Conference: Cargese Graduate Summer School: Connecting Ecosystem processes to hydrogeophysical fundamentals

预测携带营养物质和其他化学物质的地下水的运动具有全球重要性。地下水为全球人口提供50%的用水，为美国人提供三分之一的用水。这些地下水系统受到地质、生态系统和气候的强烈影响，因此，我们需要建立一支强大的劳动力来管理这一资源。这笔资金将允许来自美国的10名研究生和6名教师参加一项国际教育活动，旨在展示地下水系统及其与生态和气候环境的联系的当前最前沿知识。参与者将获得关键的见解，并与领先的科学团队建立联系，以支持他们的终身学习和研究努力。这16名美国科学家将直接受益，美国国家科学基金会将资助录制每次会议报告的视频。此外，每位演讲者将专门为无法出席会议的人录制5分钟的“科学胶囊”。美国国家科学基金会的基金将极大地扩大这次活动的教育范围。活动参与者将从涵盖理论和实践的讲座以及使用尖端技术量化地下水过程中受益。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。

Predicting the movement of groundwater, which carries nutrients and other chemicals, is of global importance. Groundwater provides for 50% of the global population’s water and 1/3 of all water for Americans. These groundwater systems are strongly affected by geology, ecological systems, and climate, as a result, we need to build a robust workforce to manage this resource. This funding will allow ten graduate students and six faculty from the USA to take part in an international educational event designed to present the very cutting-edge of current knowledge of groundwater systems and their connection to ecological and climatic settings. Participants will gain critical insights and be linked with the leading scientific teams to support their lifelong learning and research endeavors. The 16 US scientists will directly benefit, and the NSF will fund video recordings of every meeting presentation. Furthermore, each presenter will record 5-minute “scientific capsules” specifically for people unable to attend the meeting. NSF funds will dramatically expand the educational outreach from this event. Event participants will gain from lectures covering theory and practice and hands-on use of cutting-edge technology to quantify groundwater processes.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.