Planning Grant for Comprehensive Facility Enhancement of the Florida State University Coastal & Marine Laboratory

佛罗里达州立大学获得了一笔赠款，用于制定升级和扩大其设施的战略计划。支持新特派团的使用增加以及老化设施的状况证明了这项计划是合理的。2006年1月，它将其使命扩展为一个以项目为基础的机构，在墨西哥湾东北部的沿海和海洋生态系统内进行综合研究、教育和推广。这个新方向得到了FSU管理部门的大力支持，最近的设施改善和两名常驻教员和两名博士后助理的财政支持证明了这一点，另外一名教员和博士后助理将于6月抵达。计划制定将分四个阶段进行：(1)现场分析和初步数据收集，(2)需求评估，包括对三个可比实验室的实地考察和利益相关者研讨会，(3)设计和开发，以及(4)成本估算和分阶段进行。更广泛的影响：虽然该设施已经满足了佛罗里达州立大学以及全国其他学院和大学的科学家、学生（高中到研究生院）教师和普通公众的需求，但实验室的扩建将明显促进这一发现和理解，同时促进中心的教学、培训和学习。规划项目包括咨询和获取设施的各种现有和潜在用户的意见。规划项目包括咨询和获取设施的各种现有和潜在用户的意见。

The Florida State University is awarded a grant to develop a strategic plan for upgrading and expanding its facilities. This plan is warranted by the increased use supporting the new mission and the condition of the aging facilities. In January 2006, it expanded its mission to that of a programmatically-based institution for integrated research, education, and outreach within the coastal and marine ecosystems of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. This new direction is strongly supported by the FSU administration, as made evident by its financial support of recent facilities improvements and the addition of two resident faculty and two postdoctoral associates, with one more faculty member and postdoctoral associate arriving in June.Plan development will occur in four phases: (1) site analysis and initial data gathering, (2) needs assessment consisting of site visits to three comparable laboratories and a stakeholders workshop, (3) design and development, and (4) cost estimates and phasing.Broader Impacts: Although the facility is already serving the needs of scientists, students (high school to graduate school) teachers and the general public from Florida State as well as other Colleges and Universities around the country, expansion of the lab will clearly advance this discovery and understanding while promoting teaching, training, and learning at the center. The planning project involves consulting with and getting input from various current and potential users of the facility. The planning project involves consulting with and getting input from various current and potential users of the facility.