Oceanographic Technical Services, University of Minnesota, 2018-2022

明尼苏达大学建议支持R/V蓝鹭的技术服务，这款86？UM Duluth大湖观测站作为大学-国家海洋学实验室系统研究船队的一部分运营的通用UNLS研究船。他们要求为基本服务和专门服务提供支持。他们将为每个R/V蓝鹭的湖边研究项目提供一名技术人员，以支持湖泊研究项目，并维护、校准和提供来自他们的共用研究仪器池中的合格用户物品。该计划于2018年1月6日收到建议书。按照要求，报告提供了有关2017年业务活动的资料，并概述了2018年的计划和拟议预算。学术舰队中的研究船为来自各种联邦和州机构的研究人员以及一些私人赞助商提供支持。所有用户(或适当的供资机构)通过日间费率平等分担船舶基本技术服务的支助，每个用户根据船舶的部分使用量支付一定份额的费用。费率每年与NSF项目经理协商。该提案中的预算是为期五年的持续赠款的第一年。本提案的主要影响是根据提案指南(NSF 13-589)的功绩评审标准2进行的。它为科学家提供基础设施支持，以使用该船及其共享仪器，以支持他们由NSF资助的海洋研究项目(这些项目单独接受NSF相关研究计划的单独审查)。共享仪器的获取、维护和操作允许美国国家科学基金会资助的任何美国大学或实验室的研究人员获得用于其研究的工作、校准的仪器，从而降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力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.