Planning Grant for the Ordway-Swisher Biological Station

佛罗里达大学获得一笔赠款，用于对奥德韦·斯威舍生物站（OSBS）进行战略规划，该生物站是佛罗里达中北部普特南县的一个3,700公顷的实地研究站，位于佛罗里达大学以东约50公里处。OSBS主要由凯瑟琳奥德韦保护区（2，468公顷）和斯威舍纪念保护区（1，214公顷）组成。该奖项所支持的活动将促进以下方面的发展：1）提高OSBS教学和研究项目质量的战略，2）OSBS未来教育和研究基础设施的网站计划，3）增加代表性不足的群体和少数民族使用网站的战略，4）外展战略，为OSBS产生的信息创造一个渠道，供K-12计划和公众使用，并增加公民科学计划，社区学院和K-12计划的参与，5）加强国家统计局与其他主要外地站和机构之间联系的战略，6）优化国家统计局与氖之间联系的战略，以及7）创造额外资源的经济发展战略。

The University of Florida is awarded a grant to carry out strategic planning for the Ordway Swisher Biological Station (OSBS), a 3,700 ha field research station in Putnam County, north-central Florida, approximately 50 km east of the University of Florida. OSBS is primarily comprised of the Katharine Ordway Preserve (2,468 ha) and the Swisher Memorial Sanctuary (1,214 ha). The activities supported by this award will lead to the development of: 1) a strategy to enhance the quality of the teaching and research programs at OSBS, 2) a site plan for future educational and research infrastructure at OSBS, 3) a strategy to increase use of the site by under-represented groups and minorities, 4) an outreach strategy to create a conduit for information generated at OSBS to be used by K-12 programs and the public, and to increase involvement of citizen science programs, community colleges, and K-12 programs, 5) a strategy to enhance linkages between OSBS and other key field stations and institutions, 6) a strategy for optimizing linkages between OSBS and NEON, and 7) an economic development strategy to generate additional resources.