Developing the Lake Tanganyika Drilling Project

坦噶尼喀湖科学钻探现场调查这笔赠款将支持与海洋工程师和大陆科学钻探人员对坦噶尼喀湖进行现场调查，以最终确定和核实钻探坦噶尼喀湖的建议和预算，以便在2019/2020年提交给国际大陆钻探计划和国家科学基金会。这笔赠款将支持与海洋工程师和大陆科学钻探人员对坦噶尼喀湖进行实地考察，以最终敲定和验证钻探坦噶尼喀湖的建议和预算，以便在2019/2020年提交给国际大陆钻探计划和国家科学基金会。赠款将支持以下现场必要工作：1)评估坦噶尼喀湖现有船只及其用作钻井船的适宜性，评估现有船厂及其能力(干船坞等)。改装湖上的船只，并为这些活动制定预算；2)评估科学家和钻探者的陆上和离岸住房以及核心实验室的场地；3)评估湖上较小的船只和工作船，以确定它们是否适合用作人员和船员运输船，并确定这些船只的费用；4)确定燃料供应、人员运输、食品、银行和其他服务的当地承包商，并获得这些服务的费用；5)获取坦噶尼克研究和钻探许可程序的最新信息。该奖项反映了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。

Lake Tanganyika Scientific Drilling Site SurveyThis grant will support a site survey to Lake Tanganyika with marine engineers and continental scientific drilling personnel to finalize and verify proposals and a budget for drilling Lake Tanganyika for submission to the International Continental Drilling Program and the NSF in 2019/2020.This grant will support a site visit to Lake Tanganyika with marine engineers and continental scientific drilling personnel to finalize and verify proposals and a budget for drilling Lake Tanganyika for submission to the International Continental Drilling Program and the NSF in 2019/2020. The grant will support the following on-site requisite work:1) Evaluate existing vessels on Lake Tanganyika and their suitability for use as drilling ship, evaluate existing marine shipyards and their capabilities (dry dock, etc.) to modify vessels on the lake, and to develop a budget for these activities;2) Evaluate on-and off-shore housing for scientists and drillers and sites for a core laboratory;3) Evaluate smaller vessels and work boats on the lake to determine their suitability to serve as personnel and crew transport vessels, and determine costs for these;4) Identify local contractors for fuel supply, personnel transport, food, banking, and other services, and obtain costsfor those services;5) Obtain up-to-date information on research and drilling permitting procedures for Tanganyika.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.