Shipboard Scientific Support Equipment

2009年7月28日建议编号：0943634机构：斯基德韦海洋研究所PI：J.Sanders该奖项由2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)资助。提案要求为斯基德韦海洋研究所运营的船只提供大量船上科学支持(SSSE)项目，即R/V Savannah。这些请求特别包括从过去的NSF检查或邮轮后评估(PCA)中建议的项目，以及运营商因成本原因而推迟的项目。所有要求的物品要么提高了安全性，增强了科学保障能力，要么延长了船只的使用寿命。由于这些请求的性质和时间，SSSE方案通常要求的供应商报价标准由于必要而被放弃，其中许多数字作为预算目的估计，主要基于船舶运营商过去从事类似工作的经验。更广泛的影响：R/V Savannah支持联邦政府资助的东南大西洋科学研究，以扩大人类对海洋环境的了解。在运营期间，这艘船通常会让研究生和本科生接触海洋海洋学。通过由国家科学基金会和乔治亚州资助的开放参观活动和教育游轮活动，也实现了公共宣传。萨凡纳计划在2009年完成大约40天由国家科学基金会赞助的活动。

ABSTRACT 28 July 2009Proposal Number: 0943634Institution: Skidaway Institute of OceanographyPI: J. SandersThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The proposal requests numerous Shipboard Scientific Support (SSSE) items for the vessel operated by Skidaway Institute of Oceanography; namely the R/V SAVANNAH. The requests specifically include items that have been recommended from past NSF inspections, or Post-Cruise Assessments (PCA's) and have been otherwise deferred by the operators due to cost. All of the items requested will either improve safety, enhance science support capability, or extend vessel service life. Due to the nature and timing of these requests, the vendor quotation standards normally required by the SSSE Program were waived out of necessity with many of the figures provided as estimates for budgetary purposes and based mainly on past experience of the vessel operators for similar work. Broader Impacts: The R/V SAVANNAH supports federally funded scientific research in the southeast Atlantic in order to expand human knowledge of the ocean environment. During operations, the vessel routinely exposes graduate and undergraduate students to seagoing oceanography. Pubic outreach is also achieved through open house events and educational cruises funded by both NSF and the State of Georgia. The SAVANNAH is scheduled to complete approximately 40 NSF sponsored days in 2009.