University of Georgia Research Foundation/R/V Savannah/SSSE

请求为研究船Savanna提供船上科学支持设备，这是一艘92英尺长的沿海研究船，由Skidaway海洋学研究所拥有和运营，是大学-国家海洋学实验室系统研究船队的一部分。自2001年秋季投入使用以来，这艘沿海/地方级研究船已被证明是一系列研究和教育项目的能力和成本效益的平台。该船的主要工作区域是美国东南部的大陆架、沿海和河口环境。该船还进行了巡航，已越过墨西哥湾流进入西部马尾藻海，并尽可能库拉考在加勒比东南部。R/V萨凡纳专门设计了一个大型的科学停泊能力，以提供在海洋和河口环境中的学习机会，并向多样化和往往服务不足的学生群体展示海洋学研究方法。这些教育经验在2014年继续进行，该船在8次巡航中接待了80名研究生和本科生以及16名高中和中学教师。2014年，R/V萨凡纳号完成了165天的海上航行。NSF资助的项目占总航行时间表的92天（56%）。2015年请求用于更换萨凡纳号考察船的拖网绞车。成本为431，236美元。本提案的主要影响是提案指南（NSF 13-589）的优点审查标准2。它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资助的海洋学研究项目（这些项目单独接受NSF相关研究计划的单独审查）。 共享使用仪器的获取、维护和操作允许来自任何美国大学或实验室的NSF资助的研究人员使用工作、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。

A request is made to fund Shipboard Scientific Support Equipment for the Research Vessel Savanna, a 92 foot coastal research vessel, owned and operated by Skidaway Institute of Oceanography as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet. Since being put into service in the fall of 2001, this coastal/local class research vessel has proven to be a capable and cost-effective platform for a range of research and education projects. The primary working area for the vessel has been the continental shelf, coastal and estuarine environments of the Southeastern United States. The ship has also conducted cruises that have crossed the Gulf Stream into the western Sargasso Sea and as far as Curacao in the SE Caribbean. The R/V Savannah has been specifically designed with a large science berthing capacity to provide learning opportunities in ocean and estuarine environments and to demonstrate oceanographic research methodologies to diverse and often under-served student populations. These educational experiences continued in 2014, with the vessel hosting 80 graduate and undergraduate students and 16 high school and middle school teachers on 8 of its cruises. In 2014, the R/V Savannah completed 165 days at sea. NSF funded projects accounted for 92 days (56%) of the total sailing schedule. The 2015 request is for replacement of Trawl Winch on R/V Savannah. The cost is $431,236The principal impact of the present proposal is under Merit Review Criterion 2 of the Proposal Guidelines (NSF 13-589). It provides 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 acquisition, 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.