Ocean Studies Board Activities in Support of NSF

申请的资金将用于继续就与海洋有关的重大科学、工程和政策问题向包括国家科学基金会在内的联邦海洋机构提供指导。海洋研究委员会(OSB)是国家科学院内与海洋相关的科学、工程和政策问题的协调中心。该委员会探索了解、管理、保护和恢复沿海和海洋环境和资源所需的科学、政策和基础设施。该委员会制作的报告引起了公众媒体、各种行业、教育机构、国会和其他联邦机构的兴趣。该委员会的召集职能将学术机构、联邦和州机构、行业科学家以及在渔业和沿海危害等特定问题上感兴趣的利益攸关方聚集在一起。OSB支持海洋扫盲，帮助公众了解海洋如何影响他们的日常生活，教育儿童了解地球环境及其过程，并激励下一代海洋科学家。他们通过参与辅导和奖学金计划，支持招募少数族裔进入地球科学。1999年，OSB发起了罗杰·雷维尔纪念讲座。这个一年一度的讲座在华盛顿特区举行，重点讨论政策制定者和公众感兴趣和重要的海洋科学主题。此外，通过国家科学院的Christine Mirzayan科学和技术政策研究员计划，研究生研究员得到支持。国家科学院海洋研究委员会(OSB)探索了解、管理和保护沿海和海洋环境和资源所需的科学、政策和基础设施。它提供了一个讨论海洋问题的论坛，组织研究以帮助解决这些问题，并编制可供公众使用的报告。OSB开展了广泛的活动，从深入研究科学争议到快速审查紧迫的政策问题。OSB核心支持由多个联邦机构共享。除了与海洋问题有关的活动外，这项建议还为OSB CORE、海洋研究科学委员会(SCOR)、Revelle演讲和美国联合国海洋科学可持续发展十年活动全国委员会的相关费用提供部分支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The requested funding will be used to continue providing guidance on major ocean-related science, engineering, and policy issues to the federal ocean agencies, including the National Science Foundation. The Ocean Studies Board (OSB) is the focal point within the National Academy of Sciences for ocean-related science, engineering, and policy issues. The board explores the science, policies, and infrastructure needed to understand, manage, protect, and restore coastal and marine environments and resources. The board has produced reports that garner interest from the public media, various industries, educational institutions, Congress, and other federal agencies. The convening function of the board brings together the academic, federal and state agency, and industry scientists as well as interested stakeholders on particular issues such as fisheries and coastal hazards. OSB supports ocean literacy and helps build the public’s understanding of how the ocean influences their daily lives, educates children about the Earth’s environment and its processes, and inspires the next generation of ocean scientists. They support recruitment of minorities into the earth sciences through participation in mentoring and fellowship programs. In 1999, the OSB initiated the Roger Revelle Commemorative Lecture. This annual lecture, held in Washington, DC, focuses on ocean science topics of interest and importance to policymakers and the public. In addition, through the National Academies’ Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellows program, graduate student fellows are supported.The Ocean Studies Board (OSB) of the National Academy of Sciences explores the science, policies, and infrastructure needed to understand, manage, and conserve coastal and marine environments and resources. It provides a forum for ocean issues to be discussed, organizes studies to help address these issues, and produces reports that are available to the public. The OSB conducts a wide range of activities, from in-depth studies of scientific controversies to fast-track reviews of urgent policy issues. The OSB core support is shared between multiple federal agencies. In addition to the activities related to ocean issues, this proposal provides partial support for expenses associated with OSB core, Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), the Revelle Lecture, and U.S. National Committee for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development activities.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.