Oceanographic Technical Services, R/V Cape Hatteras, 2012 - 2016

杜克大学提议支持R/V Cape Hatteras的技术服务，这是一个135？作为大学-国家海洋学实验室系统研究船队的一部分，由杜克大学/北卡罗来纳大学联盟运营的一般用途联合国海洋行动研究船。他们只要求支持基本服务。他们将为“哈特拉斯角”号的每个海上研究项目提供一名技术人员，以支持海上研究项目，并维护、校准和向合格用户提供共享研究仪器池中的项目。本提案中的预算是5年持续拨款的第一年。更广泛的影响目前提案的主要影响在标准二下，为科学家提供基础设施支持，以使用该船及其共享使用的仪器来支持他们的国家科学基金会资助的海洋学研究项目（这些项目单独接受国家科学基金会相关研究项目的单独审查）。共享使用仪器的维护和操作的支持允许nsf资助的研究人员从任何美国大学或实验室访问工作，校准仪器为他们的研究，降低研究的成本，并扩大潜在的研究人员的基础。

Duke University proposes to support technical services on R/V Cape Hatteras, a 135? general purpose UNOLS research vessel operated by the Duke/UNC Consortium as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research fleet. They request support for basic services only. They will provide one technician on each seagoing research project of R/V Cape Hatteras to support seagoing research projects and to maintain, calibrate and provide for qualified users items from their pool of shared-use research instrumentation. The budget in this proposal is for the first year of a 5-year continuing grant.Broader ImpactsThe principal impact of the present proposal is under criterion two, providing infrastructure support for scientists to use the vessel and its shared-use instrumentation in support of their NSF-funded oceanographic research projects (which individually undergo separate review by the relevant research program of NSF). The support of maintenance and operation of shared-use instrumentation allows NSF-funded researchers from any US university or lab access to working, calibrated instruments for their research, reducing the cost of that research, and expanding the base of potential researchers.