Oceanographic Technical Services, R/V Endeavor, 2012?2016

罗得岛大学建议支持R/V奋进号的技术服务，一个184？通用研究船作为大学-国家海洋学实验室系统研究船队的一部分运营。 该提案要求为基本服务提供支助。它们将为“奋进号”研究船的每次巡航提供一名船上技术员，以支持海上研究项目，并从它们共用的研究仪器库中维护、校准和向合格用户提供项目。为科学家提供基础设施支持，以使用该船及其共享使用的仪器来支持他们的NSF-受资助的海洋学研究项目（由NSF的相关研究计划单独审查）。 对共享使用仪器的维护和操作的支持允许来自任何美国大学或实验室的NSF资助的研究人员访问工作，校准仪器进行研究，降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。

University of Rhode Island proposes to support technical services on R/V Endeavor, a 184? general purpose research vessel operated as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research fleet. The proposal requests support for basic services. They will provide one shipboard technician on each cruise of R/V Endeavor to support seagoing research projects and to maintain, calibrate and provide for qualified users items from their pool of shared-use research instrumentation.Broader ImpactsThe principal impact of the present proposal is under criterion two, providing infrastructure support for scientists to use the vessel and its shared-use instrumentation in support of their NSF-funded oceanographic research projects (which individually undergo separate review by the relevant research program of NSF). The support of maintenance and operation of shared-use instrumentation allows NSF-funded researchers from any US university or lab access to working, calibrated instruments for their research, reducing the cost of that research, and expanding the base of potential researchers.