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EAR Division Of Earth Sciences |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | July 7, 2022 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | July 7, 2022 |
| Award Number: | 2231605 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Laura Lautz
llautz@nsf.gov (703)292-7775 EAR Division Of Earth Sciences GEO Directorate for Geosciences |
| Start Date: | August 1, 2022 |
| End Date: | January 31, 2023 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $49,500.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $49,500.00 |
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2000 FLORIDA AVE NW LBBY WASHINGTON DC US 20009-1374 (202)462-6900 |
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| NSF Program(s): | Hydrologic Sciences |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.050 |
ABSTRACT
This award provides funding to support participation of early-career researchers in the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Chapman Conference titled, ?Integrated Assessments: Solving Water Availability Challenges through an Interdisciplinary Framework.? Early career scientists will: (1) get information via presentations and discussions about current challenges and leading research, (2) get introduced to experts or interested researchers seeking collaborations through participation in sessions and workshops, and (3) achieve a better understanding of how to broaden their research to incorporate integrated goals and objectives to contribute towards current interdisciplinary challenges. Discussions, outcomes, and working groups or relationships that result from this conference will directly impact the future of integrated water availability assessments and how water resource challenges are addressed throughout the U.S. and around the world.
The conference aims to explore divergent views, assumptions, data types, and research methods to facilitate integrated assessments of water availability and move the state of the science forward. This conference will provide an overview of current challenges, recent progress, and pathways toward the improvement of integrated assessments and interdisciplinary science to address water availability research. Despite the inherent complexity of water availability, the hydrologic cycle has historically been studied from narrow disciplinary perspectives and isolated from societal context. This conference is structured to facilitate discussion between researchers, practitioners, and disciplinary experts to propel interdisciplinary collaboration forward.
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.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
Disclaimer
This Project Outcomes Report for the General Public is displayed verbatim as submitted by the Principal Investigator (PI) for this award. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this Report are those of the PI and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation; NSF has not approved or endorsed its content.
The Solving Water Availability Challenges through an Interdisciplinary Framework Chapman Conference uncovered and make explicit divergent views, assumptions, data types, and research methods that can make integration difficult. Dialogue during the conference laid the foundation upon which a community of practice to facilitate integrated assessments of water availability and move science forward can be built.
The conference had three specific objectives:
(1) Integrate definitions of water availability at the conceptual level
(2) Identify metrics and methods to measure water availability in an integrated way
(3) Propose best practices to translate the integrated understanding of water availability into decision making.
The conference significantly advanced interdisciplinary research of water availability, including conceptual and methodological advances addressing challenges in integrated modeling, analysis, and assessment.
This grant was to expand participation by offering travel support particularly to students.
The NSF award funded both registration and/or travel for participants. This includes students and underrepresented scientists both US and international. 29 scientists total received support for registration and/or travel. Twelve scientists were students. Seven conference assistants worked with the conveners throughout the meeting and the integrative workshop. They were fully funded by the NSF grant. Four were international and three were from the US. Six were students. The conference assistants are included in the 29 scientists.
Last Modified: 06/01/2023
Modified by: Royce B Hanson
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