University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science: Research Vessel FG. Walton Smith SSSE

要求为R/V Walton Smith提供新的仪器，这是一艘96年的通用区域船，由迈阿密大学罗森斯蒂尔海洋和大气科学学院（RSMAS）运营和拥有，是美国学术船队的一部分。这些船只由大学-国家海洋学实验室系统（UNOLS）安排。 R/V Walton Smith在南佛罗里达和墨西哥湾的近海岸沃茨开展大部分业务，提供与重大环境倡议相关的科学信息。 R/V沃尔顿史密斯在流行病缩短的2020赛季完成了35天。 2021年，该船计划航行105天，为NSF计划的33%（35天）。 迈阿密公司在本建议书中提供了购置下列海洋学仪器的技术说明和理由： Applanix POS MV OceanMaster更广泛的影响本提案的主要影响是根据提案指南（NSF 19-602）的Merit评审标准2。它为科学家提供基础设施支持，以使用该船及其共享使用的仪器来支持他们的NSF资助的海洋学研究项目（这些项目单独接受NSF相关研究计划的单独审查）。 共享使用仪器的获取、维护和操作允许来自美国任何大学或实验室的NSF资助的研究人员使用工作、校准的仪器进行研究，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。

A request is made to fund new instrumentation for the R/V Walton Smith, a 96,’ general purpose regional vessel operated and owned by the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS) as part of the US Academic Fleet. These vessels are scheduled by the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS). R/V Walton Smith conducts a substantial portion of her operations in the near shore waters of South Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, providing scientific information relevant to major environmental initiatives. R/V Walton Smith completed 35 days in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. In 2021, the vessel is scheduled to sail 105 days with 33% (35 days) of the schedule for NSF. With this proposal, Miami provides technical descriptions and rationale for the acquisition of the following Oceanographic Instrumentation: Applanix POS MV OceanMasterBroader 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.