ART: Translating Research to Practice to Create Climate-Ready Communities Across Virginia

ART：将研究转化为实践，在弗吉尼亚州创建气候就绪型社区

• 批准号: 2331271
• 负责人: Leah Nichols
• 金额: $ 600万
• 依托单位: George Mason University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-02-01 至 2028-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2331271&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ART; Translating; Research; Practice; Create

With this Accelerating Research Translation award, George Mason University – in collaboration with the Center for Climate Strategies – will create university-wide programming that enables the rapid, low-cost translation of the science that local governments, community-based organizations, and local businesses need to support the development of sustainable, equitable, and climate-resilient communities. Climate-related disasters are increasing in frequency and intensity – and are costing the United States billions of dollars in damages each year. Communities in Virginia are already experiencing harmful effects of climate change as extreme weather and precipitation, extreme heat, and sea level rise damage infrastructure; disrupt work, commerce, and transportation; destroy livelihoods; and cost lives – but the wide-spread implementation of science-based solutions remains elusive. Drawing inspiration from the cooperative extension service, this award will establish a transformative new model for research translation; one that leverages the unique resources of higher education, in collaboration with community stakeholders, to address this gap and co-develop resilience to climate change. This award will accelerate the translation of research into practice to create climate-ready communities throughout Virginia (objective 1); establish and foster a culture of translating research through community engagement, technical assistance, and the co-production of research-informed products (objective 2); and create a climate-ready workforce of scholars, practitioners, and leaders with the skills and expertise needed to put research on climate change into practice (objective 3). These programs will be organized into three distinct but interrelated and integrated categories of activity: (a) facilitated and coordinated outreach and ongoing engagement with municipal and other community-based stakeholders; (b) community-focused research translation that is propelled by a modified lean launchpad program that supports the development of seed translational research projects (STRP); and (c) integrated training programs to create a climate-ready workforce. The first two STRPs will focus on the co-production of solutions that mitigate flood hazards (STRP 1) and reduce the impacts of urban heat (STRP 2) on frontline communities. New instructional programs established by this award will create climate science-literate instructors, use-inspired scientists who are willing and able to translate their research into practice, and social entrepreneurs. Municipal and other community-based practitioners will also be trained in how and why to use science-based methods, tools, and data to plan and implement climate change resilience strategies.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.

凭借这一加速研究翻译奖，乔治·梅森大学（George Mason University）与气候战略中心合作，将创建范围内的整个节目，以使科学的快速，低成本的翻译是地方政府，基于社区的组织和当地企业需要支持可持续，公平，公平和气候的社区的发展。与气候相关的灾难的频率和强度正在增加，并且每年造成数十亿美元的损失。弗吉尼亚州的社区已经在极端天气和降水，极端热量和海平面上升损害基础设施中遇到有害影响。破坏工作，商业和运输；破坏生计；和成本的生命 - 但基于科学的解决方案的广泛实施仍然难以捉摸。该奖项将从合作扩展服务中汲取灵感，将建立一个用于研究翻译的新型新模型；一个利用高等教育的独特资源，与社区利益相关者合作解决这一差距和共同开发的弹性，对气候变化。该奖项将加速研究在整个弗吉尼亚州建立气候就绪社区的研究（目标1）；通过社区参与，技术援助和研究知识产品的共同生产来建立和培养一种翻译研究的文化（目标2）；并创建一支具有气候就绪的学者，实践者和领导者的劳动力，并具有将气候变化研究付诸实践所需的技能和专业知识（目标3）。这些计划将分为三个不同但相互关联和综合的活动类别：（a）准备和协调的外展活动以及与文化和其他社区利益相关者的持续参与； （b）由改进的精益发射台计划推动的社区研究翻译，该计划支持种子转化研究项目（STRP）的发展； （c）综合培训计划，以创建可准备气候的劳动力。前两个StrP将集中于减轻洪水危害（Strp 1）的解决方案的共同生产，并减少城市热量（Strp 2）对前线社区的影响。该奖项制定的新教学计划将创建气候科学识别的讲师，以使用启发的科学家，他们愿意并且能够将其研究转化为实践和社会企业家。市政和其他基于社区的实践者还将接受如何以及为什么使用基于科学的方法，工具和数据来计划和实施气候变化弹性策略的培训。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响来评估的珍贵的支​​持。