University of Georgia/RV Savannah Oceanographic Instrumentation

请求为Savannah研究船的海洋仪器提供资金，这是一艘92英尺长的沿海研究船，由斯基德韦海洋研究所拥有和运营，作为学术研究舰队的一部分。这艘船的主要工作区域一直是美国东南部的大陆架、海岸和河口环境。这艘船还进行了穿越墨西哥湾流进入西部马尾藻海的巡航，并远至加勒比海东南部的库拉索岛。R/V Savannah是专门设计的，具有很大的科学停泊能力，以便在海洋和河口环境中提供学习机会，并向不同的、往往服务不足的学生群体展示海洋学研究方法。2020年，在大流行缩短的季节，R/V Savannah完成了51天的海上航行。NSF资助的项目占总航程的34天(71%)。2021年，该船目前有190天的预定天数，其中107天(56%)用于NSF。在这份提案中，斯基德韦为收购以下海洋仪器提供了技术说明和理由：实验室和网络UPS(估计)$7,638SBE 32C塔锁组件$16,443流动生物地球化学光学系统$245,278数据存在系统$11,550$280,909布罗德影响本提案的主要影响是根据提案指南(NSF 19-602)的优点审查标准2。它为科学家提供基础设施支持，以使用该船及其共享仪器，以支持他们由NSF资助的海洋研究项目(这些项目单独接受NSF相关研究计划的单独审查)。共享仪器的获取、维护和操作允许美国国家科学基金会资助的任何美国大学或实验室的研究人员获得用于其研究的工作、校准的仪器，从而降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

A request is made to fund Oceanographic Instrumentation for the Research Vessel Savannah, a 92-foot coastal research vessel, owned and operated by Skidaway Institute of Oceanography as part of the Academic Research Fleet (ARF). The primary working area for the vessel has been the continental shelf, coastal and estuarine environments of the Southeastern United States. The ship has also conducted cruises that have crossed the Gulf Stream into the western Sargasso Sea and as far as Curacao in the SE Caribbean. The R/V Savannah has been specifically designed with a large science berthing capacity to provide learning opportunities in ocean and estuarine environments and to demonstrate oceanographic research methodologies to diverse and often under-served student populations. In 2020, in a pandemic-shortened season, the R/V Savannah completed 51 days at sea. NSF funded projects accounted for 34 days (71%) of the total sailing schedule. In 2021, the vessel currently has 190 days scheduled, of which 107 days (56%) are for NSF. With this proposal, Skidaway provides technical descriptions and rationale for the acquisition of the following Oceanographic Instrumentation:Laboratory and Network UPS (ESTIMATE) $7,638SBE 32C Pylon latch assembly $16,443Flow-through Biogeochemical Optical System $245,278Data-presence System $11,550 $280,909Broader ImpactsThe principal impact of the present proposal is under Merit Review Criterion 2 of the Proposal Guidelines (NSF 19-602). It provides infrastructure support for scientists to use the vessel and its shared-use instrumentation in support of their NSF-funded oceanographic research projects (which individually undergo separate review by the relevant research program of NSF). The acquisition, maintenance and operation of shared-use instrumentation allows NSF-funded researchers from any US university or lab access to working, calibrated instruments for their research, reducing the cost of that research, and expanding the base of potential researchers.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.