MARGINS Office Support

提供资金用于将LDGO的利润办公室活动在2009年8月之后再延长14个月。边缘办公室为跨学科研究大陆边缘的演化提供了一个框架。它为推进科学规划、传播成果、促进跨学科合作以及领导所有四项边缘行动的教育和推广活动提供了基础设施。该办公室在2010财年的优先事项将是支持利润率指导委员会在向利润率潜在继任者计划过渡期间的活动，促进综合过去结果的主要工作，并通过一个主要工作坊开始为该计划编制新的科学计划的过程。广泛的影响将包括支持教育和综合会议，维护网站和新闻通讯，举办与众不同的系列讲座，以及支持外联活动。

Funds are provided for an extension of the MARGINS Office activities at LDGO for an additional 14 months beyond August 2009. The MARGINS office provides a framework for cross-disciplinary studies of the evolution of the continental margins. It provides the infrastructure to advance science planning, disseminate results, foster interdisciplinary collaborations and lead educational and outreach activities for all four MARGINS initiatives. Priority for the office in FY10 will be to support the MARGINS Steering Committee activities during the transition to a potential successor program to MARGINS, facilitate major that synthesize past results and begin the process of compiling a new Science Plan for the program through a major workshop.Broader impacts will include support of educational and synthesis meetings, maintenance of a website and Newsletter, holding of distinguish lecture series and support of outreach activities.