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; 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.

这项综合研究生教育与研究实习生（IGERT）奖促进了博士学位的跨学科培训。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的最大挑战之一。知识分子的优点：该计划通过培训学生在自然和社会科学进行协作，跨学科研究来应对突然的气候变化的挑战，并通过其研究从其研究中开发创新的政策和管理解决方案，从而促进了弹性和适应性，以响应突然的气候变化。研究主题重点介绍了社会突然气候变化面临的三个主要挑战：对全球安全的威胁，降低生态系统服务以及社会系统的适应性。该计划的新颖培训要素包括一个协作跨学科研究项目，以及与跨越国际，联邦和州机构以及私营部门的组织的政策和管理实习。更广泛的影响：突然的气候变化的风险在全球范围内普遍存在，包括环境难民的数量增加和对资源的政治冲突。最近确定如何预期，避免和管理突然的气候变化被确定为全球可持续性五个巨大的挑战之一。这个伊格特奖训练下一代科学家，以应对这些环境和社会挑战。为了促进未来的科学劳动力的招聘，所有伊格特学员将与来自代表性不足的团体的K-12学生进行外展活动。该计划还通过研究合作以及国外的实习经验来促进国际观点。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，所选学科的深刻知识以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在在肥沃的环境中建立新的模型，用于超越传统纪律界限的合作研究，并吸引学生理解研究的过程转化为以社会利益的创新过程。