DESCEND2: A workshop to address the future of deep sea research

该奖项为召开为期3天的研讨会提供资金，旨在确定1)水下社区的关键科学目标，2)实现这些目标所需的技术方向，以及3)联邦，行业和非营利组织可能协同工作以实现活动和促进发现的方法，否则可能会被禁止。研讨会将于2015年秋季AGU会议前一周在加州旧金山举行。选择这个时间框架是为了允许最多的参与者。该奖项将支持大约45至65名代表不同部门（学术界、工业界和非营利组织）的个人参与，他们具有广泛的专业知识和丰富的经验，能够有效地对当前的需求发表评论。和未来的方向-在深海研究和工程。讲习班的成果将是一份关于以下领域最关键问题的报告：今后十年的关键科学研究主题、帮助解决这些主题所需的能力；定义解决这些问题所需的策略；确定实现这些目标所需的技术方法。

This award provides funds to convene a 3-day workshop aimed at defining 1) the critical scientific goals of the submergence community, 2) the technological directions that will be required to address these goals, and 3) the means by which federal, industry, and non-profit organizations might work in concert to enable activities and facilitate discoveries that might otherwise be prohibitive.The workshop will be held in San Francisco, CA, during the week prior to the 2015 AGU fall meeting. This timeframe was chosen to allow the greatest number of participants. The award will support the participation of approximately 45 to 65 individuals that will represent a diversity of sectors (academia industry and non-profits), have broad expertise, and have a depth of experience that will enable them to comment effectively on the current needs ?and future directions- in deep sea research and engineering.The outcome of the workshop will be a report on the most critical questions in areas of: critical scientific research themes in the next decade the capacities needed to help address them; define strategies needed to approach answers to these questions; and, define what technological approaches will be needed to carry out these objectives.