Construction of Multi-Purpose Housing at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

荒岛山生物实验室（MDIBL）将建造一个多用途的住房设施。 MDIBL为访问调查人员提供访问海洋物种的机会，以调查基本过程的机制，如生物调节，细胞分裂，生殖和脊椎动物器官的功能，如肾脏，心脏和大脑;并为学生提供从高中到博士后的教育计划。 该实验室接待来自美国的研究人员和学生，加拿大和欧洲的人谁是积极通过各种奖学金计划招募。 MDIBL容纳这些不同群体的能力目前受到可用住房的质量和数量的限制，特别是在我们的旺季期间为在实验室寻求短期停留的研究者和学生提供的住房。 拟议活动的长期目标是建立一套至少四个住房单元，供学生、调查人员或教师/学生团体在一年中的不同时间使用。 本申请寻求对其中第一个单位的支持。 这些单位的选址是根据MDIBL与专业规划师合作进行的全面场地规划过程选择的，并提供隐私和可访问性，同时最大限度地降低开发成本。 这些单元的设计是为了最大限度地提高当前和未来使用的灵活性、建筑的经济性以及与周围土地和社区的和谐。 该单位将绝缘和加热，以提供急需的住宿在寒冷的月份。 住宿单元将通过提供更安全、更舒适的夏季学生住宿，使学生和研究者受益，并允许MDIBL为短期停留以收集样本或参加会议或短期课程的访问研究者提供住宿。

The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) will construct a multi-use housing facility. MDIBL provides access for visiting Investigators to marine species for the purpose of investigating mechanisms of basic processes such as osmoregulation, cell division, reproduction and the function of vertebrate organs like the kidney, heart and brain; and offers educational programs for students ranging from high school to postdoctoral. The Laboratory hosts Investigators and students from the U.S., Canada and Europe who are actively recruited through a variety of fellowship programs. The ability of MDIBL to accommodate these diverse groups is currently limited by the quality and quantity of available housing, in particular housing for Investigators seeking short stays at the Lab and for students during our peak season. The long-term goal of the proposed activity is to create a set of at least four housing units designed to be utilized by students, Investigators or teacher/student groups at different times of the year. The current application seeks support for the first of these units. The site proposed for these units was chosen on the basis of a comprehensive site-planning process undertaken by MDIBL in collaboration with professional planner and offers privacy and accessibility while minimizing development costs. The design of the units was chosen to maximize flexibility of current and future use, economy of construction and harmony with the surrounding land and community. The unit will be insulated and heated to provide much needed accommodations in the colder months. The housing unit will benefit both students and Investigators by providing summer student housing which is safer and more accommodating and allow MDIBL to house visiting Investigators who come for short stays to collect samples or attend conferences or short courses.