University of Delaware/RV SHARP Swallow SSSE CY22

请求为R/V Hugh R Sharp号的船上科学支持设备(SSSE)提供资金，这是一艘146英尺长的地区性研究船，由特拉华大学作为美国学术研究舰队(ARF)的一部分运营。夏普是一艘最先进的沿海科考船，由特拉华大学拥有和运营。这艘船可以搭载14到20名科学家进行长达18天的巡航，并支持来自海洋学所有学科的项目。这艘船是一项地区性资产，为大西洋中部许多机构的研究人员提供服务。这艘船通常在从纽约长岛到北卡罗来纳州哈特拉斯角以及特拉华州和切萨皮克湾的沿海水域作业。2021年，夏普完成了144天的海上航行。NSF资助的项目占221天，占航程的15%。2022年，夏普计划160天，其中NSF天数占总航程的56%(90天)。本提案中要求的SSSE包括：更换船上的Palinger主起重机256,439美元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 Shipboard Scientific Support Equipment (SSSE) for the R/V Hugh R Sharp, a 146-foot regional research vessel operated by the University of Delaware as part of the US Academic Research Fleet (ARF). Sharp is a state-of-the-art, coastal research vessel that is owned and operated by the University of Delaware. The vessel can carry fourteen to twenty scientists on cruises up to eighteen days in duration and supports projects from all disciplines of oceanography. The vessel is a regional asset, serving researchers from many institutions throughout the mid-Atlantic. The vessel typically operates in the coastal waters from Long Island, New York, to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, as well as the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. In 2021, Sharp completed 144 days at sea. NSF funded projects accounted for 221 days or 15% of the sailing schedule. In 2022, Sharp is scheduled for 160 days with NSF days accounting for 56% (90 days) of the total sailing schedule. SSSE requested in this proposal includes:Replace the ship’s Palfinger main Crane $256,439 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.