MARINE: Modernizing Academic Research INfrastructure at Eckerd

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该项目翻新了海洋科学的空间，不再适合埃克德学院加尔布雷斯海洋科学实验室的研究需求。 埃克德学院是一所本科院校，被广泛认为是教育和培训继续攻读海洋科学研究生的本科生的重要引擎。 机构基础设施的改善包括升级电气和照明，实验室设施，HVAC和实验室安全。 它还将提供更好的发电机/电池备份，这对于易受飓风或其他恶劣天气事件影响的地点的实验室非常重要。 这些改进将影响在科学成像和神经生理学、分子生物学和地球化学、研究计算、海洋生态学和沉积学方面进行重要研究的实验室。 它还将为海水和核心处理实验室提供升级。 将受到影响的机构研究方案包括那些涉及受人类活动影响的沿海和浅海系统的地质发展、海洋生物感觉系统的发展、海豚生态学和适应、海洋遗传学、红树林生态学以及海水温度和盐度如何随时间变化的研究方案。更广泛的影响包括改善大量本科生的研究培训，其中许多人继续获得高级学位，增加科学基础设施，并提高研究绩效的奖项，不仅从国家科学基金会，但从其他联邦机构。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This project renovates space for marine science that is no longer adequate for research needs in the Galbraith Marine Science Laboratory at Eckerd College. Eckerd College is an undergraduate institution that is widely considered as an important engine for educating and training undergraduates who continue to graduate school in the marine sciences. Improvements to institutional infrastructure include upgrading the electrical and lighting, lab facilities, HVAC, and laboratory security. It will also provide better generator/battery back-up, which is important for laboratories in locations prone to hurricanes or other severe weather events. These improvements will impact laboratories that carry out important research in scientific imaging and neurophysiology, molecular biology and biogeochemistry, research computing, marine ecology, and sedimentology. It will also provide upgrades to the seawater and core processing labs. Institutional research programs that will be impacted include those that involve the geologic development of coastal and shallow marine systems impacted by human activities, the development of sensory systems of marine organisms, bottlenose dolphin ecology and adaptation, marine genetics, mangrove ecology, and how seawater temperature and salinity have changed over time. Broader impacts consist of improving research training of large numbers of undergraduates, many of whom go on to get advanced degrees, increasing infrastructure for science, and improving research performance on awards not only from NSF but from other Federal agencies.