Abstract Decades of research has generated new scientific understanding and technologies aimed at better managing environmental change in estuarine and coastal regions. Yet many across the communities of coastal and estuarine research, management, and funding believe that progress has been too slow in applying this research in practice. This essay reviews how the National Estuarine Research Reserve System’s funding program evolved over the past two decades to improve how researchers and users of research work together to increase the uptake of science to achieve resource management and conservation goals. Incremental innovation in the design of the NERRS funding program enabled more intensive and multiway engagement between funders, researchers, and users, which created new pathways for applying science in practice. Furthermore, these interactions stimulate reflection and adaptation within each separate institutional setting, supporting changes that may science to better support environmental problem solving.

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推进知识用于海岸和河口管理：国家河口研究保护区系统的竞争研究

摘要 数十年的研究产生了新的科学认识和技术，旨在更好地管理河口和沿海地区的环境变化。然而，沿海和河口研究、管理和资助社区的许多人认为，在将这项研究应用于实践方面进展太慢。本文回顾了国家河口研究保护区系统的资助计划在过去 20 年中如何演变，以改进研究人员和研究用户的合作方式，以增加对科学的吸收，以实现资源管理和保护目标。NERRS 资助计划设计的渐进式创新使资助者、研究人员和用户之间能够进行更深入和多方面的参与，从而为在实践中应用科学开辟了新途径。此外，