Developing a Regional Research Vision for Enhancing Field Station Resources: A Plan for Connecting the Dots

制定增强实地站资源的区域研究愿景：连接点的计划

• 批准号: 1227198
• 负责人: Amy Whipple
• 金额: $ 2.46万
• 依托单位: Northern Arizona University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-01 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1227198&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Regional; Research; Vision; Enhancing

Northern Arizona University is awarded a grant to conduct a planning process to integrate field stations and related resources in Northern Arizona. The planning process will be centered on the development of a research vision for the region. Internationally recognized experts and a strong group of local and regional scientists will be enlisted to participate in developing a suite of research questions that address growing concerns and issues regarding the science and policy implications of climate change. The ensuing research vision will guide the subsequent planning workshop, through which steps for efficiently administering and managing our integrated resources will be constructed. These resources include: the Merriam-Powell Research Station (Northern Arizona University), The Arboretum at Flagstaff (independent, non-profit), the Southwest Experimental Garden Array (SEGA: common garden field facility under development through a NSF MRI award to NAU), and the Walnut Creek Center for Education and Research (a partnership of Prescott College and NAU on the Prescott National Forest). Participants will include federal and private land managers across Northern Arizona. As a culmination to these planning workshops, the awardee will construct a five-year strategic plan that will be developed with continued consultation from the outside experts who were involved in the workshops. The focused planning process will enable key institutions to better match expenditures to future needs, enhancing their sustainability and their ability to foster research for the common good. Inclusion of managers and Native Americans in the planning process will help tie research more closely to benefits to the general public and to disadvantaged populations facing significant additional threats from climate change. During the planning process, explicit ties between research and outreach, K-12 education, undergraduate and graduate education, and communication with managers will be cultured.

北亚利桑那大学获得了一项赠款，以进行计划过程，以整合北亚利桑那州的现场站和相关资源。 计划过程将集中于该地区研究愿景的发展。国际认可的专家和强大的本地和区域科学家将被邀请参与制定一系列研究问题，以解决有关气候变化对科学和政策影响的日益严重和问题。 随后的研究愿景将指导随后的计划研讨会，通过这些研讨会有效地管理和管理我们的集成资源的步骤。 These resources include: the Merriam-Powell Research Station (Northern Arizona University), The Arboretum at Flagstaff (independent, non-profit), the Southwest Experimental Garden Array (SEGA: common garden field facility under development through a NSF MRI award to NAU), and the Walnut Creek Center for Education and Research (a partnership of Prescott College and NAU on the Prescott National Forest).参与者将包括亚利桑那州北部的联邦和私人土地经理。作为对这些计划研讨会的高潮，获奖者将构建一项为期五年的战略计划，该计划将在参与研讨会的外部专家的持续咨询下制定。集中的计划过程将使关键机构能够更好地将支出与未来的需求相匹配，增强其可持续性和促进共同利益研究的能力。在计划过程中包括经理和美洲原住民将有助于将研究更加紧密地与对公众的利益和弱势群体的利益联系起来，并面临气候变化造成的额外威胁。在计划过程中，将培养研究与外展，K-12教育，本科和研究生教育之间的明确关系以及与经理的沟通。