University of Alaska Fairbanks/Sikuliaq Oceanographic Instrumentation - 2023

阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯（UAF）运营着R/V Sikuliaq，这是一艘261英尺长的全球级破冰海洋研究船，由NSF拥有，是学术研究舰队（ARF）舰队的一部分。Sikuliaq为从极地到温带的多学科研究任务提供了一个通用平台。该船于2014年交付，已完成7年的资助运营。UAF请求提供资金购买海洋学仪器，以提高该船的能力，支持未来在Sikuliaq上进行的NSF赞助的研究。拟议的仪器将在联合国海洋和海洋法办事处框架内以共用方式运行，并由UAF/Sikuliaq海洋学技术服务小组维护，以支持需要使用这种海上设施的国家科学基金资助的科学家。UAF申请资金用于购买、安装和集成孔斯贝格EM 304 Mark II多波束回声测深仪（MBES）。本提案的主要影响符合提案指南（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。

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) operates R/V Sikuliaq, a 261-foot, global class, ice-capable oceanographic research vessel owned by the NSF as part of the Academic Research Fleet (ARF) fleet. Sikuliaq provides a general-purpose platform for multidisciplinary research missions from polar to temperate latitudes. The ship was delivered in 2014 and has completed seven years of funded operations. UAF requests funds to purchase oceanographic instrumentation that would enhance the vessel’s capability in support of NSF sponsored research to be undertaken on Sikuliaq in the future. The proposed instrumentation would be operated on a shared-use basis within the UNOLS framework and maintained by the UAF/Sikuliaq oceanographic technical services group in support of NSF-funded scientists who require use of such seagoing facilities. UAF requests funds for the purchase, installation, and integration of a Kongsberg EM304 Mark II Multibeam Echosounder (MBES).The 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.