Science Coordination Office for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica - Phase 2

该提案要求继续支持南极天体物理研究科学协调办公室（SCOARA）-一个由在美国阿蒙森-斯科特南极站进行宇宙学和天体物理学研究的所有调查人员组成的知识伙伴关系。SCOARA使科学家们能够共同努力，协调和维护共享资源，交流经验教训和分享新知识，并提供一个有效的渠道，与NSF/PLAN及其南极支持承包商沟通和讨论科学项目的需求;因此，确保在南极进行最高质量的科学研究。NSF对SCOARA的资助用于维护项目之间共享的通用科学设备，并在黑暗部门运营全年模型机械车间。不需要为调查员个人赠款所涵盖的活动提供资金。

The proposal requests renewing support for the Science Coordination Office for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (SCOARA) - an intellectual partnership comprised of all investigators conducting cosmology and astrophysics research at the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. SCOARA enables scientists to work together in coordinating and maintaining shared resources, communicating lessons learned and sharing new knowledge, and providing an effective channel to communicate and discuss the needs of science projects to NSF/OPP and its Antarctic support contractor; therefore, ensuring that the highest quality science is conducted at South Pole. NSF funding for SCOARA is used to maintain common-use scientific equipment shared between projects, and to operate the year-round model machine shop in the Dark Sector. No funds are requested for activities that are covered by individual investigator grants.