A Field-Based Science and Education Facility at KBS

该奖项为在 W.K. 建造一座小型（约 2500 平方英尺）建筑提供部分支持。凯洛格生物站（KBS）将用于许多实地研究和教育相关活动。 其中最主要的是分析前现场样品的分类和准备。土壤、植物、昆虫、脊椎动物和水生样品将在位于约 2 公里处的分析实验室进行分类、处理和合并，然后进行分析。位于 KBS 主学术大楼内。除此之外，新建筑还将提供样本档案空间和灵活的教室空间，以便在参观位于建筑步行范围内的实地研究地点之前向学生、来访的环境专业人士、记者和公众进行演示。该结构还将用于容纳计算机和通信设备，以供部署在邻近现场的现有和新传感器使用。 KBS是密歇根州立大学最大的校外单位，是美国多个对生态研究和培训产生长期影响的主要实地研究站之一。该站在生态学和进化生物学领域的研究、教育和推广方面拥有重要记录，并被认为是美国中西部北部典型的连续植物群落、淡水栖息地和农业景观研究的首要现场地点。过去 15 年里，KBS 常驻和访问研究人员的研究活动不断增长，以至于太空资源非常紧张。新大楼将增强 KBS 的能力，为常驻和访问研究人员和学生提供生态学和进化生物学方面最好的研究、培训和推广，同时还为 KBS 的实地课程、短期课程、研讨会和主要的 K-12 中学科学教师培训项目提供独特的课堂/实验室教学设施。

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.