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

沙漠山生物实验室(MDIBL)将建造一个多用途的住房设施。MDIBL为访问研究人员提供接触海洋物种的途径，目的是调查渗透调节、细胞分裂、繁殖和脊椎动物器官(如肾脏、心脏和大脑)的功能等基本过程的机制；并为从高中到博士后的学生提供教育课程。该实验室接待了来自美国、加拿大和欧洲的研究人员和学生，他们通过各种奖学金计划积极招募。MDIBL目前容纳这些不同群体的能力受到可用住房的质量和数量的限制，特别是为寻求在实验室短期停留的调查人员和在我们的旺季为学生提供的住房。拟议活动的长期目标是创建一套至少四个住房单元，旨在供学生、调查人员或教师/学生团体在一年中的不同时间使用。目前的申请寻求对其中第一个单位的支持。为这些单位建议的选址是在MDIBL与专业规划师合作进行的全面选址规划过程的基础上选择的，在提供隐私和无障碍的同时，将开发成本降至最低。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，节省建筑成本，并与周围的土地和社区和谐相处。该单元将进行绝缘和供暖，以在较冷的月份提供急需的住宿。住宿单元将通过提供更安全和更方便的暑期学生住宿使学生和调查人员受益，并允许MDIBL为前来短期停留采集样本或参加会议或短期课程的访问调查人员提供住宿。

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.