AccelNet-Design: Soil and land management for food & water security, adaptation and mitigation of climate change

农业土地和土壤系统的管理往往与粮食安全和环境可持续性的社会目标脱节。ALS网络促进了科学学科、政策制定者、联邦和州机构、农业生产者、私营企业、非政府组织、社会成员和土地管理者之间的合作，以在社会经济和生物物理相互作用的背景下发展ALS的弹性和可持续做法。该网络将通过以考虑公平、数据获取和信息综合的整体方式考虑ALS管理的变化来改善ALS管理。这种方法使不同的生产者和土地管理者/管家能够采用基于成果的方法（例如，改善土壤健康、水质和碳固存）管理。该小组促进对土壤、水、土地和气候系统之间关系的研究，以提高农业土地和土壤管理的可持续性。ALS网络（ALSNet）：1）开发协调和沟通机制，2）建立跨多个专业学科和团体的团队科学流程和文化，将知识转化为行动，3）识别并优先考虑知识差距和机会，以及4）培训下一代多元化和全球化的劳动力，为ALS系统的复杂挑战开发解决方案。该项目采用团队科学方法，吸引不同的合作伙伴，以加强跨学科性，进行构思研讨会，围绕共同愿景进行合作，并开发研究问题和综合论文。ALSNet支持美国研究网络、全球网络、专业协会和社交网络之间更广泛的战略合作，以整合理论和应用研究的数据、知识和信息。 它使用全球视角来缩小缩放复杂性的差距，了解权衡，并授权利益相关者解决与ALS相关的重大挑战。该团队整合了生物物理，社会，经济和行为科学，增强了行动计划的知识。该项目将跨越机构界限，让发达国家和发展中国家的消费者和行业合作伙伴等不同利益攸关方参与科学发现和实施过程，以制定一项将知识转化为行动的计划。该项目由国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）资助。通过国际网络到网络合作（CNET）加速研究计划旨在加速科学发现的过程，并为下一代美国研究人员做好准备。该奖项反映了NSF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。

Management of agricultural land and soil (ALS) systems are often disconnected from societal goals of food security and environmental sustainability. The ALS network facilitates cooperation among scientific disciplines, policy makers, Federal and State Agencies, agricultural producers, private industry, NGO’s, society members and land managers to develop resilient, sustainable practices of ALS in the context of both socioeconomic and biophysical interactions. This network would improve ALS management by considering changes to ALS management in a holistic way that considers equity, access to data, and information synthesis. This approach empowers diverse producers and land managers/stewards to adopt outcome-based (e.g., improved soil health, water quality and carbon sequestration) management. This team promotes research at the nexus of soil, water, land, and climate systems to increase sustainability of the management of agricultural land and soil. The ALS network (ALSNet): 1) develops coordination and communication mechanisms, 2) establishes team science processes and culture across multiple professional disciplines and groups to convert knowledge into action, 3) identifies and prioritizes knowledge gaps and opportunities, and 4) trains the next generation of a diverse and global workforce to develop solutions for the complex challenges of ALS systems. The project employs a team science approach that engages diverse partners to enhance interdisciplinarity, conducts ideation workshops, collaborates around shared vision, and develops research questions and synthesis papers. ALSNet supports broader strategic collaboration among U.S. research networks, global networks, professional societies, and social networks to integrate data, knowledge, and information on theoretical and applied research. It uses a global perspective to narrow the gaps of scaling complexities, to understand tradeoffs, and to empower stakeholders to address the grand challenges associated with ALS. The team integrates biophysical, social, economic, and behavioral sciences that enhances the knowledge to action plan. The project will cross institutional boundaries and engage diverse stakeholders including consumers and industry partners, in both developed and developing nations, in the scientific discovery and implementation processes to build a plan for putting knowledge into action. This project is funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE).The Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) program is designed to accelerate the process of scientific discovery and prepare the next generation of U.S. researchers for multiteam international collaborations. The AccelNet program supports strategic linkages among U.S. research networks and complementary networks abroad that will leverage research and educational resources to tackle grand scientific challenges that require significant coordinated international efforts.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.