risks to our nation's economy and defense. Subsequently, on June 4, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce released the report "A Federal Strategy to Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies of Critical Minerals" that outlines several Calls to Action that, if executed, will reduce the vulnerability of the United States to critical mineral supply disruptions. This grant is in support of an interdisciplinary national two-day workshop that will bring together stakeholders from academia, industry, and government to comprehensively address these calls. Themed topical sessions will discuss the resilient supply of critical minerals from cross-disciplinary, convergent perspectives, including mining engineering, extractive metallurgy, separations, policy, and others. National leaders in their respective fields will give keynote presentations, followed by TED-type talks, panel discussions, and breakout sessions. The breakout sessions will be structured for interdisciplinary engagement, to provide a convergent perspective that includes economic, technical, social, and policy aspects. Research road maps will be created that reflect the cross-disciplinary nature of approaches required to enhance supply resilience. The workshop findings will be summarized and disseminated via a publically-available workshop report. The workshop will be held at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri, on May 27-28, 2020, and will be followed by an optional field trip on May 29, 2019 that will highlight the critical mineral potential of the Midwestern USA. The workshop will help nurture a budding national community with expertise in critical mineral supply resilience, spanning academia, industry, and government. Travel grants, for students and early-career researchers in particular, will help build a community that spans generations and will enhance the workshop's lasting impact. The development of a healthy and active critical mineral community is vital to the national economy and security because the United States is currently import-reliant for 31 of the 35 commodities on the critical minerals list. This workshop will generate insights into how U.S. universities can meet the projected future demands for the nation's critical minerals workforce, particularly in rural areas which are most likely to contain undiscovered resources. Therefore, the workshop will provide a basis for helping rural workforce development.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.