UNOLS: Management of Marine Technical Support

UNOLS：海洋技术支持管理

• 批准号: 2211075
• 负责人: Steven DiMarco
• 金额: $ 644.35万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2211075&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UNOLS; Management; Marine; Technical; Support

Texas A&M University proposes to continue the management of the pool of marine technicians that has been operating since 2016 for a further five-year period. Pool members will continue to be employedas independent contractors, paid at rates based on experience as determined by the NSF ProgramManager and UNOLS Technical Services Manager. Coverage for liability and workmen’s’ compensation insurance will be continued through separate contracts as is done at present and issimilar to those used for technicians with the IODP. Included are provisions for training thosepool members who will be working more than 100 days per year, and the proposal containsestimates for travel to and from ships and for the training and the annual RVTEC meeting. Liaison between TAMU, UNOLS and chief scientists will ensure that technicians with the correct skill set will be available for cruises as needed.Broader 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.

德州农工大学提议继续管理自2016年以来一直在运营的海洋技术人员库，为期五年。人才库成员将继续作为独立承包商雇用，并根据NSF项目经理和UNOLS技术服务经理确定的经验支付报酬。责任保险和工人赔偿保险将继续通过单独的合同，就像目前所做的那样，类似于IODP技术人员的合同。其中包括为每年工作超过100天的人员池成员提供培训的经费，提案还包括往返船舶的差旅费以及培训和RVTEC年度会议的费用估计数。TAMU、联合国海洋和海洋法办事处和首席科学家之间的联络将确保具备适当技能的技术人员能够在需要时参加航行。更广泛的影响本提案的主要影响是根据提案准则（NSF 19-602）的绩效审查标准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。