NRT: Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in Ecology and Evolution (ICARE): Broadening Participation Across the Environmental Sciences in Baltimore Harbor

NRT：生态学与进化应用研究跨学科联盟 (ICARE)：扩大巴尔的摩港环境科学领域的参与

• 批准号: 1922579
• 负责人: Tamra Mendelson
• 金额: $ 282.28万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland Baltimore County
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1922579&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NRT; Interdisciplinary; Consortium; Applied; Research

This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County will deliver an innovative training program designed to broaden participation in the environmental workforce and empower the next generation of scientists to apply research to environmental problem-solving. Focusing on the socio-ecological challenges facing Baltimore Harbor, the NRT project integrates (1) a cross-sector internship in which students conduct policy-relevant scientific research; (2) a series of skills-based courses to prepare students for the environmental workforce; and (3) professionally-facilitated interdisciplinary training sessions that engage students, mentors, and community stakeholders. The project anticipates training thirty (30) master's students, including eighteen (18) funded trainees from Biological Sciences, Geography and Environmental Systems, and Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering departments. An additional one hundred fifty (150) master's and doctoral students are expected to benefit from the courses developed and implemented through this program.The program will deliver a two-year, thesis-master's program to students from underrepresented groups that integrates (1) a series of skills-based courses, (2) interdisciplinary training with two, cumulative CoNavigator (an interdisciplinary problem-solving tool) training sessions, (3) an individually tailored curriculum of disciplinary courses, and (4) a cross-sector applied research internship. NRT activities will focus on the highly urbanized and industrialized Baltimore Harbor, which forms the basin of the Patapsco River and a major tributary embayment of the upper Chesapeake Bay. Though many of the Harbor's environmental issues are public knowledge, scientific literature on the health of the Harbor is surprisingly scant. Trainee research projects therefore will be advised by a team consisting of at least one faculty member and one professional scientist from industry, government, or the non-profit sector engaged in socioeconomic or environmental research in Baltimore Harbor. These off-campus partners will serve as research advisors and instructors for trainees in a two-way knowledge exchange that helps identify research needed for implementing new policies or evaluating existing policies to protect the Harbor. Additional community stakeholders will also participate in the interdisciplinary training sessions.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 or convergent 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.

这项国家科学基金会研究训练（NRT）授予马里兰州大学巴尔的摩县的奖项将提供一项创新的培训计划，旨在扩大对环境劳动力的参与，并授权下一代科学家将研究应用于环境问题解决。 NRT项目着重于巴尔的摩港面临的社会生态挑战，集成了（1）跨部门实习，学生进行与政策相关的科学研究； （2）一系列基于技能的课程，以为学生准备环境劳动力； （3）与学生，导师和社区利益相关者相关的专业基础跨学科培训课程。该项目预计将培训三十（30）个硕士学生，包括来自生物科学，地理和环境系统的18（18）名资助的学员以及化学，生化和环境工程部门。 An additional one hundred fifty (150) master's and doctoral students are expected to benefit from the courses developed and implemented through this program.The program will deliver a two-year, thesis-master's program to students from underrepresented groups that integrates (1) a series of skills-based courses, (2) interdisciplinary training with two, cumulative CoNavigator (an interdisciplinary problem-solving tool) training sessions, (3) an individually tailored纪律课程的课程，以及（4）跨部门应用研究实习。 NRT活动将集中于高度城市化和工业化的巴尔的摩港，该港口构成了帕塔普斯科河的盆地，以及切萨皮克湾上部的主要支流胚胎。尽管许多港口的环境问题都是公众知识，但有关港口健康的科学文献令人惊讶地很少。因此，由至少一名教职员工和一名来自行业，政府或在巴尔的摩港从事社会经济或环境研究的非营利部门的专业科学家组成的团队将为学员研究项目提供建议。这些校外合作伙伴将在双向知识交流中担任学员的研究顾问和讲师，该交流有助于确定实施新政策所需的研究或评估保护港口的现有政策。其他社区利益相关者还将参加跨学科培训课程。NSFResearch Theareeship（NRT）计划旨在鼓励开发和实施用于STEM研究生教育培训的大胆，新的潜在转型模型。该计划致力于通过全面的跨学科或收敛性研究领域的STEM研究生进行有效培训，通过全面的培训模型，这些模型具有创新性，基于循证的，并且与不断变化的劳动力和研究需求保持一致。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识优点和广泛影响来评估NSF的法定任务，并被视为值得的支持。