Collaborative Research: Converging COVID-19, environment, health, and equity

合作研究：融合 COVID-19、环境、健康和公平

• 批准号: 2037862
• 负责人: Maya Trotz
• 金额: $ 1.98万
• 依托单位: University of South Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-08-01 至 2021-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2037862&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Converging; COVID; 19

Environmental engineering and science is a highly diverse field that uses knowledge of physics, chemistry, and biology to help protect human and ecological health. Many environmental engineers and scientists are doing research on COVID-19 to better understand of how to control the spread of the disease, as well as providing safe food and drinking water. The goal of this project is to hold a series of virtual meetings over six weeks bringing together researchers to discuss their work on COVID-19 in an integrated manner. They will also explore how inequities influence the outcomes and impact of their work. Benefits to society resulting from this work result from open source learning materials that show how different environments link to each other during the pandemic, and how to address inequities in society to come up with better solutions for sustainable communities. This meeting will feature a diverse representation of environmental engineering and science researchers. To maximize impact, the meeting will be open to anyone in the world, and all recordings will be shared on websites and over social media.The goal of this project is to host a series of meetings bringing together researchers from environmental engineering and science and related fields to share knowledge and discuss interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary linkages as they relate to COVID-19 and the need for developing more healthy, just, and equitable societies. The themes for the proposed sessions will align COVID-19 and the Grand Challenges for Environmental Engineering in the 21st Century as outlined in the National Academies of Sciences Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) study which include: (1) sustainably supplying food, energy, and water, (2) creating efficient, healthy, and resilient cities, (3) designing a future without pollution and waste, (4) climate change mitigation and adaptation, and (5) fostering informed decisions and actions. The meeting presents a new model of participation in a combined asynchronous and synchronous multimedia online learning environment. Presenters will be selected to reflect the diversity of the Nation, with particular effort made to recruit presenters who are currently underrepresented in STEM. Early career post-doctoral researchers and assistant professors will be presenters and session chairs to foster career development. Participants will be encouraged to register for the certificate portion of the meeting which requires the successful completion of six quizzes related to each session. A manuscript based on the meeting will be submitted to the journal of Environmental Engineering and Science to share best practices for virtual format for meetings and the convergence of environmental engineering and science through COVID-19.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.

环境工程和科学是一个高度多样化的领域，利用物理、化学和生物学知识来帮助保护人类和生态健康。许多环境工程师和科学家正在对 COVID-19 进行研究，以更好地了解如何控制该疾病的传播，以及提供安全的食物和饮用水。该项目的目标是在六周内举行一系列虚拟会议，将研究人员聚集在一起，以综合方式讨论他们在 COVID-19 方面的工作。他们还将探讨不平等如何影响他们工作的结果和影响。这项工作给社会带来的好处来自开源学习材料，这些材料展示了大流行期间不同环境如何相互联系，以及如何解决社会不平等问题，为可持续社区提出更好的解决方案。这次会议将有来自环境工程和科学研究人员的多元化代表。 为了最大限度地发挥影响力，会议将向世界上的任何人开放，所有录音都将在网站和社交媒体上共享。该项目的目标是举办一系列会议，将来自环境工程和科学及相关领域的研究人员聚集在一起领域分享知识并讨论与 COVID-19 相关的跨学科和跨学科联系以及发展更健康、公正和公平社会的需要。 拟议会议的主题将与新冠病毒 (COVID-19) 和美国国家科学院、工程和医学院 (NASEM) 研究中概述的 21 世纪环境工程的重大挑战保持一致，其中包括：(1) 可持续地供应食品、能源、和水，(2) 创建高效、健康和有弹性的城市，(3) 设计一个没有污染和浪费的未来，(4) 减缓和适应气候变化，(5) 促进明智的决策和行动。会议提出了一种异步和同步相结合的多媒体在线学习环境的新参与模式。演讲者的选择将反映国家的多样性，特别努力招募目前在 STEM 领域代表性不足的演讲者。早期职业博士后研究人员和助理教授将担任演讲者和会议主席，以促进职业发展。我们鼓励与会者注册会议的证书部分，这需要成功完成与每场会议相关的六个测验。基于该会议的手稿将提交给《环境工程与科学》杂志，以分享会议虚拟形式以及通过 COVID-19 实现环境工程与科学融合的最佳实践。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获得支持。