Science Facilities Renovation

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金的。该项目将用一座新的研究大楼取代目前用于容纳西北印度学院S科学实验室的现有模块化建筑。替换后的校区会有房子吗？环境科学研究实验室。NWIC在包括华盛顿和爱达荷州部分地区的一个大的地理区域内为许多印第安人部落提供服务，包括扩展的海岸萨利什部落。主校区位于华盛顿州贝灵汉附近的Lummi Nation。该实验室设施将支持教师和学生在以下主题的环境研究方面的研究：贝灵汉湾的缺氧和水质、浮游植物群落动态、湿地和海岸线生态、鲑鱼栖息地恢复以及潜在海平面上升的影响。除了为研究提供基础设施外，该研究设施还将增加接触和参与研究的本科生数量。学生群体主要是美洲原住民，该项目将有助于增加这一代表不足的群体成员对环境科学的参与。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The project will replace an existing modular building, currently used to house Northwest Indian College?s (NWIC) science laboratories, with a new research building. The replacement will house the campus? laboratories for research in environmental science. NWIC serves many Indian Tribes throughout a large geographic region encompassing parts of Washington and Idaho, including tribes in the extended Coast Salish group. The main campus is at Lummi Nation near Bellingham, Washington. The laboratory facility will support faculty and student research in environmental research on topics such as: hypoxia and water quality in Bellingham Bay, phytoplankton community dynamics, wetland and shoreline ecology, salmon habitat restoration, and the impacts of potential sea level rise. In addition to providing infrastructure for research, the research facility will increase the number of undergraduate students exposed to and involved in research. The student body is primarily Native American and the project will help increase the engagement of members of this under-represented group in environmental science.