FSML: Expanded lodging capacity for visiting researchers at the Konza Prairie Biological Station for the enhancement of research and training opportunities

堪萨斯州立大学获得一笔赠款，在孔扎草原生物站（KPBS）建造一座1,860平方英尺的牧场式房屋。KPBS是一个3，487公顷的保护区，由堪萨斯州立大学生物学系管理，致力于长期生态研究、科学教育和草原保护的三重使命。KPBS的出版物总数现已超过1 300份。 KPBS是草原研究的主要网站，每年吸引各种研究人员，大学课程，艺术家，作家和公众游客。该房屋将包含一个客厅，五间卧室，三个私人浴室，设备齐全的厨房和洗衣设施，并将KPBS的住宿能力增加62%。 该设施将使空间站能够支持更多的访问科学家，容纳越来越多的在现场工作的大型场地间研究小组，并为长期访问者提供范围更广的低成本现场住宿选择。KPBS的研究人员一直是各种区域，国家和国际研究小组的领导者，包括氖，LTER和STREON。新增加的将同样提高KPBS？KPBS通过创造新知识，包括与政策相关的研究，同时为学生提供机会和培训，使科学和社会受益。KPBS的广泛研究工作与学生和发展中科学家的许多教育和培训活动有关，从K-12学生到本科生/研究生和博士后科学家。 此外，KPBS通过其有组织的教育和外联方案，每年向大约4 300名公众提供服务。 这一新设施的增加将使KPBS能够继续发展成为草原生态研究和推广的国家和国际资源。

Kansas State University is awarded a grant to construct a 1,860 square-foot ranch-style house on the Konza Prairie Biological Station (KPBS). KPBS is a 3,487 ha preserve managed by the Division of Biology at Kansas State University and dedicated to a three-fold mission of long-term ecological research, science education, and grassland conservation. The total number of publications attributed to KPBS is now over 1,300. KPBS is a premier site for grassland research and attracts a variety of researchers, University classes, artists, writers, and visitors from the general public every year. The house will contain a living room, five bedrooms, three private baths, fully-equipped kitchen, and laundry facilities and will increase the lodging capacity on KPBS by 62%. The facility will enable the station to support additional visiting scientists, accommodate the increasing numbers of larger inter-site research groups working on-site, and provide a wider range of low cost on-site lodging options for longer-term visitors. Researchers at KPBS have been leaders in various regional, national, and international research groups including NEON, LTER and STREON. The new addition will similarly enhance KPBS? ability to conduct outreach activities for K-12 and the general public.The KPBS benefits science and society by creating new knowledge, including policy-relevant research while providing opportunity and training for students. The extensive research efforts on KPBS are linked with numerous educational and training activities for students and developing scientists, from K-12 students to undergraduate/graduate students and post-doctoral scientists. In addition, KPBS reaches approximately 4,300 of the general public annually through its organized educational and outreach programs. The addition of this new facility will allow KPBS to continue to develop as a national and international resource for research and outreach on grassland ecology.