Modernization of a Coastal Marine Laboratory in North Carolina

海岸实验室联盟由以下成员组成 四所北卡罗来纳州大学， 海洋科学研究学位授予计划 和研究培训。 该奖项将提供 为大学的现代化提供资金 北卡罗来纳州，查佩尔山的海洋研究所 科学 跨学科研究活动 目前在研究所进行的是在五个 一般领域：生态系统的实验分析 海底生物群落的生物地球化学过程 沿海沃茨的循环和生产力，地质学 沉积海岸线，海岸生态学 生物和空气和海洋的相互作用在近 海岸沃茨。 海洋科学研究所 吸引了来自许多机构的访问科学家 在美国和国外， 合作。 研究生和本科生 学生参加研究训练 设施的活动，包括大型 历史上少数民族学生的百分比 少数民族院校。 目前的情况，在25岁 实验室是不安全的， 不足以进行研究。 缺乏 气候控制，适当的电力和空气供应， 孵化设施、洁净室和现代化 实验室空间增加了研究人员的问题 每日相遇 要求提供资金， 实验室空间，旨在容纳 复杂的化学，生物技术， 分析研究活动和设备。 研究所的现代化研究设施 海洋科学将有助于生产力 海军陆战队内部的研究和研究培训 联盟机构的科学方案， 加强国家的科学基础设施。

The Coastal Laboratory Consortium, comprised of four North Carolina Universities, operates degree granting programs in marine science research and research training. This award will provide funding for the modernization of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill's Institute of Marine Science. Interdisciplinary research activities currently performed at the institute are in five general areas: experimental analyses of ecological processes of sea floor communities, biogeochemical cycling and productivity in coastal waters, geology of sedimentary coastlines, ecology of coastal organisms and air and sea interactions in near shore waters. The Institute of Marine Science attracts visiting scientists from many institutions in the US and abroad, fostering strong research collaborations. Both graduate and undergraduate students participate in research training activities at the facility, including a large percentage of minority studnets from historically minority colleges and universities. Present conditions, at the 25 year old facility, are unsafe and laboratories are inadequate for conducting research. The lack of climate control, proper electrical and air supply, incubation facilities, clean rooms, and modernized laboratory space adds to the problems researchers encounter daily. Funds are requested to upgrade laboratory space that is designed to accommodate sophisticated chemical, biotechnological, analytical research activities and equipment. Modern research facilities at the Institute of Marine Science will contribute to the productive research and research training within the marine science programs of the consortium institutions and strengthen the nation's scientific infrastructure.