FSML: Facilities Improvement at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies

FSML：生态系统研究所的设施改进

• 批准号: 9978240
• 负责人: Gene Likens
• 金额: $ 24.5万
• 依托单位: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-10-01 至 2001-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9978240&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FSML; Facilities; Improvement; Institute; Ecosystem

This project will assist in the construction of an additional laboratory building at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies (IES). The new building will address current and future research needs of IES, providing its scientists adequate laboratory space and enabling more students, postdocs, and visiting scientists to do research at IES.The current laboratory facilities at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies (IES) are inadequate as IES strives to meet the increased demands for essentials analyses and for research laboratory space. During the last ten years, the demand for IES's central Analytical Laboratory services has ballooned from ~ 10,000 analyses per year to~ 60,000. At the same time, several IES scientists must share existing individual laboratory space, limiting the number of students, postdocs, and visiting scientists able to do research in their laboratories.Scientific collaboration, both among IES scientists and with scientists at other institutions, is a hallmark of IES. This collaborative philosophy extends into the distribution of PI laboratory space and analytical resources. IES encourages the sharing of resources; unnecessary duplication of equipment and space is discouraged. To that end, IES has a central Analytical Laboratory (A.L). The AL is a resource for IES scientific staff, students, visitors, and distant collaborators, providing data critical to their scientific research. AL staff analyzes samples not only from sites at IES, but also from sites around the world.As research programs have expanded, IES scientists have increasingly needed to share their PI laboratories as well. While these scientists strive to open their lab space to visiting scientists, postdoctoral associates, and graduate and undergraduate students, laboratory space is now the limiting factor in IES's ability to meet new demands and explore new opportunities.The new laboratory building will provide carefully designed research space and a hospitable, safe, functional, and highly efficient workplace for maximum interaction and collaboration. The new facility will ease unacceptable crowding and allow IES to accommodate its expanding visiting scientist, postdoctoral, and graduate and undergraduate student programs. The design allows for a doubling in size of the laboratory building should program needs dictate in the future.

该项目将有助于建造生态系统研究所（IES）的额外实验室大楼。 新建筑将满足IE的当前和未来研究需求，为其科学家提供足够的实验室空间，并使更多的学生，博士后和来访的科学家能够在IES进行研究。当前的生态系统研究所（IES）的实验室设施不足，因为IES努力满足对研究基本分析领域的需求增加的需求。 在过去的十年中，对IES中央分析实验室服务的需求从每年约10,000个分析到约60,000。 同时，几位IES科学家必须共享现有的个人实验室空间，限制学生，博士后的数量以及能够在其实验室进行研究的科学家的数量。在IES科学家中以及与其他机构的科学家中，Scientific合作是IES的标志。 这种协作理念扩展到PI实验室空间和分析资源的分布。 IES鼓励共享资源；不必要的设备和空间重复。 为此，IES具有中央分析实验室（A.L）。 AL是IES科学人员，学生，访问者和遥远合作者的资源，为他们的科学研究提供了至关重要的数据。 AL员工不仅分析了IES网站的样本，而且还来自世界各地的网站。随着研究计划的扩展，IES科学家也越来越需要共享其PI实验室。 尽管这些科学家努力为访问科学家，博士后同事以及研究生和本科生开放实验室空间，但实验室空间现在是IES满足新需求并探索新机会的能力的限制因素。新实验室建设将为精心设计的研究空间，以及一个热情好客的，安全，功能，有效的工作场所，并提供了高效的工作场所。 新的设施将减轻不可接受的拥挤，并允许IES适应其不断扩大的访问科学家，博士后以及研究生和本科生课程。 该设计使实验室建设的规模增加一倍，如果计划在将来需要规定。