Collaborative Research: GP-GO: Climate Leaders Academy: a professional development opportunity in the geosciences

合作研究：GP-GO：气候领袖学院：地球科学领域的专业发展机会

• 批准号: 2232216
• 负责人: Sarah Green
• 金额: $ 20.69万
• 依托单位: Michigan Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2232216&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; GP; GO; Climate

Climate change is the most pressing societal challenge of our time, and students within higher education need new training and skills to prepare them to lead on climate solutions—both in their professional careers and as global citizens. The geosciences are central to climate leadership, but for the geosciences to contribute meaningfully to policy solutions, understanding of and engagement across a range of disciplines is increasingly necessary. To meet this need, the Climate Leaders Academy (CLA) will formalize interdisciplinary climate-training and professional development through a cohort model that brings together undergraduates and graduate students from a diverse set of institutions and backgrounds. The PIs will directly engage participants in national and international climate change frameworks, and provide financial support, formalized mentoring, an established network of ongoing support, and transferable undergraduate and graduate-level course credits. Climate change is one of the most difficult societal challenges of our time, and expertise and leadership from nearly all fields of study are needed. Graduates from our nation’s colleges and universities need new training and skills to prepare them to lead on climate change issues, which includes an understanding of the national and international frameworks of which the U.S. is a part. In addition, certain populations in the U.S. are still disproportionately under-represented in U.S. climate studies, meaning there is a substantial un-tapped talent-pool of potential leaders. This program establishes a Climate Leaders Academy to (i) foster optimism regarding the nation’s and the world’s capacity to address climate change; (ii) train students in the interactions across many fields that are necessary to develop climate change solutions, including law, policy, science, and engineering; (iii) advance societal understanding of climate change, its impacts, and potential solutions; and (iv) using the international climate change negotiations as a learning platform, train U.S. students to engage across cultures, countries, and different fields of study. The project will prepare participants to compete in a global work force that is increasingly demanding and providing better opportunities for climate-educated graduates. The project is uniquely aligned with Program, Agency and Administration priorities. Most importantly, providing real-time training opportunities for participants in international negotiation techniques which the Program sees as an innovative skillset that will allow grad students to be prepared for the necessities of international collaboration around the critical subject of climate change.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.

气候变化是我们这个时代最紧迫的社会挑战，高等教育的学生需要新的培训和技能来帮助他们准备好领导气候解决方案——无论是在他们的职业生涯还是作为全球公民。地球科学是气候领导力的核心，但是。为了使地球科学为政策解决方案做出有意义的贡献，跨学科的理解和参与变得越来越必要，为了满足这一需求，气候领袖学院（CLA）将通过队列模型正式开展跨学科气候培训和专业发展。本科生和研究生一起来自不同机构和背景的 PI 将直接让参与者参与国家和国际气候变化框架，并提供财政支持、正式指导、已建立的持续支持网络以及可转让的本科和研究生课程学分。是我们这个时代最困难的社会挑战之一，需要来自几乎所有研究领域的专业知识和领导力。我们国家的学院和大学的毕业生需要新的培训，让他们做好领导气候变化技能问题的准备，其中包括对国家和国际框架的理解此外，美国的某些人群在美国气候研究中的代表性仍然偏低，这意味着还有大量尚未开发的潜在领导者人才库。 (i) 培养对国家和世界应对气候变化能力的乐观态度；(ii) 培训学生在制定气候变化解决方案所需的多个领域的互动，包括法律、政策、科学和工程； (iii) 促进社会对气候变化及其影响和潜在解决方案的理解；(iv) 利用国际气候变化谈判作为学习平台，培训美国学生参与跨文化、跨国家和跨领域的研究。将为参与者做好在要求越来越高的全球劳动力中竞争的准备，并为接受过气候教育的毕业生提供更好的机会。该计划认为谈判技巧是一种创新技能组合将使研究生能够为围绕气候变化这一关键主题的国际合作的必要性做好准备。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。