Equipment: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2023 SSSE Proposal

请求为R/V Atlantis（274'通用研究船）和R/V Armstrong（238'多学科船）上的船上科学支持设备（SSSE）提供资金。两者都由伍兹霍尔海洋学研究所（WHOI）运营，作为美国学术研究舰队（ARF）的一部分，该舰队由大学国家海洋学实验室系统（UNOLS）计划。两者都属于美国海军，拥有最先进的仪器，并支持海洋学研究的所有学科。 这些船只在世界上所有的海洋工作，支持主要由美国政府机构资助的科学。R/V Atlantis专门用于发射和维修Alvin，载人潜水器以及国家深潜设施（NDSF）的其他车辆。WHOI在本提案中提供了技术说明和购买以下SSSE的理由：1）同位素货车HVAC装置- RV ATLANTIS 8，359美元2）-80 'C多用途冷藏箱- RV ARMSTRONG 7，415美元 $15，774更广泛的影响 本提案的主要影响是提案指南（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。

A request is made to fund Shipboard Scientific Support Equipment (SSSE) on R/V Atlantis, a 274’ general purpose research vessel, and R/V Armstrong, a 238’ multidisciplinary vessel. Both are operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as part of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet (ARF) which is scheduled by the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS). Both are owned by the U.S. Navy, have state-of-the-art instrumentation, and support all disciplines of oceanographic research. The vessels work in all the world’s oceans supporting science funded primarily by U.S government agencies. R/V Atlantis is specifically outfitted for launching and servicing Alvin, the human occupied submersible as well as other vehicles of the National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF). With this proposal, WHOI provides technical descriptions and rationale for the acquisition of the following SSSE: 1) Isotope Van HVAC Unit - RV ATLANTIS $8,359 2) -80'C Utility Chest Freezer - RV ARMSTRONG $7,415 $15,774 Broader Impacts 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.