FSML: Enhancing research support infrastructure at the University of Kansas Field Station

FSML：加强堪萨斯大学野外站的研究支持基础设施

• 批准号: 1938412
• 负责人: Bryan Foster
• 金额: $ 57.14万
• 依托单位: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1938412&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FSML; Enhancing; research; support; infrastructure

The University of Kansas Field Station (KUFS) has a rich history of field-based research, and provides a growing variety of opportunities for novel research, teaching, and outreach within the ecotone between the eastern deciduous forest and tallgrass prairie regions of North America. A new Research Support Facility (RSF) will be developed to accommodate rapidly growing, field-based environmental research and education at KUFS. The RSF will allow replacement of over-crowded and ageing workshop facilities, provide adequate space and equipment to accommodate growing sample processing and storage needs, and provide project staging areas for resident and visiting scientists. The RSF will also provide new capacity with a soil processing and soil sterilization facility to support a growing cadre of collaborative researchers from KU and elsewhere focused on soil biology and soil microbe-plant interactions. Integration of the RSF with other existing KUFS facilities will allow centralization of operations and increase efficiency for internal and external users. These enhancements will build upon the strong, externally-funded research programs underway at KUFS, support new research initiatives, facilitate educational offerings, and enhance safety for KUFS research and education participants. Construction of the proposed RSF is one feature of a larger vision of the KUFS to attract a greater diversity of students and researchers from around the globe to utilize our world-class platform.A new Research Support Facility (RSF) will accommodate rapidly expanding field-based research and education activity at the University of Kansas Field Station (KUFS: https://biosurvey.ku.edu/field-station ). Development of the RSF will include construction of a new research support building, renovation and repurposing of an antiquated workshop building, acquisition of general use equipment, and installation of features that integrate the two buildings with the rest of the field station facilities, and enhance safety. The new building will include: a new workshop and fabrication space; project staging areas; soil sterilization and preparation area; "rough" sample processing areas; "clean instrumentation room", and flexible spaces for research projects and field-based classes. The renovated structure will accommodate seasonal demands for sample processing including sample drying and refrigeration, storage, and multi-purpose space. Storm shelters, a fire hydrant, and other elements to enhance safety for site users will be installed. These enhancements to KUFS facilities will accommodate growing demands by resident and visiting scholars at KUFS for field-based research and education opportunities.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.

堪萨斯大学现场站（KUFS）拥有悠久的基于现场研究的历史，并为北美东部落叶林和北美塔格拉斯大草原地区之间的ecotone提供了越来越多的新型研究，教学和外展。将开发一种新的研究支持机构（RSF），以适应KUFS快速增长的基于现场的环境研究和教育。 RSF将允许更换人满为患和老化的车间设施，提供足够的空间和设备，以适应不断增长的样品处理和存储需求，并为居民和访问科学家提供项目分期区域。 RSF还将提供新的能力，并提供土壤加工和土壤灭菌设施，以支持越来越多的KU和其他地方的合作研究人员的干部，这些研究人员侧重于土壤生物学和土壤微生物植物相互作用。 RSF与其他现有KUFS设施的集成将允许集中操作并提高内部和外部用户的效率。这些增强功能将基于KUFS正在进行的强大，外部资助的研究计划，支持新的研究计划，促进教育产品，并提高KUFS研究和教育参与者的安全性。拟议的RSF的构建是KUFS更大愿景的一个特征，以吸引全球各地的学生和研究人员更多地利用我们的世界一流平台。新的研究支持设施（RSF）将适应堪萨斯大学现场站（KUFS：HTTPS：HTTPS：HTTPS://BIOSURVEED.FIFFEFFIELD.KUEDECATION of FIELDIFE）迅速扩展基于现场的研究和教育活动。 RSF的开发将包括建造新的研究支持大楼，翻新和重新利用过时的研讨会建筑，收购通用设备以及将两座建筑物与其他现场站设施集成的功能的安装，并提高安全性。新建筑将包括：新的研讨会和制造空间；项目分期区；土壤灭菌和制剂； “粗糙”样品处理区域； “干净的仪器室”，以及用于研究项目和基于现场课程的灵活空间。翻新的结构将适应样品处理的季节性需求，包括样品干燥和制冷，存储和多功能空间。将安装风暴避难所，消防栓和其他元素，以提高现场使用者的安全性。这些对KUFS设施的增强功能将适应居民的不断增长的需求，并在KUFS访问基于现场的研究和教育机会的学者。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的智力优点评估和更广泛的影响来获得支持的。