University of Alaska Fairbanks/Sikuliaq Ship Operations

阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校/Sikuliaq 船舶运营

• 批准号: 1827437
• 负责人: Stephen Moran
• 金额: $ 3345.03万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-07-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1827437&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: University; Alaska; Fairbanks; Sikuliaq; Ship

R/V Sikuliaq is owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, as part of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet. Sikuliaq is used by scientists in the U.S. and by the international oceanographic community through the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS). This Ship Operations proposal requests funding necessary to support NSF-funded R/V Sikuliaq operations in CY2018, which currently amount to 153 days out of a total of 190 operational days at sea. These NSF-funded ship days are in support of 10 research projects for CY2018.communityThe overarching intellectual and technical merit of R/V Sikuliaq is in supporting the advancement of NSF peer-reviewed oceanographic research and education programs. In particular, the twelve cruises planned for CY2018 supported by this Ship Operations proposal provide an excellent opportunity to display Sikuliaq's capability in oceanographic observation, collection, and measurement of samples and data accomplished on a global scale through operation of this state-of-the-art vessel. The intellectual and technical merit of this proposal is further amplified by the combined intellectual and technical merit of research projects undertaken by scientists onboard. During 2018, Sikuliaq will support ten NSF-sponsored research cruises in the eastern Pacific and Arctic Oceans to conduct research in physical oceanography, marine ecology, marine chemistry, and ocean observing. NSF sponsored research (including Ocean Observing Initiative research) will account for 71% (176 days) of Sikuliaq's work this year. The remainder of the work will be supported by the Navy (41 days, 17%), and the North Pacific Research Board (28 days, 11%). Each program contributes its own unique intellectual and technical merit, which are supported by Sikuliaq operations.The proposed work constitutes strongly collaborative, multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional use of the shared-use research and education infrastructure. CY2018 will be Sikuliaq's first season working in Arctic waters under the Polar Code regulations, which will provide a good test of the vessel's capabilities to support missions in the Arctic while adhering to the strict Polar Code rules. As a charter member of UNOLS, UAF is actively involved in coordinating research vessel operations with scientists and funding agencies so shipboard capabilities can best meet the current and anticipated research needs of the entire community. The spectrum of research projects enabled by UAF's operation of Sikuliaq achieves far-reaching broader impacts through the operation and maintenance of infrastructure. This effort is critical to the advancement of training and learning, scientific and technological understanding, and informing policy makers. UAF's proposed operation of Sikuliaq enables institutional programs from across the nation and internationally to directly implement NSF's mission to promote advancement of science, engineering and education for the benefit of the nation. As a shared-use resource for ocean scientists, Sikuliaq similarly contributes to the education, training and outreach missions of those scientists and their home institutions. Finally, as part of the broader impacts in operating Sikuliaq, we regularly engage with Alaska Native communities and subsistence hunters (e.g., the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission) to ensure the productive coordination between these groups, the scientific community, and R/V Sikuliaq.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.

R/V Sikuliaq由美国国家科学基金会拥有，由阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯渔业和海洋科学学院运营，是美国学术研究舰队的一部分。Sikuliaq被美国科学家和国际海洋学界通过大学-国家海洋学实验室系统（UNOLS）使用。该船舶运营提案要求提供必要的资金，以支持NSF资助的R/V Sikuliaq在CY 2018的运营，目前在海上运营的190天中有153天。这些NSF资助的船舶日支持CY 2018的10个研究项目。社区R/V Sikuliaq的总体智力和技术价值是支持NSF同行评审的海洋学研究和教育计划的进步。特别是，本船舶运营提案支持的CY 2018年计划的12次巡航提供了一个绝佳的机会，展示Sikuliaq通过运营这艘最先进的船舶在全球范围内完成的海洋学观察，收集和测量样品和数据的能力。这一建议的知识和技术价值因船上科学家开展的研究项目的知识和技术价值而进一步扩大。在2018年期间，Sikuliaq将支持在东太平洋和北冰洋进行的10次NSF赞助的研究巡航，以进行物理海洋学，海洋生态学，海洋化学和海洋观测方面的研究。NSF赞助的研究（包括海洋观测计划研究）将占Sikuliaq今年工作的71%（176天）。其余的工作将由海军（41天，17%）和北太平洋研究委员会（28天，11%）提供支持。每个项目都贡献了自己独特的知识和技术优势，这些优势得到了Sikuliaq运营的支持。拟议的工作构成了对共享使用的研究和教育基础设施的强有力的协作，多学科和多机构使用。CY 2018将是Sikuliaq在极地规则规定下在北极沃茨工作的第一个季节，这将很好地测试该船在遵守严格的极地规则的同时支持北极任务的能力。作为UNOLS的特许成员，UAF积极参与与科学家和资助机构协调研究船的运作，以便船上的能力能够最好地满足整个社区当前和预期的研究需求。通过运营和维护基础设施，UAF运营Sikuliaq的研究项目范围实现了深远的广泛影响。这一努力对于促进培训和学习、科学和技术理解以及向决策者提供信息至关重要。UAF提议的Sikuliaq的运作使来自全国各地和国际上的机构项目能够直接实施NSF的使命，以促进科学、工程和教育的进步，造福国家。作为海洋科学家共享的资源，Sikuliaq同样有助于这些科学家及其所在机构的教育、培训和外联任务。最后，作为经营Sikuliaq的更广泛影响的一部分，我们定期与阿拉斯加原住民社区和生计猎人（例如，该奖项反映了NSF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。