FSML: Construction of Duplex-Unit Housing for Visiting Researchers at the Konza Prairie Biological Station

摘要- 0122242一笔赠款已授予堪萨斯州立大学的大卫哈特尼特博士，用于在堪萨斯的孔扎草原生物站（KPBS）建造一个小型住房设施，以扩大访问研究科学家和学生的住房。 KPBS是一个占地8,600英亩的高草草原保护区和研究站，由堪萨斯州立大学管理，用于基础生物学研究、草原生态系统的长期生态研究、科学教育和保护。 该站已成为国际公认的美国首屈一指的草原研究站，并吸引了来自美国和几个国家的研究人员和学生。 建造这一新设施将满足日益增加的接待来访科学家的需要，并将提高空间站的研究能力和支助设施。一个1,750平方英尺的复式住房单位将在堪萨斯曼哈顿附近的KPBS建造。 两个独立的生活单元将包含两个多人卧室，生活区，设备齐全的厨房，洗衣房和浴室设施。 该建筑将建在KPBS研究实验室、图书馆和其他设施附近的车站总部。 这一住房设施的增加将使KPBS的住宿能力增加一倍，并将通过提供适合来访科学家长期居住的私人独立住房单元来补充目前的宿舍式住宿。KPBS是全球气候变化，生物多样性保护，牧场管理，农业和水质的重要研究中心。 该站正在研究草原生态系统中的重要全球环境问题，包括外来物种入侵，草原在全球碳循环和固存中的作用，以及由于木本植被的区域扩张而造成的草原损失。 为解决这些重要的研究问题，还在开发遥感和其他技术方面的新方法。 此外，KPBS还作为K-12，大学和成人社区生态教育计划的区域中心，专注于区域和全球问题。 KPBS现场住宿设施的扩大将有助于吸引顶尖科学家帮助解决这些问题。KPBS的车站设施和支持基础设施的扩建将大大加强这些重要的正在进行的和新的研究计划以及现场本科生和研究生培训和公共教育计划。

Abstract - 0122242 A grant has been awarded to Dr. David Hartnett at Kansas State University to construct a duplex-unit housing facility at the Konza Prairie Biological Station (KPBS) in Kansas to expand housing accommodations for visiting research scientists and students. KPBS is a 8,600 acre tallgrass prairie preserve and research station managed by Kansas State University for basic biological research, long-term ecological research on grassland ecosystems, science education, and conservation. The station has become recognized internationally as the premier grasslands research station in the United States and has attracted scores of researchers and students from institutions throughout the U.S. and several foreign countries. The construction of this additional facility will meet the increasing needs for accommodating visiting scientists and will enhance the research capacity and support facilities at the station. A 1,750 square-foot duplex housing unit will be constructed at the KPBS near Manhattan, Kansas. Each of two self-contained living units will contain two multiple-occupancy bedrooms, living area, and completely equipped kitchen, laundry, and bath facilities. The building will be constructed at the station headquarters site adjacent to the KPBS research laboratories, library and other facilities. The addition of this housing facility will double the lodging capacity at KPBS and will complement current dormitory-style accommodations by providing private, self-contained housing units suitable for longer-term residency by visiting scientists. KPBS is a center for important research on global climate change, conservation of biodiversity, rangeland management, agriculture, and water quality. The station is conducting research on important global environmental issues in grassland ecosystems including exotic species invasions, the role of grasslands in global carbon cycling and sequestration, and loss of grassland due to regional expansion of woody vegetation. New approaches in remote sensing and other technologies are also being developed to address these important research questions. In addition, KPBS serves as a regional center for K-12, university, and adult community education programs in ecology focused on both regional and global problems. Expansion of on-site housing accommodations at KPBS will aid in attracting leading scientists to help address these issues. This expansion of station facilities and support infrastructure at KPBS will significantly enhance these important on-going and new research programs and on-site undergraduate and graduate training and public education programs.