FSML: Graduate Student Housing at the Louis Calder Center - Biological Station

该奖项提供资金用于建设新的住房，旨在满足路易斯考尔德中心研究生的需求，该中心是一个森林保护区，位于纽约市中心以北45公里处。 该中心是一个相对较少的，装备精良的外地站附近的一个主要的大都市区。考尔德中心的主要任务是在城市中心附近相对不受干扰的生态系统中提供研究机会，并为城市学生创造第一手探索自然世界的机会。与这些任务相一致，在该站进行了各种各样的研究和教育项目。这些研究从莱姆病的实地研究延伸到城市化对森林生态系统的影响和引进的入侵物种的研究。所有这些研究都涉及学生的计划和执行。该中心为在空间站及其邻近生态系统学习的学生、工作人员、教育工作者和访问科学家提供基础设施支持。为了加强学生的研究、培训和教育机会，必须提供全年的现场住宿，因为这确保了“现场”学习，使外地站成为特殊的学习机构。 车站附近的学生住房是困难的，因为该中心位于一个地区，是在全国最昂贵的临时住房。 在过去，由于附近缺乏负担得起的住房，使用该站的学生每天通勤长达3小时。这笔资金将为建造三个小木屋提供部分支持，每个小木屋全年可容纳四名学生。该项目将改善学生的教育机会，使他们能够全时进行实地研究。

This award provides funds for construction of new housing intended to serve the needs of graduate students at the Louis Calder Center, a forested preserve located just 45 km north of the center of New York City. The Center is one of a relatively few, well-equipped field stations near a major metropolitan area. The primary missions of the Calder Center have been the provision of research opportunities in relatively undisturbed ecosystems near an urban center and the creation of opportunities for urban students to explore the natural world first hand. Consistent with these missions, a wide variety of research and educational projects are conducted at the station. These extend from field studies of Lyme disease to studies of the impact on forested ecosystems of urbanization and of introduced invasive species. All such studies involve students in their planning and execution. The Center provides infrastructural support for students, staff, educators, and visiting scientists who study at the station and its adjacent ecosystems. To strengthen research, training and educational opportunities for students, it is imperative to provide year-round housing on site, as this ensures the kinds of "on-the-spot" studies that distinguish field stations as special institutions for learning. Housing of students near the station is difficult as the Center lies in a region that is among the most expensive in the nation for temporary housing. In the past, lack of affordable nearby housing has required students using the station to commute up to 3 hours daily. The funds will provide partial support for construction of three cabins, each able to accommodate four students year-round. The project will improve educational opportunities for students by enabling full time access to field-based research.