Expanding Access to Ecological Research Innovation and the Power of the Data Revolution

生态和环境科学中的许多大型、复杂的挑战将需要新的方法，包括新的数据和与邻近科学领域的专家合作。为了解决这个问题，来自不同学科的20名研究生和早期职业科学家将在2020年8月2日至7日在盐湖城举行的2020年美国生态学会（ESA）年会上举行一系列活动，促进创新生态研究方法和大数据在新兴思想中的作用方面的合作。该项目将通过提供机会，特别是为来自科学界代表性不足群体的学生和早期职业科学家提供机会，以学习利用生态学中大量数据的新方法，从而有助于推进生态研究，这些数据有望为科学和社会带来变革性的成果。通过明确鼓励对影响参与者社区的环境问题进行科学研究，后续研究将对有色人种社区、低收入社区和部落社区的政策、资源管理决策和项目产生深远影响。来自代表性不足群体的研究生和早期职业科学家将来自不同学科，并将通过2020年欧空局年会上的一系列活动，促进创新生态研究方法和大数据在新兴思想中的作用方面的合作。研究技能研讨会、多样性网络和重点对话：i)扩大获得生态研究创新的机会；ii)在“数据革命的力量”之后，将举行两次群组网络会议，以促进思想交流。该项目将使欧空局能够更好地理解参与者队列策略的使用，以在一个不断扩大的领域内支持不同的研究生和早期职业科学家，其中许多分支学科延伸到其他领域。该项目将为20名参与者提供接触、技能培训和网络的机会，以增加他们成为扩展生态研究社区的贡献成员的可能性。随着时间的推移，许多人将成为他们社区的榜样，并将激励新的学生进入并坚持科学，帮助创造一个可持续的临界质量的科学家，反映了美国社会的广度。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智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Many of the large, complex challenges in ecology and environmental science will need new approaches, incorporating new data and collaborations with experts in neighboring fields of science. To help address this, a cohort of twenty graduate students and early career scientists from a variety of disciplines will meet to foster collaborations in innovative ecological research methods and the role of big data in emerging ideas through a series of activities at the 2020 Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, August 2-7, 2020. This project will help to advance ecological research by providing opportunities, particularly for students and early career scientists from underrepresented groups in science, to learn novel ways of harnessing the deluge of data in ecology expected to yield transformative results for science and society. By explicitly encouraging scientific research into environmental issues that disproportionately impact the communities of participants, follow-on research will have far reaching impacts on policy, resource management decisions and programs in communities of color, low income communities and tribal communities. The cohort of graduate students and early career scientists from underrepresented groups will be drawn from a variety of disciplines, and will meet to foster collaborations in innovative ecological research methods and the role of big data in emerging ideas through a series of activities at the 2020 ESA Annual Meeting. Research skills workshops, diversity networks and focused conversations on: i) Expanding Access to Ecological Research Innovation; and ii) The Power of the Data Revolution will be followed by two cohort web meetings to facilitate exchange of ideas. This project will enable ESA to better understand the use of participant cohort strategies to support diverse graduate students and early career scientists within an expanding field with many sub-disciplines that extend into others. This project will provide twenty participants with the exposure, skills training, and networking to increase the likelihood of becoming contributing members of the extended ecological research community. Over time, many will act as role models for their communities and will inspire new students to enter and persevere in science, helping to create a sustainable critical mass of scientists that reflects the breadth of society in the U.S.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.