MRI: Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope for Research, Education, and Exhibit Programs at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

MRI：购买扫描电子显微镜用于洛杉矶县自然历史博物馆的研究、教育和展览项目

• 批准号: 2018207
• 负责人: Joel Martin
• 金额: $ 13.08万
• 依托单位: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation
• 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: 2020-08-01 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2018207&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Scanning; Electron; Microscope

An award is made to the Natural History Museum (NHM) of Los Angeles County Foundation for the purpose of acquiring a scanning electron microscope (SEM) for research, education, and exhibition programs. The SEM will replace an earlier model that served the Museum well for nearly 20 years. The NHM is a research and educational institution that serves one of the nation’s most ethnically diverse cities and largest school district. NHM’s Education branch will leverage the new microscope to aid in communicating science to the public. Education and training activities will include classes taught at graduate, undergraduate, and high school levels in affiliation with several local universities and high schools. A planned adjacent exhibit will incorporate the SEM into a public-facing setting that uses graphics, images, and live-feed video to show visitors how images in the sciences are produced and used. Other societal benefits include raising the scientific literacy of the general public via outreach activities and through in-house classes and demonstrations for visiting teachers and school groups of all ages.The new microscope will be used in a wide variety of scientific research fields, including evolutionary morphology, vertebrate and invertebrate biology and paleontology, systematic and phylogenetic biology, mineral sciences, and more. SEM images will be used in a diverse array of publications, books, and scientific reports. Results from research activities will be disseminated in peer-reviewed publications and through national and international scientific meetings.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.

授予洛杉矶县基金会自然历史博物馆（NHM）一个奖项，以获得扫描电子显微镜（SEM）用于研究、教育和展览项目。 SEM将取代为博物馆服务了近20年的早期模型。 NHM是一个研究和教育机构，服务于全国最多民族的城市和最大的学区之一。 NHM的教育分支将利用新的显微镜来帮助向公众传播科学。 教育和培训活动将包括与当地几所大学和高中合作开设的研究生、本科生和高中课程。 一个计划中的相邻展览将把SEM纳入一个面向公众的环境中，使用图形、图像和实时视频向参观者展示科学中的图像是如何产生和使用的。 其他社会效益包括通过外展活动、内部课程和为所有年龄的来访教师和学校团体进行的演示来提高公众的科学素养。新显微镜将用于各种科学研究领域，包括进化形态学、脊椎动物和无脊椎动物生物学和古生物学、系统和系统发育生物学、矿物科学等。 SEM图像将用于各种出版物，书籍和科学报告。 研究活动的结果将通过同行评审的出版物以及国家和国际科学会议进行传播。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。