FSML: Facility Improvements for Gulf of Alaska Research Station

在阿拉斯加湾海洋变化将对世界经济和当地社区产生巨大影响之际，锡特卡声音科学中心（SSSC）获得了一笔赠款，以提高科学家，特别是那些由美国国家科学基金会资助的科学家进行海洋生物研究的能力。这些升级将使人们加深对美国一个极其重要的地理区域的了解，在那里，一大批科学家正在密切监测气候、海洋学和生物学的变化。此外，这些改进将促进科学中心？美国在教育与研究结合以及少数族裔多元化方面的成功努力。锡特卡声音科学中心致力于科学教育和科学研究，具有开展该项目的独特条件。科学中心与阿拉斯加大学、斯克里普斯海洋研究所、史密森学会、斯坦福大学、杜克大学、华盛顿大学、阿拉斯加渔猎部和美国国家海洋和大气管理局等知名组织建立了正式和非正式的合作伙伴关系，接待了许多研究人员，他们的实地工作和科学实验需要可靠的盐水系统。此外，科学中心的工作人员有丰富的管理盐水系统的经验，并为安装这些改进做好了理想的准备。SSSC位于阿拉斯加的锡特卡，这个社区有33%的阿拉斯加原住民，它为少数民族和沿海农村社区成员提供研究和教育机会。对该设施的升级将使这些机会有助于使未来的科学多样化。该设施接待了许多美国国家科学基金会资助的访问科学家，并开展自己的研究和科学教育项目，这些项目也得到了美国国家科学基金会的支持。此外，它每年为成千上万的游客提供非正式的科学教育体验。由于这些升级，游客将有更好的水族馆体验，并带着更好的科学理解离开。此外，本校亦有数百名本地及非本地学生就读，这些学生将更有机会进行成功的教育研究项目。有关SSSC的更多信息，请访问网站http://www.sitkasoundsciencecenter.org。

The Sitka Sound Science Center (SSSC) is awarded a grant to improve the capability of scientists, especially those funded by the NSF, to conduct marine biological research at a time when changes to the ocean in the Gulf of Alaska will have dramatic impacts on world economies and local communities. These upgrades will allow for the deepening of understandings in a critically important geographic part of the United States where changes in the climate, oceanography and biology are being monitored closely by a broad array of scientists. In addition, the improvements will boost the Science Center?s successful efforts in integrating education and research and diversifying minority representation. The Sitka Sound Science Center is dedicated to scientific education and scientific research and is uniquely qualified to carry out this project. With formal and informal partnerships with high profile organizations such as the University of Alaska, Scripps Oceanographic Institution, the Smithsonian, Stanford, Duke, University of Washington, Alaska Department of Fish and Game and NOAA, the Science Center has hosted many researchers whose field work and scientific experiments require a reliable salt water system. In addition, the Science Center staff has extensive experience managing salt water systems and are ideally poised for the installation of these improvements.Located in Sitka, Alaska, a community that is 33% Alaska Native, SSSC provides research and educational opportunities for minorities as well as rural coastal community members. Upgrades made to the facility will allow those opportunities to help diversify science into the future. The facility hosts many NSF-funded visiting scientists, and it conducts its own research and science educational programs which are also supported by the NSF. Additionally, it provides informal science educational experiences to thousands of visitors each year. The visitors will have a better aquarium experience and come away with better scientific understandings because of these upgrades. In addition, SSSC hosts hundreds of local and non local students who will have a better chance of conducting successful educational research projects because of these improvements. For more information about SSSC, visit the website at http://www.sitkasoundsciencecenter.org.