Oregon State University Marine Rock and Sediment Sampling (MARSSAM) Facility Oceanographic Instrumentation 2024

该合同为海洋沉积物采样设施(MARSSAM)提供资金，用于购买一辆新的定制冷藏实验室面包车和一台新的轻型四芯多芯取样器。该面包车将用于多种用途，适合处理多个岩心和其他海底沉积物和水样。它将配备沉积物和孔隙水设备以及一个自给自足的自动氮气发生器。面包车和多核设备将由MARSSAM和西海岸面包车池联合管理和维护。它们将提供给在美国学术研究舰队(ARF)船只上工作的研究小组，包括甲板空间有限的较小船只。这项收购是为了应对社区对池中现有设备无法覆盖的此类设施的日益增长的需求。本提案的主要影响是根据提案指南(NSF 23-525)的功绩审查标准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、维护和操作使美国国家科学基金会资助的任何美国大学或其他组织的研究人员都可以获得维护良好的高质量校准仪器进行研究。它确保收集高质量的海洋数据来支持科学，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优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award provides funds to the Marine Sediment Sampling (MARSSAM) Facility for the purchase of a new customized refrigerated laboratory van and a new light four-core multicorer. The van would be for multiple use and suitable for processing multi-core and other seafloor sediment and water samples. It will be outfitted with sediment and porewater equipment and a self-contained autonomous Nitrogen generator. The van and multicorer would be jointly managed and maintained by MARSSAM and the West Coast Van Pool. They would be made available to research teams working on U.S. Academic Research Fleet (ARF) vessels including smaller vessels with limited deck space. This aquisition is in response to increased demand by the community for such a facility not covered by existing equipment in the pool. The principal impact of the present proposal is under Merit Review Criterion 2 of the Proposal Guidelines (NSF 23-525). 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 other organization access to well-maintained, high-quality, calibrated instruments for their research. It ensures the collection of high-quality oceanographic data in support of science, reduces the cost of that research, and expands 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.