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

该奖项提供资金，以召开为期3天的研讨会，旨在确定1）淹没社区的关键科学目标，2）解决这些目标所需的技术方向，以及3）联邦，工业，和非营利组织可能会协同工作，使活动和促进发现，否则可能是禁止的。研讨会将在旧金山弗朗西斯科举行，CA，在2015年AGU秋季会议前一周。选择这个时间表是为了让最多的参与者参加。 该奖项将支持大约45至65名个人的参与，他们将代表不同的部门（学术界、工业界和非营利组织），拥有广泛的专业知识，并拥有丰富的经验，使他们能够有效地对当前的需求发表评论。讲习班的成果将是一份关于以下领域最关键问题的报告：下一个十年的关键科学研究主题;帮助解决这些问题所需的能力;确定解决这些问题所需的战略;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.