TEA Center renewal: Community Marine Research

部落学院和大学计划（TCUP）的一个目标是提高TCUP机构的知识领导力，使他们能够解决科学或工程需求或利益，特别是为他们的部落或社区，或广泛的国家。TCUP企业发展中心（TEA中心）允许TCUP机构利用他们在STEM教学和研究能力方面的投资。该项目通过西北印度学院TEA社区海洋研究中心的更新直接与这一目标保持一致。该中心隶属于现有的萨利希海研究中心，设在学院，并与Lummi国家的Lummi自然资源部（LNR）合作。该中心的工作重点是对美国西北太平洋沿岸萨利希海沃茨的海洋问题进行研究和教育宣传。通过这项工作获得的知识有助于社区对海洋生态系统的理解，并被LNR用于管理其水生资源，以保护水质，并确保安全和可持续的鱼类和贝类收获。TCUP社区海洋研究企业发展中心将通过两个目标实现其意图：重点关注社区确定的研究项目，这些项目采用分子和分析方法，提高目前的水质监测能力以及海产食品的安全性和可持续性;并为Lummi Nation和西北印度学院提供海鲜和Salish沃茨中生物毒素的分析。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 goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the intellectual leadership of TCUP institutions so that they can address scientific or engineering needs or interests, specifically for their tribes or communities, or broadly for the Nation. The TCUP Enterprise Advancement Centers (TEA Centers) strand allows TCUP institutions to capitalize on their investments in STEM instructional and research capacity. This project aligns directly with that goal through the renewal of the TEA Center for Community Marine Research at Northwest Indian College. The center is affiliated with the existing Salish Sea Research Center, housed at the college, and partners with the Lummi Natural Resources Department (LNR) of the Lummi Nation. The focus of the center's work is research and educational outreach regarding marine matters of the waters of the Salish Sea off the Pacific northwest coast of the United States. Knowledge gained through this work contributes to community understanding of the marine ecosystem and is used by the LNR in managing their aquatic resources to protect water quality and to ensure a safe and sustainable fish and shellfish harvest.The TCUP Enterprise Advancement Center for Community Marine Research will pursue its intent through two goals: focus on community-identified research projects using molecular and analytic approaches that increase current capacity of water quality monitoring and the safety and sustainability of seafood; and provide analysis of biotoxins in seafood and Salish Sea waters for Lummi Nation and Northwest Indian College.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.