RaMP: Advancing Indigenous perspectives to address climate vulnerability in the Southwest: research training for and by diverse communities

RaMP：推进土著观点以解决西南地区的气候脆弱性：为不同社区提供研究培训

• 批准号: 2216704
• 负责人: Amy Whipple
• 金额: $ 299.82万
• 依托单位: Northern Arizona University
• 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: 2022-08-01 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2216704&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RaMP; Advancing; Indigenous; perspectives; address

Southwestern landscapes are experiencing intensifying climate stress, which threatens to damage ecosystems beyond their capacity to provide culturally significant ecosystem services. To build the scientific workforce needed to address this challenge, this project delivers a post-baccalaureate research training program which will increase the participation of Indigenous and Latinx students in STEM fields. It provides research experiences in the biological sciences and comprehensive student mentorship. A diverse network of mentors and collaborators, including Indigenous leaders and elders; university and tribal college faculty and graduate students; and partners from non-profit, private, and public sectors will develop an annual research plan. The annual plan will focus on three to five research projects each year to be carried out by a cohort of ten post-baccalaureate fellows. This program will have several important broader impacts for society. 1. Thirty post-baccalaureates will be trained in the conduct of research and allied skills to advance their careers in climate change biology. 2. The training received by mentees and mentors will increase cross-cultural literacy by building the capacity of scientists, conservation leaders, and land managers to better integrate Indigenous knowledge and perspectives. 3. The collaborative research will advance Tribal and agency climate mitigation planning. 4. The program will launch young scientists into careers founded on biological expertise. 5. Research findings will be shared via outreach materials, websites, published in the peer review literature and presented at conferences. 6. Research findings will be applicable to climate change mitigation and aimed at protecting natural resources critical to the culture of underserved communities in the Southwest. Research projects will focus on integrating ecological, evolutionary, and cultural perspectives to predict and mitigate catastrophic ecosystem transitions. Specifically, the research will address these questions: 1. How does past evolution of tolerance in key foundation species predict limits to their species distributions? 2. How do species interactions constrain the boundaries of species and ecosystems? 3. How does the stability of ecosystem functions depend on community-level responses to climate change? Working from physiological to landscape scales across woodland, rangeland, riparian, and agricultural systems will allow fellows to develop a wide range of skills. Skill development will include field and laboratory experimentation, experimental plantings, biodiversity assessment, population modeling, next generation sequencing, chemical and isotopic analyses, geographic information systems, and remote sensing. Integrated training and development activities for both fellows and mentors will include (1) ecological, evolutionary, and cultural components of climate adaptation, (2) interdisciplinary and quantitative approaches for testing hypotheses from population to landscape ecology, (3) responsible and safe conduct of research, and (4) cross-cultural communication, collaboration, and leadership skills. Recruitment of fellows will be through Tribal Colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions in the southwestern US and use local and national networks serving populations historically underrepresented in biology and natural resources careers. Support and training will be tailored to the background and goals of individual fellows to ensure they are competitive for the next step in their career whether that is entering the environmental biology workforce or continuing to graduate school.Co-funding for this award is being provided by Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) program one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas. NNA supports projects that address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic, empower new research partnerships, diversify the next generation of Arctic researchers, enhance efforts in formal and informal education, and integrate the co-production of knowledge where appropriate. This award aligns with those goals.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.

西南景观正在经历加剧的气候压力，这可能会损害生态系统，超出其提供文化上重要的生态系统服务的能力。为了建立应对这一挑战所需的科学劳动力，该项目提供了一项后库后的研究培训计划，该计划将增加土著和拉丁裔学生在STEM领域的参与。它提供了生物科学和全面学生指导的研究经验。包括土著领导人和长者在内的多样化的导师和合作者网络；大学和部落学院的教职员工和研究生；非营利，私营部门和公共部门的合作伙伴将制定年度研究计划。年度计划将集中在每年的三到五个研究项目上，由十个后核后家伙组成的队列进行。该计划将对社会产生一些重要的广泛影响。 1。将在研究和相关技能方面接受三十个后龄后洞，以促进其在气候变化生物学领域的职业。 2。受训者和导师接受的培训将通过建立科学家，保护领袖和土地经理的能力来更好地整合土著知识和观点，从而提高跨文化素养。 3。协作研究将推进部落和代理机构的气候缓解计划。 4。该计划将使年轻的科学家从事基于生物专业知识的职业。 5。研究结果将通过外展材料（网站）共享，该网站发表在同行评审文献中，并在会议上介绍。 6。研究结果将适用于缓解气候变化，旨在保护对西南服务不足社区文化至关重要的自然资源。研究项目将着重于整合生态，进化和文化观点，以预测和减轻灾难性的生态系统过渡。具体而言，研究将解决以下问题：1。关键基础物种中过去的耐受性进化如何预测其物种分布的限制？ 2。物种相互作用如何限制物种和生态系统的边界？ 3。生态系统功能的稳定性如何取决于社区水平对气候变化的反应？从生理学到景观量表的工作，整个林地，牧场，河岸和农业系统将使研究员能够发展出广泛的技能。技能开发将包括现场和实验室实验，实验性种植，生物多样性评估，人群建模，下一代测序，化学和同位素分析，地理信息系统以及遥感。研究员和导师的综合培训和发展活动将包括（1）气候适应的生态，进化和文化成分，（2）测试从人口到景观生态学的假设，（3）研究和安全的研究的跨学科和定量方法，以及（3）研究的负责和安全行为，以及（4）跨文化，协作，协作，协作，领导能力和领导能力。招募研究员将通过美国西南部的部落学院和西班牙裔服务机构进行招募，并使用历史上为人口的本地和国家网络提供的生物学和自然资源职业人口不足。支持和培训将针对单个研究员的背景和目标量身定制，以确保他们在职业生涯的下一步中具有竞争力，无论是进入环境生物学劳动力还是继续研究生院。为此奖励提供了新的北极（NNA）计划，以提供NSF的10个大想法。 NNA支持在迅速变化的北极，赋予新的研究伙伴关系，使下一代北极研究人员多样化，加强正规和非正式教育方面的努力以及在适当的情况下整合知识的项目。该奖项与这些目标保持一致。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准的评估值得支持的。