Visitor and Graduate Student Housing Facility at Skidaway ofOceanography

该项目将支持在Skidaway海洋学研究所（SkIO）建造游客和研究生住房单元（共8间卧室和相关的共用生活和厨房设施）。在过去的四年里，SkIO在研究设备和设施方面投入了大量资金，包括建造了一个周长为32米的跑道水槽，一个有机地球化学实验室，购买了一台ICP-MS，一台GC-MS，一台图像分析仪和一台Silicon Graphics图形工作站。这些设施的可用性和对沿海海洋环境的访问增加了对游客住房的需求，以至于目前的设施（共9间卧室）提前约18个月预订。由于许多研究赠款的期限只有24个月，这一漫长的筹备时间阻碍了合作研究的努力。学生和游客需要额外的现场住房，因为SkIO位于一个屏障岛上，无法使用公共交通。鉴于访问教师研究和研究生培训的研究设施的优良阵列，该机构是有限的，可以容纳和学生住宿的游客数量。由于学院远离萨凡纳，学生和来访者出于费用和旅行时间的考虑，无法在城里寻找住房。* * *

This project will support the construction of visitor and graduate student housing units (totaling 8 bedrooms and associated shared living and kitchen facilities) at Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO). In the last 4 years SkIO has invested a great deal in research equipment and facilities including the construction of a 32 m circumference racetrack flume, an organic geochemistry laboratory, the purchase of an ICP-MS, a GC-MS, an image analyzer and a Silicon Graphics graphics workstation. The availability of these facilities and access to coastal marine environments has increased the demand for visitor housing to the extent that current facilities (9 bedrooms total) are reserved approximately 18 months in advance. Since many research grants are only 24 months in duration, this long lead time is hampering collaborative research efforts. Additional on-site housing is necessary for students and visitors because SkIO is located on a barrier island with no access to public transportation. Given the excellent array of research facilities available for visiting faculty research and graduate student training, the institution is limited in the number of visitors that can be accommodated and students housed. The Institute's remoteness from Savannah prevents students and visitors from seeking housing in town, for both cost and travel time considerations. * * *