IGERT: Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change (A2C2)

IGERT：适应突然的气候变化 (A2C2)

• 批准号: 1144423
• 负责人: Jasmine Saros
• 金额: $ 292.91万
• 依托单位: University of Maine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-01 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1144423&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Adaptation; Abrupt; Climate; Change

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award facilitates the interdisciplinary training of Ph.D. natural and social scientists in adaptation to abrupt climate change, one of the greatest challenges to the sustainability of human society and ecosystem services in the 21st century. Intellectual Merit: This program meets the challenge of abrupt climate change by training students to conduct collaborative, interdisciplinary research across the natural and social sciences, and to develop innovative policy and management solutions from their research that fosters resilience and adaptation in response to abrupt climate change. Research themes focus on three major challenges that society faces with abrupt climate change: threats to global security, reductions in ecosystem services, and adaptation in social systems. Novel training elements of this program include a collaborative interdisciplinary research project, and a policy and management internship with organizations that span international, federal and state agencies, as well as the private sector. Broader Impacts: The risks of abrupt climate change are globally pervasive and include increased numbers of environmental refugees and political conflicts over resources. Determining how to anticipate, avoid, and manage abrupt climate change was recently identified as one of the five grand challenges to global sustainability. This IGERT award trains the next generation of scientists to meet these environmental and social challenges. To promote future recruitment of a diverse science workforce, all IGERT trainees will conduct outreach activities with K-12 students from underrepresented groups. The program also fosters a strong international perspective through research collaborations as well as internship experiences abroad.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to establish new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries, and to engage students in understanding the processes by which research is translated to innovations for societal benefit.

该综合研究生教育和研究实习 (IGERT) 奖项促进了博士生的跨学科培训。自然和社会科学家适应突然的气候变化，这是 21 世纪人类社会和生态系统服务可持续性面临的最大挑战之一。智力优势：该项目通过培训学生在自然科学和社会科学领域进行协作、跨学科研究，并从他们的研究中制定创新的政策和管理解决方案，以增强应对气候突变的复原力和适应能力，从而应对气候突变的挑战。研究主题集中于气候突变社会面临的三大挑战：全球安全的威胁、生态系统服务的减少以及社会系统的适应。该计划的新颖培训要素包括跨学科合作研究项目，以及与国际、联邦和州机构以及私营部门的组织进行政策和管理实习。更广泛的影响：气候突变的风险在全球范围内普遍存在，包括环境难民数量增加和资源政治冲突。确定如何预测、避免和管理突然的气候变化最近被确定为全球可持续发展的五个重大挑战之一。该 IGERT 奖项旨在培训下一代科学家应对这些环境和社会挑战。为了促进未来招募多元化的科学劳动力，所有 IGERT 学员都将与来自代表性不足群体的 K-12 学生开展外展活动。该项目还通过研究合作和海外实习经验培养强大的国际视野。IGERT 是一个 NSF 范围内的项目，旨在应对美国博士生教育的挑战。具有跨学科背景、对所选学科有深入了解以及未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能的科学家和工程师。该项目旨在在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中建立研究生教育和培训的新模式，并让学生了解将研究转化为社会效益创新的过程。