NRT-INFEWS: UMD Global STEWARDS (STEM Training at the Nexus of Energy, WAter Reuse and FooD Systems)

NRT-INFEWS：UMD Global STEWARDS（能源、水再利用和食品系统关系中的 STEM 培训）

• 批准号: 1828910
• 负责人: Amy Sapkota
• 金额: $ 300万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1828910&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NRT; INFEWS; UMD; Global; STEWARDS

Our global food, energy and water resources are being stressed by diverse factors such as population growth, climate variability and human/environmental interfaces. Solutions to these challenging problems require scientists, engineers and policy experts working together to ensure food, energy and water security for future generations. However, cross-cutting, transformative science and policy discoveries can only come about through interdisciplinary training that prepares our future scientific leaders for success across a number of career pathways. To address this need, this National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to the University of Maryland College Park (UMD) will establish an interdisciplinary, STEM graduate education program that trains students to effectively work and communicate across disciplines to address food/energy/water issues from molecular to societal levels and from local to global scales. The UMD Global STEWARDS NRT program will prepare students through hands-on domestic and international experiences, as well as research, training and outreach opportunities that integrate the biological, physical, social, behavioral and computer sciences. This project anticipates training sixty (60) PhD students, including thirty (30) funded trainees, from programs in the life sciences, earth system sciences, engineering, computational sciences, social behavioral sciences, natural resource management studies, and energy and environmental policy. UMD Global STEWARDS trainees will focus on a range of topics in three integrated food/energy/water research areas: (1) agricultural resilience through energy-efficient water reuse; (2) food safety and security in variable climate scenarios; and (3) decision support systems to advance food-energy-water adaptation strategies. Trainees will participate in five interdisciplinary training elements: (1) introductory and advanced experiential coursework addressing the food/energy/water nexus; (2) intensive, annual, two-week "Winter Boost" workshops; (3) a domestic internship based in a non-academic setting; (4) a "Global Summer Amp" broadening experience in Israel or Nepal; and (5) involvement in food/energy/water-related outreach and mentoring. Communication and professional development activities will be woven throughout the NRT training elements. Trainees will take ownership in the program and develop leadership skills by participating in student-led committees and annual symposia. UMD Global STEWARDS graduates will emerge from the program as well-balanced life-long learners, stellar science communicators and distinctive professionals armed with the communication and professional skills needed to translate research discoveries into actionable science at the food/energy/water nexus.The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The program is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary research areas through comprehensive traineeship models that are innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.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.

我们的全球粮食、能源和水资源正受到人口增长、气候变化和人类/环境相互作用等多种因素的压力。解决这些具有挑战性的问题需要科学家、工程师和政策专家共同努力，确保子孙后代的粮食、能源和水安全。然而，跨领域、变革性的科学和政策发现只能通过跨学科培训来实现，跨学科培训为我们未来的科学领导者在多种职业道路上取得成功做好准备。为了满足这一需求，国家科学基金会研究实习生 (NRT) 授予马里兰大学帕克分校 (UMD) 将建立一个跨学科的 STEM 研究生教育计划，培训学生有效地跨学科工作和交流，以解决食品/能源/水问题从分子层面到社会层面，从地方层面到全球层面。 UMD Global STEWARDS NRT 项目将通过国内和国际实践经验以及整合生物、物理、社会、行为和计算机科学的研究、培训和推广机会，为学生做好准备。该项目预计将培训六十 (60) 名博士生，其中包括三十 (30) 名受资助的受训人员，其专业涉及生命科学、地球系统科学、工程、计算科学、社会行为科学、自然资源管理研究以及能源和环境政策。 UMD Global STEWARDS 学员将重点关注三个食品/能源/水综合研究领域的一系列主题：(1) 通过节能水再利用实现农业复原力； (2) 多变气候情景下的食品安全和保障； (3) 决策支持系统，以推进粮食-能源-水适应战略。学员将参加五个跨学科培训内容：(1) 针对食品/能源/水关系的入门和高级体验课程； (2) 每年为期两周的强化“冬季提升”研讨会； (3) 非学术环境的国内实习； (4) 在以色列或尼泊尔进行“全球夏季拓展训练”，拓展经验； (5) 参与与食品/能源/水相关的外展和指导。沟通和专业发展活动将贯穿 NRT 培训要素。学员将成为该计划的主人翁，并通过参加学生领导的委员会和年度研讨会来培养领导技能。 UMD Global STEWARDS 毕业生将从该项目中脱颖而出，成为均衡的终身学习者、杰出的科学传播者和独特的专业人士，具备将研究发现转化为食品/能源/水关系方面可操作的科学所需的沟通和专业技能。研究培训 (NRT) 计划旨在鼓励为 STEM 研究生教育培训开发和实施大胆的、具有潜在变革性的新模式。该计划致力于通过创新、循证且符合不断变化的劳动力和研究需求的综合培训模式，对高度优先的跨学科研究领域的 STEM 研究生进行有效培训。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为是值得的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来提供支持。

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• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Meteorology and Oceanography
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• 通讯作者: Liang, Xin-Zhong

Development of a Geographic Information Systems Mapping Tool to Measure Park Equity in Maryland

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• DOI: 10.1089/env.2021.0006
• 发表时间: 2021
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• 影响因子: 2
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• 通讯作者: Wilson, Sacoby

Changing cropland in changing climates: quantifying two decades of global cropland changes

• DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/acca97
• 发表时间: 2023-04
• 期刊: Environmental Research Letters
• 影响因子: 6.7
• 作者: Jennifer Kennedy;G. Hurtt;Xin-Zhong Liang;L. Chini;Lei Ma

Developmentally related and drought-induced shifts in the kale metabolome limited Salmonella enterica association, providing novel insights to enhance food safety

羽衣甘蓝代谢组与发育相关和干旱引起的变化限制了肠道沙门氏菌的关联，为增强食品安全提供了新的见解

• DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2022.104113
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Food Microbiology
• 影响因子: 5.3
• 作者: Liu, Xingchen;Li, Yue;Micallef, Shirley A.
• 通讯作者: Micallef, Shirley A.

Convergence, continuity, and community: a framework for enabling emerging leaders to build climate solutions in agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture

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• DOI: 10.1007/s10584-020-02844-w
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Climatic Change
• 影响因子: 4.8
• 作者: Birthisel, S. K.;Eastman, B. A.;Soucy, A. R.;Paul, M.;Clements, R. S.;White, A.;Acquafredda, M. P.;Errickson, W.;Zhu, L-H.;Allen, M. C.
• 通讯作者: Allen, M. C.