American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Funds Request

该奖项是根据2009年《美国恢复和再投资法案》(公法111-5)资助的。该奖项支持国家射电天文台(NRAO)的基础设施升级，以确保NRAO现有资产的生存能力，以支持地面射电天文学社区的研究。该奖项共授予540万美元，用于解决与设施维护、运营效率、能源节约和现代化相关的基础设施问题。这些活动将延长政府拥有的设施的寿命，降低设施运营成本，加强节能，改善来访的科学家、工作人员和访客的安全，并提高用望远镜获得的数据的质量和数量。美国天文学联合会的设施被用于解决前沿天文研究的突出问题。通过这些升级，NRAO？S支持这项研究的能力将得到大幅增强。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This award supports infrastructure upgrades at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) that will ensure the viability of current NRAO assets for supporting research by the ground-based radio astronomical community.A total of $5.4M is awarded to address infrastructure problems associated with facility maintenance, operational efficiency, energy conservation, and modernization. These activities will improve the longevity of government-owned facilities, reduce the cost of facility operations, enhance energy conservation, improve the safety of visiting scientists, staff and visitors, and improve the quality and quantity of data acquired with the telescopes.NRAO facilities are used by the US astronomical community to address outstanding problems in forefront astronomical research. Through these upgrades, NRAO?s ability to support this research will be substantially enhanced.