IRES Track I: Collaborative Research: GYP-NEXTGEN: Empowering future scientists within an international consortium focused on gypsum plant communities

IRES 轨道 I：合作研究：GYP-NEXTGEN：在专注于石膏植物群落的国际联盟中为未来的科学家提供支持

• 批准号: 2153145
• 负责人: Michael Moore
• 金额: $ 10.57万
• 依托单位: Oberlin College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2153145&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Track; Collaborative; Research; GYP

Unusual soil types such as gypsum are home to a significant proportion of the world’s plant diversity, host unique and often rare biological communities of conservation concern, and serve as excellent systems to further our understanding of basic evolutionary and ecological processes. Through IRES Track I funding, the GYP-NEXTGEN project allows John Carroll University, New Mexico State University, and Oberlin College to support annual 6-student cohorts (two students per institution per year for three years) to conduct mentored research projects with partners in Spain at the Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Universidad de Almería, and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. The main objective is to advance our understanding of the unique plants and associated organisms that specialize on unusual gypsum soils, while simultaneously providing high-quality international research experiences to a diverse set of US undergraduates (18 students, total). The student participants will be drawn from three diverse institutions, including a Hispanic-serving institution and two undergraduate-focused institutions, one of which has many first-generation students. GYP-NEXTGEN builds on an existing US-Spanish collaboration, providing US students the opportunity to work alongside many of the worldwide experts in this research area. GYP-NEXTGEN will train 18 future scientists for a global workforce, developing their cross-cultural, interpersonal, and academic research skills in STEM fields. Each student will be closely mentored by US and Spanish scientists as they develop research proposals, conduct studies in the field and laboratory, and prepare their work for presentation and further publication. Students will advance their scientific communication skills through direct outreach to local schools in Spain to talk about their work, and in the US and Mexico through production of a bilingual podcast about their projects. The project also provides professional development opportunities for a diverse faculty team in the US and Spain. By leveraging and expanding upon GYPWORLD, GYP-NEXTGEN strengthens the links between the US and Spanish partner institutions, enables substantive advances in basic research and conservation of gypsum ecosystems, and creates meaningful opportunities for professional development for undergraduates, junior faculty, and senior faculty alike.Unusual soil types such as gypsum offer unique opportunities for understanding basic ecological and evolutionary processes. Organisms adapted to these soils are often inherently rare and of conservation concern. Despite their global presence in arid and semi-arid regions, gypsum ecosystems remain understudied compared to other harsh soil types, yet they host biodiverse endemic plant and biological soil crust communities on five continents. This project builds on an existing collaboration between US and Spanish partners, providing opportunities to mentor and train 18 students total from three US institutions (John Carroll University, New Mexico State University, and Oberlin College) at three Spanish institutions (Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Universidad de Almería, and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos). By further linking US and Spanish partners, this project will advance fundamental research questions related to the physiology, ecology, evolution, and conservation of gypsum ecosystems. Our main objective is to advance our understanding of gypsum ecosystems while simultaneously providing high-quality international research experiences to a diverse set of US undergraduates. Importantly, Spain is the international hub of gypsum ecological and evolutionary research, and the Spanish PIs included in GYP-NEXTGEN represent most of the global leaders in gypsum ecology and evolution. Students will be mentored through an integrated campaign of activities before, during, and after their research experiences in Spain, to ensure consistent high-quality mentorship. GYP-NEXTGEN will train 18 future scientists for a global workforce, developing their cross-cultural, interpersonal, and academic research skills in STEM fields. Each student will be closely mentored by US and Spanish scientists as they develop research proposals, conduct studies in the field and laboratory, and prepare their work for presentation and further publication. Students will advance their scientific communication skills through direct outreach to local schools in Spain to talk about their work, and in the US and Mexico through production of a bilingual podcast about their projects. The project also provides professional development opportunities for a diverse faculty. By leveraging and expanding upon the existing European Union funded GYPWORLD project, GYP-NEXTGEN strengthens the links between the US and Spanish partner institutions, enables substantive advances in basic research and conservation of gypsum ecosystems, and creates meaningful opportunities for professional development for undergraduates, junior faculty, and senior faculty alike.This project is jointly funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.

石膏等不寻常的土壤类型是世界上很大一部分植物多样性的所在地，拥有独特的且通常是罕见的保护关注的生物学社区，并且是我们对基本进化和生态过程的理解的绝佳系统。通过IRES TRACK I资助，GYP-NEXTGEN项目允许John Carroll大学，新墨西哥州立大学和Oberlin College支持年度的6名学生队列（每年每个机构三年的学生三年）与西班牙Pirenaico Instituto Pirenaico的合作伙伴一起进行研究项目，该研究项目是Dealmería和Universidad Rey Juan Juan Juan Juan Carlos。主要目的是促进我们对专门从事异常石膏土壤的独特植物和相关组织的理解，同时为我们的潜水员众多的本科生（18名学生，总计）提供高质量的国际研究经验。学生参与者将从三个潜水机构中吸引，包括西班牙裔服务机构和两个以本科生为中心的机构，其中一家有许多第一代学生。 GYP-NEXTGEN建立在现有的美国 - 西班牙合作的基础上，使我们的学生有机会与该研究领域的许多世界专家一起工作。 GYP-NEXTGEN将培训18名未来的科学家为全球劳动力，发展其STEM领域的跨文化，人际关系和学术研究技能。每个学生将在制定研究建议，在现场和实验室中进行研究，并准备工作以进行演讲和进一步发表时，将密切提及。学生将通过直接向西班牙的当地学校进行直接推广，以谈论他们的工作，以及在美国和墨西哥的工作，通过生产有关其项目的双语播客，提高他们的科学沟通技巧。该项目还为美国和西班牙的潜水员教师团队提供了专业发展的机会。 By leveraging and expanding upon GYPWORLD, GYP-NEXTGEN strengths the links between the US and Spanish partner institutions, enable substantive advances in basic research and conservation of gypsum ecosystems, and creates meaningful opportunities for professional development for undergraduates, junior faculty, and senior faculty alike.Unusual soil types such as gypsum offer unique opportunities for understanding basic ecological and evolutionary processes.适应这些土壤的生物通常本质上是罕见的，并且存在保护。尽管在干旱和半干旱地区的全球存在，但与其他HARMSH土壤类型相比，石膏生态系统仍然可以理解，但它们在五个延续中占据了生物多样性的内在植物和生物土壤外壳群落。该项目以美国和西班牙合作伙伴之间的现有合作为基础，为三个西班牙机构的三个美国机构（约翰·卡罗尔大学，新墨西哥州立大学和奥伯林学院）提供了精神和培训18名学生的机会，该学生总数（约翰·卡罗尔大学，新墨西哥州立大学和奥伯林学院）（Instituto pirenaico deecología，Instituto dealmería大学，大学和雷安大学）。通过进一步联系我们和西班牙合作伙伴，该项目将提出与石膏生态系统的生理，生态，进化和保护有关的基本研究问题。我们的主要目标是促进我们对石膏生态系统的理解，同时为我们的潜水者的本科生提供高质量的国际研究经验。重要的是，西班牙是石膏生态和进化研究的国际枢纽，而GYP-NextGen中包含的西班牙PI代表了石膏生态学和进化中的大多数全球领导者。在西班牙的研究经验之前，之中和之后，将通过综合活动的综合运动来指导学生，以确保一贯的高质量指导。 GYP-NEXTGEN将培训18名未来的科学家为全球劳动力，发展其STEM领域的跨文化，人际关系和学术研究技能。每个学生将在制定研究建议，在现场和实验室中进行研究，并准备工作以进行演讲和进一步发表时，都会受到美国和西班牙科学家的密切指导。学生将通过直接向西班牙的当地学校进行直接推广，以谈论他们的工作，以及在美国和墨西哥的工作，通过生产有关其项目的双语播客，提高他们的科学沟通技巧。该项目还为潜水员教师提供了专业发展的机会。 By leveraging and expanding upon the existing European Union funded GYPWORLD project, GYP-NEXTGEN strengths the links between the US and Spanish partner institutions, enables substantive advances in basic research and conservation of gypsum ecosystems, and creates meaningful opportunities for professional development for undergraduates, junior faculty, and senior faculty alike.This project is jointly funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) and the启发竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCOR）。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响标准来评估诚实地支持了支持。