Ship-based Science Technical Support in the Arctic (STARC)

该项目为NSF提供北极船基科学技术支持（STARC），以满足两个主要功能需求：(1)规划、协调和提供USCGC Healy上的科学技术支持，以增强USCG海洋科学技术人员的作用；(2)与NSF、USCG和学术界协调，为Healy上安装或使用的科学设备提供操作、维护和升级。获奖者将采用基于大学-国家海洋学实验室系统（UNOLS）内最佳实践的方法，为北极研究项目的支持需求量身定制。拟议的技术支助所促成的一系列研究，通过对学生的培训和学习，增加代表性不足的群体对研究的参与，传播增进科学和技术理解的成果，并为造福社会的政策制定提供信息，共同实现了深远而广泛的影响。STARC技术人员对邮轮参与者和海岸警卫队技术人员进行培训和教育，并与整个UNOLS的同事分享新的工具和技术，从而扩大了支持美国海洋学研究的技术知识库。该技术服务还将支持船载数据的获取和适当传播，与国家资源（如NSF的滚动甲板到存储库计划）相协调，以便船载数据将及时提交给美国国家数据中心，并广泛提供给学术界和广大公众。斯克里普斯海洋学研究所（SIO）的STARC北极协调员将与研究人员、USCG和NSF协调USCGC Healy上计划的北极项目的海上研究支持需求，并将得到俄勒冈州立大学（OSU）、华盛顿大学（UW）和SIO的技术专家团队的支持。为即将到来的现场季节确定项目后，将向每个海上项目分配一名首席技术人员，负责组织和执行每个巡航航段所需的技术和后勤活动。北极协调员将为每次部署制定人员配备时间表，以及部署前和部署后的活动和淡季维护。通过在合格的主要技术人员之间分配项目支持，北极协调员可以与NSF、USCG和学术界协调，不断推进对科学设备的长期改进。这些活动的计划和提供将与USCG密切协调，并得到NSF的批准。在项目负责人的监督下，北极协调员将制定年度项目计划和年度报告，并提交国家科学基金会批准。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

This project provides NSF with Ship-based Science Technical Support in the Arctic (STARC) to satisfy two main functional requirements: (1) to plan, coordinate and deliver scientific technical support onboard USCGC Healy in a manner that augments the role of the USCG marine science technicians, and (2) to coordinate with NSF, USCG and the academic community to provide for the operation, maintenance and upgrade of science equipment installed or used on Healy. The awardee will employ an approach based on best practices within the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) tailored to the support needs of Arctic research projects. The spectrum of research enabled by the proposed technical support collectively achieves far-reaching broader impacts through the training and learning of students, increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in research, disseminating results that enhance scientific and technological understanding, and informing policy making for the benefit of society. STARC technicians train and educate cruise participants and Coast Guard technicians and share new tools and techniques with colleagues throughout UNOLS, thus broadening the technical knowledge base that supports U.S. oceanographic research. The technical services will also support the acquisition and appropriate dissemination of shipboard data, in concert with national resources such as NSF’s Rolling-Deck-To-Repository program, so that shipboard data will be submitted to US national data centers in a timely manner and made broadly available to the academic community and the public at large.A STARC Arctic Coordinator at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) will coordinate seagoing research support needs of Arctic projects scheduled on USCGC Healy with researchers, the USCG and NSF, and will be supported by a team of technical experts from Oregon State University (OSU), University of Washington (UW) and SIO. As projects are identified for the upcoming field season a lead technician will be assigned to each seagoing project to organize and execute requisite technical and logistical activities for each cruise leg. The Arctic Coordinator will develop staffing schedules for each deployment, as well as pre- and post-deployment activities and off-season maintenance. By distributing project support across qualified lead technical staff, the Arctic coordinator can continually advance long lead time improvements to science equipment in coordination with NSF, USCG, and the academic community. These activities will be planned and provided in close coordination with the USCG and with approval from NSF. Under the supervision of the Project PI, the Arctic Coordinator will develop an annual program plan and annual reports that will be submitted to NSF for approval.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.