Renovating Infrastructure for Tropical Ecology and Environmental Sciences

热带生态和环境科学基础设施改造

• 批准号: 0963447
• 负责人: Brad Weiner
• 金额: $ 114.97万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-10-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0963447&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Renovating; Infrastructure; Tropical; Ecology; Environmental

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The mission of the Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies (ITES) of The University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (UPR-RP) is to serve as a world center for advanced research and education in tropical ecosystem ecology and management, and, as such, ITES strives to establish and maintain long-term experimental and reference studies of tropical ecosystems through interdisciplinary research. Funding is provided to UPR-RP to renovate the basement floor of the Facundo Bueso Building. These renovations will support the development of the ITES Research Center by enhancing the level of research activities and increasing the impacts of its programs. ITES is the home of the Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program, a multidisciplinary collaboration investigating tropical ecosystem dynamics along a rural-urban gradient that includes the International Institute of Tropical Forestry (USDA Forest Service) and eleven mainland US institutions. The new center would place most of ITES's research and related student training in a single facility. The remodel will consolidate the research facilities, which are currently distributed over four buildings in two different areas of campus, on the basement floor of the Facundo Bueso Building. Renovations include modernization of the electrical and lighting system, plumbing, the HVAC system, and casework and the addition of fixed equipment. The spaces will also be redesigned specifically for the type of research performed in the new laboratories. Increased cohesion among faculty and students and administrators (located in an adjacent building) would be a direct result of this effort. Moreover, the creation of a single facility for ITES would contribute strongly to its role as a nexus for the development of integrative research activities on the UPR campus as well as for the island of Puerto Rico. The new Center will allow further expansion in research training. At present, faculty members supervise the research of 42 BS, 18 MS, 18 PhD students, 3 postdocs, and 14 research staff. Therefore, in addition to the ITES faculty, staff and students will benefit from this renovation.

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案资助的（公法111-5）.波多黎各-里奥皮德拉斯大学热带生态系统研究所（ITES）的使命是作为热带生态系统生态学和管理的世界高级研究和教育中心，因此，ITES致力于通过跨学科研究建立和维持长期的热带生态系统实验和参考研究。向普遍定期审议方案提供了资金，用于翻修Facundo Bueso大楼的地下室。这些改造将通过提高研究活动水平和增加其计划的影响来支持ITES研究中心的发展。ITES是卢基略长期生态研究（LTER）计划的所在地，该计划是一项多学科合作，调查热带生态系统动态沿着城乡梯度，包括国际热带林业研究所（USDA林务局）和11个美国大陆机构。新中心将把ITES的大部分研究和相关的学生培训放在一个设施里。改造后的研究设施将集中在Facundo Bueso大楼的地下一层，目前分布在校园两个不同地区的四座大楼。翻修包括对电力和照明系统、管道、暖通空调系统和橱柜进行现代化改造，并增加固定设备。这些空间也将根据新实验室进行的研究类型进行重新设计。这一努力的直接结果是教师、学生和管理人员（位于相邻大楼）之间的凝聚力增强。此外，为ITES建立一个单一的设施，将大大有助于发挥其作为在普遍定期审议校园以及波多黎各岛开展综合研究活动的纽带的作用。新中心将进一步扩大研究培训。目前，教师监督42个BS，18个MS，18个博士生，3个博士后和14个研究人员的研究。因此，除了ITES的教师，工作人员和学生将受益于这次翻新。