Ship Operations - R/V SALLY RIDE

斯克里普斯海洋研究所(SIO)建议在2018-2022年的五年内继续运营Sally Ride号科考船，以支持NSF资助的科学研究。Sally Ride是一艘能力强大、装备精良的通用海洋级考察船，由美国海军拥有，自2016年该船进入美国学术研究舰队以来一直由SIO运营。作为大学-国家-海洋实验室系统(UNLS)合作框架内的一个大型共享设施，Sally Ride将接待来自美国各地的科学家进行不同学科的研究。这艘船将以一种提高安全性、能力和效率的方式进行操作，以最大限度地增加NSF对该船和船上实施的项目的投资。SIO在船舶维护、法规遵从性、外国通关、船员和后勤方面采用了一种有纪律的方法，以便科学任务能够成功地按时完成。观测、测量和样本和数据的收集是由萨利·莱德号上的科学任务在海洋盆地规模上完成的。自1907年以来，由SIO操作的船只在探索地球的过程中发挥了关键作用，并继续为美国的海洋研究工作做出重大贡献。SIO的船舶运营部门支持NSF的核心价值观，即卓越的科学、卓越的组织、卓越的学习、包容和问责。这里建议的船只管理和作业能够对人类福祉所依赖的自然环境中的物理和生物过程进行变革性的科学研究。这一提议的学术价值被船上科学家进行的研究项目的综合价值所放大。2018年，Sally Ride将在海洋化学、海底测绘、地球物理、地壳地球化学、古海洋学、海洋生态学、中浮游动物食物网和海洋环境数据的长期获取方面支持美国国家科学基金会在太平洋开展的七个不同项目。美国国家科学基金会赞助的研究(包括海洋观测计划)将占萨利·莱德今年工作的60%(145天)。其余的工作将由NASA(44天，18%)、斯克里普斯海洋学研究所(32天，13%)、NOAA(20天，8%)和BOEM(2天，1%)提供支持。每个科学项目都贡献了自己独特的智力价值。SIO对Sally Ride的管理使研究、教育和培训能够促进发现和理解，同时实现深远的更广泛的影响。拟议的管理支持船舶的强有力的协作、多学科和多机构使用。通过联合国最不发达国家联盟，SIO与科学家和资助机构协调共享Sally Ride的使用，以便船上的能力满足社区当前和预期的需求。SIO致力于促进公平、合作和专业的氛围，将多样性、公平和包容作为科学发现、技术发展和学习的基本要素。SIO的Sally Ride运营利用机构项目来补充NSF的使命，即促进科学、工程和教育方面的成就和进步，以造福国家。例如，SIO的UC Ship Funds计划使研究生和本科生、博士后研究人员和早期职业教师能够在Sally Ride上通过内部同行评议的竞争程序在Sally Ride上进行独立研究和指导。这艘船是SIO跟随萨利·莱德的K-12教育计划不可或缺的一部分，该计划利用海洋学向经济困难的七八年级学生教授物理科学。作为一家获得广泛认购的共享设施，Sally Ride同样为美国各地机构的科学家在船上开展研究和教育项目的教育、培训和外展任务做出了贡献。根据这里的提议，Sally Ride将继续通过安全、有能力和高效地促进多学科科学研究来促进我们对海洋和地球的了解来继续为NSF服务。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) proposes to continue operating the research vessel Sally Ride to support NSF-funded scientific research for the five-year period 2018 -2022. Sally Ride is a capable, well-equipped general-purpose Ocean Class research vessel that is owned by the US Navy and has been operated by SIO since the ship's introduction into the US Academic Research Fleet in 2016. As a large shared-use facility scheduled within the collaborative framework of the University-National-Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS), Sally Ride will host scientists from across the United States to undertake research in a variety of disciplines. The ship will be operated in a manner that promotes safety, capability and efficiency in order to maximize NSF's investment in the ship and in the programs that are conducted on board. SIO employs a disciplined approach to vessel maintenance, regulatory compliance, foreign clearance, crewing and logistics so that scientific missions can becompleted successfully and on schedule.The observation, measurement, and collection of samples and data are accomplished on an ocean-basin scale by scientific missions aboard Sally Ride. SIO-operated ships have played a critical role in the exploration of our planet since 1907, and continue to contribute significantly to the U.S. ocean research effort. SIO's ship operations department supports NSF core values of scientific excellence, organizational excellence, learning, inclusiveness and accountability. The vessel management and operations proposed here enable transformative scientific research in physical and biological processes in the natural environment upon which human well-being depends. The intellectual merit of this proposal is amplified by the combined merit of research projects undertaken by scientists on board. During 2018, Sally Ride will support seven different NSF-sponsored programs in the Pacific Ocean in marine chemistry, seafloor mapping, geophysics, crustal geochemistry, paleooceanography, marine ecology, mesozooplankton food webs, and long-term acquisition of ocean environmental data. NSF-sponsored research (including Ocean Observing Initiative) will account for 60% (145 days) of Sally Ride's work this year. The remainder of the work will be supported by NASA (44 days, 18%), the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (32 days, 13%), NOAA (20 days, 8%) and BOEM (2 days, 1 %). Each scientific program contributes its own distinctive intellectual merit.SIO's management of Sally Ride enables research, education and training that advance discovery and understanding while achieving far-reaching broader impacts. The proposed management supports strongly collaborative, multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional use of the vessel. Through UNOLS, SIO coordinates the shared use of Sally Ride with scientists and funding agencies so shipboard capabilities meet the current and anticipated needs of the community. SIO is committed to promoting a climate of fairness, cooperation, and professionalism on board that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion as essential ingredients of scientific discovery, technical development, and learning. SIO's operation of Sally Ride leverages institutional programs that complement NSF's mission to promote achievement and progress in science, engineering and education for the benefit of the nation. For example, SIO's UC Ship Funds Program enables graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and early career faculty to pursue independent research and instruction aboard Sally Ride via an internal peer-reviewed competitive process for ship time. The vessel is integral to SIO's K-12 education program In the Footsteps of Sally Ride, which uses oceanography to teach physical science to economically disadvantaged seventh- and eighth-grade students. As a broadly-subscribed shared-use facility, Sally Ride similarly contributes to the education, training and outreach missions of scientists from institutions across America who conduct their research and educational programs on board. As proposed here, Sally Ride will continue to serve NSF by safely, capably and efficiently facilitating multi-disciplinary scientific research to advance our understanding of our oceans and Earth.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.