PROJECT BASELINE informational workshops

该奖项将支持一系列三个研讨会，与进化研究学会（2020年6月19日，克利夫兰，OH），美国植物学会（2020年7月18日，安克雷奇，AK）和美国生态学会（2020年8月9日，盐湖城，UT）的年度会议一起举行。讲习班的目的是教育研究界了解项目基线种子库资源，该资源是专门为促进对气候和其他生态系统变化的进化和生态后果的调查而设计的，方法是从每个物种的多个地理不同地点收集种子，并按母系保存种子。如果没有积极的努力来传播关于项目基线的信息，它可能无法充分发挥其潜力。这三个讲习班将包括对现有资源的说明；最近复活研究的例子；制定种子使用准则；以及小组合作讨论的机会。这些研讨会将强调早期职业科学家的参与，他们很有能力在未来几十年使用和增加种子库，并最终监督它的管理工作。来自提议的讲习班的产品将包括：使用和维护项目基线的最佳实践；展示基线项目种子用途的文献；为研究和未来收藏提供潜在资金来源的数据库；项目基线介绍；还有一个发展研究合作网络的机会。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 award will support a series of three workshops to be held in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Society for the Study of Evolution (19 June 2020, Cleveland, OH), the Botanical Society of American (18 July 2020, Anchorage, AK) and the Ecological Society of America (9 August 2020, Salt Lake City, UT). The purpose of the workshops is to educate the research community about the Project Baseline seed bank resource which was designed specifically to facilitate investigations into the evolutionary and ecological consequences of climate and other ecosystem changes by collecting from multiple geographically diverse locations per species and maintaining seeds by maternal line. Without an active effort to disseminate information about Project Baseline, it may not be used to its full potential. These three workshops will include a description of the available resources; examples of recent resurrection studies; the development of guidelines for using seeds; and opportunities for collaborative small-group discussion. The workshops will emphasize participation by early-career scientists, who are well situated to use and add to the seed bank over the coming decades, and to eventually oversee its stewardship. Products from the proposed workshops will include: best practices for using and maintaining Project Baseline; literature demonstrating the uses of Project Baseline seeds; a database of potential funding sources for research and future collections; a Project Baseline presentation; and an opportunity to develop a network of research collaborators.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.