A Field-Based Science and Education Facility at KBS

该合同为W.K. Kellogg生物站（KBS）的一个小型建筑（约2500平方英尺）的建设提供部分支持，该建筑将用于一些实地研究和教育相关活动。其中最主要的是在分析前对现场样品进行分类和准备。土壤、植物、昆虫、脊椎动物和水生样本在分析前将在位于约2公里的分析实验室进行分类、处理和整合。在KBS主楼。除此之外，新建筑还将提供样本存档空间和灵活的教室空间，供学生、来访的环境专业人士、记者和公众在参观位于建筑步行距离内的实地研究地点之前进行演示。该建筑物还将用于安置将部署在邻近现场的现有和新的传感器的计算机和通信设备。KBS是密歇根州立大学最大的校外单位，是美国主要的野外研究站之一，对生态学研究和培训产生了长期影响。该站在生态学和进化生物学的研究、教育和推广方面有着重要的记录，是美国中西部上游典型的演代植物群落、淡水栖息地和农业景观研究的首要现场。KBS的常驻研究员和访问研究员的研究活动在过去的15年里不断增加，以至于空间资源非常紧张。新大楼将提高KBS为常驻和访问研究人员及学生提供最好的生态学和进化生物学研究、培训和宣传的能力，同时还将为KBS提供独特的教室/实验室教学设施，用于实地授课、短期课程、讲习班和主要的K-12中学科学教师培训项目。

This award provides partial support for construction of a small (approximately 2500 sq.ft.) building at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) to be used for a number of field research and education-related activities. Principal among these is the sorting and preparation of field samples prior to analysis. Soil, plant, insect, vertebrate, and aquatic samples would be sorted, processed and consolidated prior to analysis in analytical laboratories located about 2 Km. away in the main KBS academic building. In addition to this, the new building would also provide sample archive space and flexible classroom space for presentations to students, visiting environmental professionals, journalists and the public prior to visits to field research sites located within walking distance of the building. The structure will also be used to house computer and communications equipment for existing and new sensors to be deployed at an adjacent field site. KBS, which is the largest off-campus unit of Michigan State University, is one of a number of major field research stations in the U.S. that have had a long-term impact on ecological research and training. The Station has a significant record of research, education, and outreach in ecology and evolutionary biology, and is known as a premier field site for work in the successional plant communities, freshwater habitats, and agricultural landscapes that are typical of the upper U.S. Midwest. Research activity by resident and visiting researchers at KBS has grown over the past 15 years to the point that space resources are very stretched. The new building will enhance the ability of KBS to provide the best possible research, training, and outreach in ecology and evolutionary biology for resident and visiting researchers and students, while also providing a unique classroom/laboratory teaching facility for field-based classes, short-courses, workshops, and a major K-12 secondary science teacher trainingproject at KBS.