Renovation and Improvement of Research, Meeting and Instructional Facilities at the University of Guam Marine Laboratory

该奖项支持改善关岛大学海洋实验室(UOGML)的设施。该实验室是一个研究单位，服务于美国附属的密克罗尼西亚群岛，包括关岛领土、北马里亚纳群岛联邦、密克罗尼西亚联邦(雅普、楚克、科斯雷和波恩佩)、贝劳共和国和马绍尔群岛共和国。该实验室是美国热带西太平洋唯一一个包括现代研究实验室的海洋研究站。该奖项提供的资金将用于改善一间用于讲座、会议和各种研究目的的多功能室。改进措施包括更换研究工作台和相关家具，购买新的视听系统，更换老化的门窗，以及为一般和以研究为导向的课程购买显微镜，包括用于教学目的的具有显示功能的显微镜系统。由于UOGML位于太平洋岛屿，它有一个重要的服务组成部分，包括向广泛的用户群体提供数据和研究服务。实验室基础设施的这些改进将提高海洋实验室的研究能力，并增强其向潜在用户传播研究成果的能力，这些潜在用户包括传统领导人、酋长理事会和社区组织，以及地区、州和联邦机构。

This award provides support for the improvement of facilities at the University of Guam Marine Laboratory (UOGML). The lab is a research unit that serves the U.S.-affiliated islands of Micronesia, including The Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, The Federated States of Micronesia (Yap, Chuuk, Kosrae, and Pohnpei), the Republic of Belau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The lab is the only U.S. marine research station in the tropical western Pacific that includes a modern research laboratory. Funds provided by the award will permit the improvement of a multi-purpose room used for lectures, meetings and conferences, and various research purposes. Improvements include replacement of research benches and related furnishings, purchase of a new audio/visual system, replacement of aging windows and doors, and purchase of microscopes for general and research-oriented courses, including a microscope system with display features for instructional purposes. Due to its location in the Pacific Islands, the UOGML has an important service component that includes providing data and research services to a broad group of users. These improvements in the lab's infrastructure will enhance both the research capabilities of the Marine Laboratory and its ability to disseminate the results of research to potential users who range from traditional leaders, chiefs' councils and community-based organizations to territorial, state and federal agencies.