@article{85140eb7f77949f9a0a5ee39a2dfa9a3,
title = "Advancing Interdisciplinary and Convergent Science for Communities: Lessons Learned through the NCAR Early-Career Faculty Innovator Program",
abstract = "The authors introduce the National Center for Atmospheric Research{\textquoteright}s Early-Career Faculty Innovator Program and present lessons learned about advancing interdisciplinary and convergent science with and for society. The Innovator Program brings together faculty and students from the social sciences with NCAR researchers to conduct interdisciplinary and convergent research on problems motivated by societal challenges in the face of climate change and environmental hazards. This article discusses aspects of program structure and the research being conducted. The article also emphasizes the challenges and successes of the research collaborations within the Innovator Program, along with lessons learned about engaging in highly interdisciplinary, potentially convergent work, particularly from the early-career perspective. Many projects involve faculty PIs from racially, ethnically, or otherwise minoritized groups, and minority serving institutions (MSIs), or those who engage with marginalized communities. Hence, the Innovator Program is contributing to the development of a growing research community pursuing science with and for society that also broadens participation in research related to the atmospheric sciences.",
keywords = "Adaptation, Education, Resilience, Social Science, Societal impacts, Vulnerability",
author = "Anamaria Bukvic and Kyle Mandli and Donovan Finn and Talea Mayo and Gabrielle Wong-Parodi and Alexis Merdjanoff and Joshua Alland and Christopher Davis and Rebecca Haacker and Rebecca Morss and Cassandra O{\textquoteright}Lenick and Olga Wilhelmi and Danica Lombardozzi",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments. This work was sponsored by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement 1755088. The authors thank Simmi Sinha of NCAR for drafting Fig. 1 of this article and Valerie Sloan for providing very helpful comments and suggestions on the initial complete manuscript. The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Funding Information: This work was sponsored by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement 1755088. The authors thank Simmi Sinha of NCAR for drafting Fig. 1 of this article and Valerie Sloan for providing very helpful comments and suggestions on the initial complete manuscript. The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Funding Information: A key element of the Innovator Program is expanding a community of researchers, including early-career faculty, graduate students, NCAR scientists, and other external collaborators, who engage in interdisciplinary and convergent research. The capacity building that is supported through this growing community has resulted in joint publications, grant proposals, workshop and conference sessions, and a short course on citizen science hosted by the University of South Carolina Critical Ecologies Laboratory. As a way to grow the community, the program includes funding for a PI symposium where Innovator faculty and staff, program leadership, and NCAR collaborators convene to discuss issues important to the community, exchange research ideas, and develop or initiate high-impact deliverables such as publications and large-scale grant proposals (“PI symposium” section). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright}2022 American Meteorological Society.",
year = "2022",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0265.1",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "103",
pages = "E2513--E2532",
journal = "Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society",
issn = "0003-0007",
publisher = "American Meteorological Society",
number = "11",
}