Oceanographic Technical Services, University of Minnesota, 2018-2022

明尼苏达大学提议支持“蓝鹭”号航天飞机的技术服务。UNOLS的通用研究船，由UM德卢斯大湖天文台运营，作为大学-国家海洋学实验室系统研究船队的一部分。他们要求支助基本服务和专门服务。他们将为R/V蓝鹭的每个湖泊研究项目提供一名技术人员，以支持湖泊研究项目，并维护、校准和向合格用户提供共享使用研究仪器池中的项目。项目于2018年6月1日收到提案。根据要求，该报告提供了有关2017年运营的信息，以及概述计划和2018年的拟议预算。学术船队中的研究船为来自各种联邦和州机构以及一些私人赞助商的研究人员提供支持。所有用户（或适当的资助机构）通过日费率平等地分享船上基本技术服务的支持，每个用户根据船舶的使用情况支付一定比例的费用。费率每年与美国国家科学基金会项目经理协商。本提案中的预算是五年持续拨款的第一年。我们的年份是作为估计提供的，奖金将在收到年度报告后协商。本提案的主要影响是根据提案指南（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国家科学基金会资助的海洋学研究项目（这些项目单独接受国家科学基金会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资助的研究人员为他们的研究访问工作、校准仪器，降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

University of Minnesota proposes to support technical services on R/V Blue Heron, an 86? general purpose UNOLS research vessel operated by the UM Duluth Large Lakes Observatory as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research fleet. They request support for basic services and specialized services. They will provide one technician on each lake-going research project of R/V Blue Heron to support lacustrine research projects and to maintain, calibrate and provide for qualified users items from their pool of shared-use research instrumentation. The Program received the proposal on 1/6/2018. As required, the report provided information regarding 2017 operations as well as outlining plans and a proposed budget for 2018. Research vessels in the Academic Fleet provide support for researchers from a variety of federal and state agencies, as well as some private sponsors. All users (or the appropriate funding agencies) share support for basic technical services on the vessel equally, via a day-rate, with each paying a share of the costs based on fractional usage of the vessel. The rates are negotiated annually with the NSF Program Manager. The budget in this proposal is for the first year of a five-year continuing grant. Out years are provided as estimates and the awards will be negotiated upon receipt of the annual report.Broader Impacts The 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.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.