Interpreting and targeting NERC-funded research outputs to inform and influence marine policy

知识交流活动的资金往往有限，科学界所推崇的交流形式，如同行评审的出版物和科学会议谈话，不适合向政策制定者和决策者传播研究成果。政策制定者和科学家用他们自己的以术语为中心的语言进行交流，这导致了两个群体之间的误解和缺乏理解。因此，科学研究可能没有被纳入决策过程，最终用户要么不知道，要么不清楚科学如何能够支持和通报管理、适应和减缓备选办法。重要的是，良好的科学研究支持政策指标的制定和环境目标的设定，以成功地实施海洋政策;英国政府可能会对超过或不符合这些具有法律约束力的目标负责。该项目旨在促进CPR科学，专业知识和数据的使用，以支持英国，欧盟和国际决策，同时确定SAHFOS数据和科学的新机会和政策相关应用。该研究金将通过参与国家和国际远洋专家组，包括在联合王国和奥斯巴一级领导执行《海洋战略框架文件》的远洋生境，以及成为联合王国和国际主要政策委员会的成员，将科学政策专门知识和海洋保护和复原数据纳入联合王国和欧盟的政治进程。CPR数据和研究将转化为有针对性的政策相关的科学建议，为英国，欧盟和国际政策和决策者，特别是对传播不足的NERC资助的CPR研究的重点。将确定预防危机和复原研究和数据的新的最终用户，以培养新的知识交流联系和应用。将评估政策咨询方面的差距和今后的需要，以便引导预防危机和复原研究与政策相关。这些旨在有效应用和发展CPR科学的步骤将为支持海洋管理和保护提供更好的证据。申请人在与英国，欧盟和国际政策和决策者进行接触和沟通方面经验丰富，并在CPR研究和政策需求之间建立联系，并拥有广泛的英国和欧盟科学政策网络。然而，她的工作一再受到资金限制的制约，导致效率低下，政策影响力产生活动的效力和范围受到限制。许多从危机预防和复原数据中产生政策影响的机会都资金不足，创收合同和项目往往必须优先考虑。虽然她目前正在协助执行《海洋战略文件》，并在证据组任职，但这项工作只有部分资金，而且资金不稳定，必须在资源有限的情况下进行。该KE奖学金将消除将CPR科学应用于政策实施的资金障碍，并促进将CPR研究和数据直接纳入英国和国际政策进程。该奖学金将使申请人能够在专门的工作时间内持续有效地开展政策影响产生工作，并使她能够更好地利用她的联系网络，更有效地利用CPR科学。一个关键的组成部分将是为NERC资助的工作产生政策影响，这些工作从未得到传播- MSFD核心合同微生物遗传研究的应用和全球CPR调查联盟的国际政策影响。

Knowledge exchange activities are often limited in funding, and the communication formats respected in the scientific community, such as peer-reviewed publications and scientific conference talks, are not appropriate to disseminate research to policy and decision makers. Policy makers and scientists communicate in their own jargon-centric languages, which leads to miscommunications and lack of understanding between the two groups. Consequently, scientific research may not be integrated in to the decision making process, with end users left either unaware of or not clearly understanding how science can support and inform management, adaptation and mitigation options. It is crucial that good scientific research supports the development of policy indicators and setting of environmental targets in order to successfully implement marine policy; the UK government could be held responsible for exceeding or not meeting these legally binding targets. This project seeks to promote the use of CPR science, expertise and data to support UK, EU, and international decision-making while identifying new opportunities and policy-relevant applications for SAHFOS data and science. The fellowship will integrate science-policy expertise and CPR data into the UK and EU political processes through the involvement in national and international pelagic expert groups, including leadership of the implementation of the MSFD for pelagic habitats at the UK and OSPAR levels, and membership on key UK and international policy boards. CPR data and research will be transformed to targeted policy-relevant scientific advice for UK, EU and international policy and decision makers, with particular focus on under-disseminated NERC-funded CPR research. New end users of CPR research and data will be identified in order to cultivate new knowledge exchange links and applications. Policy advice gaps and future needs will be assessed in order to steer CPR research towards policy relevance. These steps towards the effective application and development of CPR science will result in better evidence to support marine management and conservation. The applicant is experienced in engaging and communicating with UK, EU and international policy and decision makers, and drawing links between CPR research and policy needs and has a wide UK and EU science-policy network. However, her work is repeatedly constrained by funding limitations which have resulted in inefficiencies and boundaries to the effectiveness and reach of policy impact-generating activities. Many opportunities to create policy impact from CPR data are underfunded and revenue-earning contracts and projects are often necessarily prioritised. Although she is currently contributing to MSFD implementation and serving on evidence groups, the work is only partially and inconsistently funded and must be performed as limited resources allow. This KE Fellowship will remove the funding barrier to applying CPR science to policy implementation and facilitate the direct inclusion of CPR research and data into the UK and international policy process. The fellowship will enable the applicant to consistently and efficiently perform policy impact generating work in dedicated working time, and will allow her to better utilise her network of contacts to more effectively exploit CPR science. A key component will be the generation of policy impact for NERC-funded work which has never been disseminated - MSFD application of core contract microbial genetic research and international policy impact of the Global Alliance of CPR Surveys (GACS).