Planning Grant: Upgrading laboratory facilities and experiential education at the Cape Eleuthera Institute

佛罗里达大西洋大学(FAU)获得规划补助金，将使海洋科学家和学生能够与巴哈马Eleuthera岛上的Eleuthera角研究所(CEI)和岛屿学校(IS)合作进行研究和教学。CEI和IS得到了Eleuthera角基金会(CEF)的支持，CEF是一个美国501c3组织。这项规划工作将汇聚一个广泛和有代表性的外部海洋科学家小组，与国际海洋研究所和国际海洋研究所合作，详细说明CEI/IS现有实验室和教学设施的变化和增加，以尽可能多地服务于美国科学家的研究和教学兴趣。规划工作将强调研究海洋生态系统所需的基础设施，并加强体验教育。与稳定的海洋研究和教学园区CEI/IS的合作将使FAU不必购买土地和重新创建设施。根据我们目前的谅解备忘录，美国科学家将以更低的费用时间表获得现代化的研究/教学设施。该奖项是朝着扩大和加强基础设施和培训迈出的重要一步，这些基础设施和培训用于南佛罗里达州和全国的具有社会意义的STEM研究和本科生/研究生培训。佛罗里达大西洋大学是一所非常多元化的大学，来自南佛罗里达的少数族裔学生以及来自巴哈马和大加勒比地区的未来美国公民将参与这次培训。该奖项使基础设施发展计划成为可能，有可能提供设施来招收和培训一批高度多样化的学生，这些学生随后可以将他们的独特视角添加到对国家重要的STEM领域。欲了解更多有关中国国际汽车工业协会和IS的信息，请访问其网站：http://www.ceibahamas.org和http://www.islandschool.org.。

Florida Atlantic University (FAU) is awarded a planning grant that will enable marine scientists and students to collaborate with the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) and The Island School (IS) on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas for research and teaching purposes. CEI and IS are supported by the Cape Eleuthera Foundation (CEF), a U.S. 501c3 organization. This planning effort will bring together a broad and representative External Panel of marine scientists to join with the PI and Co-PIs in detailing changes in and additions to the existing laboratory and teaching facilities of CEI/IS to serve as many research and teaching interests of U.S. scientists as possible. Planning efforts will emphasize the infrastructure requisite to the study of marine ecosystems and to enhance experiential education. The collaboration with CEI/IS, a stable marine research and teaching campus, will free FAU from having to purchase lands and create facilities anew. U.S. scientists will have access to modernized research / teaching facilities at a reduced fee schedule according to our current Memorandum of Understanding.This award is a significant step toward expanding and strengthening the infrastructure and training for societally relevant STEM research and undergraduate / graduate student training in South Florida and across the nation. Florida Atlantic University is an extremely diverse institution, and underrepresented minority students from South Florida and future US citizens from the Bahamas and the greater Caribbean will be involved in this training. The infrastructure development plan made possible by this award has the potential to provide the facilities to recruit and train a highly diverse cohort of students who can then add their unique perspectives to STEM areas important to the nation. For more information about CEI and IS visit their websites at http://www.ceibahamas.org and http://www.islandschool.org.