Funding for Core Activities of the Board on Life Sciences

该奖项是为支持美国国家科学院、工程院和医学院生命科学委员会（BLS）开展的核心活动而设立的。劳工统计局致力于解决与基础、基础和新兴生命科学和生物技术研究及其应用相关的技术、政策和社会问题。在该奖项的支持下，劳工统计局将：推进科学发展、相关政策和社会问题的知识，在挑战出现之前解决它们，或进一步推进特定的科学领域；扩大来自不同背景的科学家的参与；并为美国政府提供科学和科学政策建议。劳工统计局积极寻求包括科学家，并达到不同背景，经验，学科和部门的受众，以贡献和/或了解项目的成果。劳工统计局开展的项目具有重大影响和影响，超出了我们项目的初始目标，包括制定管理生命科学研究的新政策和新的科学倡议，以解决已确定的知识和技术差距。自1984年成立以来，劳工统计局开展了大量的研究、研讨会和其他活动，以推动生命科学和生物技术研究，以满足科学和社会（如健康、环境、农业、经济和国家安全）的需求。劳工统计局的产品激励了更广泛的科学和政策网络中的其他人根据我们项目产生的建议和共识建议采取行动。类似地，促进跨学科研究的努力，以推动生物领域的创新和新的研究机会，并确定支持这种创新的教育和培训需求，在劳工统计局的项目中得到了解决。BLS致力于提供最好的科学专业知识，以解决影响生命科学研究企业和/或由生命科学研究进步引起的当前和未来的挑战。为了实现这一目标，BLS的工作将集中在三个目标上：a)预测与生命科学进展和应用相关的新兴科学、政策和社会问题；B)发展项目概念，以解决已确定的关键、新出现的问题；c)将项目成果传播给在解决问题中发挥作用的关键受众。劳工统计局实现这些目标的核心活动包括：半年一次的董事会会议；概念分析和范围界定会议；与科学家接触，了解已完成活动的成果；为来自边缘化和/或代表性不足群体的科学家创造机会，为劳工统计局的活动做出贡献。关于劳工统计局及其工作的更多详细信息可以在www.nationalacademies.org/bls/board-on-life-sciencesThis上找到：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，认为值得支持。

An award is made for support of core activities conducted by the Board on Life Sciences (BLS) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies). The BLS works to address technical, policy, and societal issues associated with basic, fundamental, and emerging life science and biotechnology research and their applications. With support from this award, BLS will: advance knowledge about scientific developments and associated policy and societal issues to address challenges before they arise or to further advance particular scientific areas; broaden participation of scientists from a diversity of backgrounds; and provide scientific and science policy advice to the U.S. government. BLS actively seeks to include scientists and reaches audiences across a diversity of backgrounds, experiences, disciplines, and sectors to contribute to and/or learn about the outcomes of projects. BLS conducts projects that have significant influence and impact beyond the initial goals of our projects, including the development of new policies governing life sciences research and new scientific initiatives to address identified knowledge and technological gaps. Since establishment in 1984, BLS has conducted numerous studies, workshops, and other activities to advance life sciences and biotechnology research toward addressing scientific and societal (e.g., health, environment, agriculture, economy, and national security) needs. BLS products have inspired others in the broader scientific and policy networks to act on suggestions and consensus recommendations produced from our projects. Similarly, efforts to foster cross-disciplinary research that drive innovation and new research opportunities in biology and identify education and training needs to support this innovation are addressed in BLS projects.BLS strives to provide the best possible scientific expertise to addressing contemporary and future challenges affecting the life sciences research enterprise and/or caused by advances in life sciences research. To achieve this goal, BLS efforts will focus on three objectives to: a) anticipate emerging scientific, policy, and societal issues associated with advances and applications in the life sciences; b) develop project concepts to address critical, emerging issues identified; and c) disseminate project outcomes to key audiences who play roles in addressing issues. BLS core activities to achieve these objectives include: semi-annual board meetings; concept analysis and scoping meetings; engagement with scientists to learn about outcomes from completed activities; and opportunity creation for scientists who are from marginalized and/or underrepresented groups to contribute to BLS activities. More detailed information about BLS and its work can be found at: www.nationalacademies.org/bls/board-on-life-sciencesThis 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.