Research Infrastructure: Increasing scientific capacity and educational and outreach impact of the Cornell University Insect Collection

研究基础设施：提高康奈尔大学昆虫收藏的科学能力以及教育和推广影响

• 批准号: 2210800
• 负责人: Corrie Moreau
• 金额: $ 54.06万
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-15 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2210800&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Infrastructure; Increasing; scientific; capacity

The Cornell University Insect Collection (CUIC), founded in 1871, is one of the oldest entomological collections in the United States. The CUIC, with over 7 million specimens, represents over 200,000 species or roughly 20% of all described species of insects from almost every country on the planet. Over the course of this project, researchers at CUIC will move the fixed insect cabinets to a compactor system on rails, increasing capacity for continued growth, and expand the scientific impact of the collection through the careful curation and digitization of several targeted areas. The compactors will allow for the physical expansion of biological collection capacity, while the addition of new cabinets and drawers will ensure the integrity of valuable scientific material. Through associated digitization activities, the CUIC holdings will be made more accessible to researchers and the public alike. In addition to these collection management activities, the PIs will take a three-pronged approach to prepare the next generation of entomologists and educate the public. First, an undergraduate cohort training program will be created to ensure that the next generation of entomologists are skilled in collections-based curation and research. Second, to educate and provide exposure to the public, the PIs will partner with the local natural history museum to create activities that the public can engage with to learn about the diversity and importance of insects, including the creation of an online insect field guide. Finally, PIs will partner with museum education staff to create lesson plans that align with the Next-Generation Science Standards for secondary educators for use in their classrooms, leading to a long-lasting ripple effect both for the students and educators over many years to come. Biological collections are the foundation for research in many disciplines. Some scientific questions can only be addressed by using these collections to examine change through time or aspects of already extinct species. For these reasons, no active research collection will ever stop growing. Adding compactors will provide much needed space for the CUIC to continue to grow. To ensure the collection is in the highest scientific quality, all non-sealing cabinets and drawers will be replaced, and two focal areas of the collection in significant need of rehousing, curating, and updating of taxonomy will be assessed and improved. These focal areas include the Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) and nest (gall and Hymenoptera) collections, as both are currently stored in subpar curation conditions. During this process, human and machine-readable barcodes will be added, and associated label data and taxonomic information will be databased. The information for these focal collections will be shared widely with the public and research community through online, freely available databases, including iDigBio.org.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.

康奈尔大学昆虫收藏（CUIC）成立于1871年，是美国最古老的昆虫学收藏之一。具有超过700万个标本的CUIC代表了200,000多种，大约有20％的物种来自地球上每个国家的所有描述的昆虫。在这个项目的过程中，CUIC的研究人员将把固定的昆虫柜移至压缩机系统上的轨道系统，增加持续增长的能力，并通过仔细的策划和数字化几个目标区域扩大收集的科学影响。压实物将允许生物收集能力的物理扩展，而新的橱柜和抽屉的增加将确保有价值的科学材料的完整性。通过相关的数字化活动，研究人员和公众都将更容易获得CUIC控股。除了这些收集管理活动外，PI还将采取三方面的方法来准备下一代昆虫学家并教育公众。首先，将制定一项本科生队列培训计划，以确保下一代昆虫学家熟练于基于收藏的策展和研究。其次，为了教育和向公众提供接触，PI将与当地自然历史博物馆合作，以创建公众可以参与的活动，以了解昆虫的多样性和重要性，包括创建在线昆虫田间指南。最后，PIS将与博物馆教育人员合作，制定与下​​一代科学标准相吻合的中学教育工作者的课程计划，以便在课堂上使用，从而为学生和教育工作者带来了持久的连锁反应。 生物收集是许多学科研究的基础。只能通过使用这些收藏来检查通过已经灭绝的物种的时间或方面的变化来解决一些科学问题。由于这些原因，没有积极的研究收集将永远停止增长。添加压缩机将为CUIC提供急需的空间，以继续增长。为了确保该系列具有最高的科学质量，将更换​​所有非密封柜和抽屉，并将评估和改进分类法的重新房屋，策展和更新，重新设置，策展和更新的两个重点领域。这些焦点区域包括odonata（蜻蜓和豆腐）和Nest（Gall and Hymenoptera）收藏，因为这两者目前都存储在Subpar Curation条件下。在此过程中，将添加人类和机器可读条形码，并将数据库基于数据库。这些焦点收集的信息将通过在线，免费可用的数据库与公众和研究社区进行广泛分享，包括idigbio.org。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并认为值得通过基金会的智力优点评估和更广泛的影响来通过评估来提供支持。