A Proposal to Manage the U.S. Science Support Program Office associated with the International Ocean Discovery Program (USSSP-IODP)

拉蒙特-多尔蒂地球观测站（LDEO）将管理与国际海洋发现计划（USSSP-IODP）相关的美国科学支持计划。美国科学支持计划的明智管理将使美国科学界能够最大限度地提高IODP钻井平台的科学回报，并解决2013-2023年IODP科学计划中概述的主要主题。这些包括监测过去的气候和海洋变化;追求更好地了解海底生物和生态系统;研究地球表面环境和深层过程之间的联系;以及增加我们对地震，山体滑坡和海啸等地质灾害的了解。科学的海洋钻探仍然是重建地球历史和改进地球未来预测模型的最佳工具之一。IODP还提供了一种手段，使年轻的研究人员和研究生可以与经验丰富的科学家一起工作，他们将担任导师和领导者。IODP获得的结果将构成一个重要的数据集，为未来几十年的社会政策提供信息。此外，USSSP-IODP将推行一项全面的外联方案，目标是提高公众对IODP成就的认识。外联工作将包括提供家庭学习机会，利用传统媒体和社交媒体等基于互联网的举措。LDEO将尽可能地通过使用船到海岸视频、在线访谈和问答环节，以及在博物馆和其他非正式学习中心举办的特别外展活动，使IODP科学家与公众直接接触。通过与美国自然历史博物馆的合作，估计五年内将有15，000名家庭游客参加与IODP相关的讲座，作为Millstein科学系列的一部分，之后他们将与IODP研究人员和博物馆教育工作者就IODP具体活动进行互动。此外，IODP的多学科性质使其成为STEM教育发展和举措的理想平台。USSSP-IODP将通过让各级教师参与IODP相关的专业发展计划来促进STEM学习，并为他们提供在JOIDES决议上航行的机会，作为摇滚学校或新的Onboard计划的一部分。LDEO长期参与科学海洋钻探，PI和共同PI的集体经验提供了坚实的基础，将确保该办公室得到高效管理，并着眼于为美国科学界提供上级服务。USSSP-IODP将支持美国IODP工作的许多组成部分，包括项目开发和规划的旅行费用，探险参与以及钻井前和钻井后活动。还将为JOIDES决议和非美国钻井船的美国科学成员提供工资支持。LDEO和哥伦比亚管理小组在建立子奖项方面拥有丰富的经验，并且能够代表USSSP-IODP提供这些服务。重组后的美国科学咨询委员会（USAC）将协调或审查来自美国IODP社区的提案和申请，并将向执行组织提供船上人员配备的建议。USAC还将为USSSP-IODP制定美国IODP活动的目标提供建议，促进工作组和个人钻井提案的发展，并监督USSSP办公室。

The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) will manage the U.S. Science Support Program associated with the International Ocean Discovery Program (USSSP-IODP). Judicious management of the U.S. Science Support program will enable the U.S. scientific community to maximize the scientific return from the IODP drilling platforms and address the major themes outlined in the IODP Science Plan for 2013-2023. These include monitoring past climate and ocean change; pursuing greater understanding of subseafloor organisms and ecosystems; examining connections between Earth's surface environment and deep processes; and increasing our understanding of geohazards such as earthquakes, landslides, and tsunamis. Scientific ocean drilling remains one of the preeminent tools for reconstructing Earth's history and improving predictive models for its future. IODP also provides a means whereby young investigators and graduate students can work alongside experienced scientists who will serve as mentors and leaders. The results obtained from IODP will constitute an important data set that should inform social policy in the coming decades. In addition, USSSP-IODP will pursue a comprehensive outreach program with the goal of increasing the public's awareness of IODP's accomplishments. Outreach efforts will include family learning opportunities and the use of traditional media and Internet-based initiatives such as social media. As much as possible, LDEO will bring IODP scientists into direct contact with the public through the use of ship-to-shore video, online interviews and Q&A sessions, and special outreach events at museums and other informal learning centers. Through collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History, an estimated 15,000 family visitors over five years will attend IODP-related lectures as part of the Millstein Science Series, after which they will interact with IODP researchers and museum-based educators on IODP-specific activities. In addition, the multidisciplinary nature of IODP makes it an ideal platform for STEM education development and initiatives. USSSP-IODP will promote STEM learning by engaging teachers at all levels in IODP-related professional development programs and providing them with the opportunity to sail on the JOIDES Resolution as part of the School of Rock or the new Onboard Program. LDEO has a long involvement with scientific ocean drilling and the collective experience of the PI and co-PIs provide a strong foundation that will ensure the office is managed efficiently and with an eye toward providing superior service to the U.S scientific community. USSSP-IODP will support numerous components of the U.S. IODP effort, including travel costs for program development and planning, expedition participation and pre-and post-drilling activities. Salary support for U.S. scientific party members on both the JOIDES Resolution and non-U.S. drilling vessels will also be provided. The LDEO and Columbia administration groups have extensive experience with establishing subawards and are well positioned to provide these services on behalf of the USSSP-IODP. The reorganized U.S. Science Advisory Committee (USAC) will coordinate or provide reviews of proposals and applications from the U.S. IODP community and will provide the implementing organizations with recommendations for shipboard staffing. USAC will also advise USSSP-IODP in establishing goals for U.S activities in IODP, promote the development of working groups and individual drilling proposals, and provide oversight of the USSSP Office.