FSML: Acquisition of Controlled Environmental Spaces for Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

FSML：为斯基德威海洋研究所收购受控环境空间

• 批准号: 0829293
• 负责人: William Savidge
• 金额: $ 14.55万
• 依托单位: Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0829293&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FSML; Acquisition; Controlled; Environmental; Spaces

The Skidaway Institute of Oceanography is awarded a grant to improve the capacity of Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO) to provide environmentally-controlled conditions for experimental studies in the marine sciences. The additional infrastructure improvements are an essential complement to the analytical facilities, and will allow researchers to perform controlled microcosm experiments or maintain sensitive organisms on campus while using the laboratories and instrumentation. The upgrades to infrastructure have two components: (1) funds are requested for the construction of two flowing seawater laboratories in which air temperature, seawater temperature, and light can be controlled to modest tolerances, and (2) funds are requested for the purchase and installation of two walk-in environmental rooms that will provide tightly regulated environments for more demanding experimental work. The new facilities will be housed within an existing structure on campus that is convenient to laboratories. The proposed facilities will significantly improve SkIO?s capacity to do experimental biological research and ecological research on campus.Broader Impacts: Skidaway serves a very diverse population of students and is a hub for graduate education at a large number of other parts of the Univ. of Georgia system. They have good outreach to K-12 students and teachers, as well as to the local community. They have strong collaborations with several nearby HBCU institutions. The Environmental Entrepreneurship Program in collaboration with Clark Atlanta University will directly benefit from the infrastructure improvements. In addition, the Institute hosts a Marine Science Day for the local community which was attended by over 3000 people in 2007 and informs them of local marine research and environmental issues. The Institute maintains a speaker's bureau which provides more than 50 lectures/year to local communities. The Institute has a bi-directional teleconferencing system that permits lectures at SkIO to be transmitted to some 300 locations around Georgia and this increase exposure to the land-locked areas of Georgia has increased interest in research and training opportunities at the lab.

斯基德韦海洋研究所获得了一笔赠款，以提高斯基德韦海洋研究所为海洋科学实验研究提供环境控制条件的能力。额外的基础设施改进是对分析设施的必要补充，将允许研究人员在使用实验室和仪器的同时进行受控的微观实验或在校园内维护敏感生物。基础设施的升级包括两个部分：(1)申请资金用于建造两个流动海水实验室，其中气温、海水温度和光线可以控制在适度的容差范围内；(2)要求资金购买和安装两个步入式环境室，为要求更高的实验工作提供严格监管的环境。新设施将设在校园内一个方便实验室的现有结构内。拟建的设施将显著提高S在校园内进行实验生物学研究和生态研究的能力。广泛的影响：斯基德韦服务于非常多样化的学生群体，是大学其他大量地区的研究生教育中心。佐治亚州系统的。他们与K-12的学生和教师以及当地社区有很好的联系。他们与附近的几家HBCU机构有着密切的合作。与克拉克·亚特兰大大学合作的环境创业计划将直接受益于基础设施的改善。此外，该研究所在2007年为当地社区举办了一个海洋科学日，有3000多人参加，并向他们介绍当地的海洋研究和环境问题。该研究所设有演讲人分会，每年向当地社区提供50多场讲座。该研究所有一个双向电话会议系统，可以将SKIO的讲座传送到格鲁吉亚各地约300个地点，这增加了对格鲁吉亚内陆地区的接触，增加了对实验室研究和培训机会的兴趣。