EAGER: Advancing the future of U.S. seagoing oceanographic research through a Chief Scientist training cruise

海洋学的研究需要进行海上研究以收集资料和进行海上实验。然而，对于第一次进行大型研究巡航的研究人员来说，规划、组织、后勤和文书工作可能会令人望而生畏，尤其是在外国水域（eez）工作的研究巡航。此外，海上研究涉及归因于船舶操作的大量额外拨款费用。因此，从2011年开始，大学国家海洋学实验室系统（UNOLS）开始了一项首席科学家培训巡航计划，向未来的早期职业科学家介绍规划、获取、有效利用和报告多学科研究和教育海上时间的过程。迄今为止，已经有5次成功的首席科学家培训巡航，第六次巡航，重点是机器人平台，计划于今年11月举行。该提案将资助第六次首席科学家训练巡航，该巡航将在R/V托马斯·G·汤普森号上进行。这个培训计划是以已经发生的成功案例为蓝本的。这将是全球级科考船进行的第一次培训巡航。根据该提案，资金将用于2016年进行一次一般首席科学家培训巡航。训练巡航将遵循以前成功的模式，并为早期职业海洋科学家提供一个论坛，学习如何规划，获取，利用和报告海洋研究的多学科研究和教育。这次巡航将使用汤普逊号，这将是第一次在UNOLS上进行首席科学家培训巡航。全球级研究船。因此，该船最多可容纳20名学员。除了对首席科学家的职责和职责进行指导外，这次巡航还将为新的研究人员提供机会，测试有吸引力的研究领域，这些领域可能用于未来的基础提案。鉴于UNOLS船队中船只数量的减少和运营预算的紧缩，教育早期职业科学家如何有效和协作地使用我们有限的基础设施资源的需求比以往任何时候都更加重要。

The study of oceanography requires seagoing research for collection ofdata and at sea experimentation. However, for first time researchers the planning, organizing,logistics and paper work involved in a major research cruise, especially one that involveswork in foreign waters (EEZs) can be daunting. Additionally, at sea research involves substantialadditional grant costs attributable to the ship operation. As a consequence, beginning in2011 the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) began a program of ChiefScientist training cruises to introduce prospective early career scientists to the processof planning, acquiring, effectively utilizing, and reporting on time at sea for multi-disciplinaryresearch and education. To date there have been 5 successful Chief Scientist training cruises,with a sixth cruise, focused on Robotic Platforms, scheduled to take place this November.This proposal would fund a sixth Chief Scientist Training Cruise training cruise to be conductedaboard the R/V Thomas G Thompson. The training program is modeled on the proven successfulone that have already occurred. This would be the first training cruise conducted using aGlobal Class research vessel,With this proposal funds will be used to conduct a general Chief Scientist Training Cruise in 2016.The training cruise will follow the proven model of previous successful ones and provide aforum for early career marine scientists to learn how to plan, acquire utilize and report on at searesearch for multidisciplinary research and education. The cruise will utilize the R/V T.G.Thompson, and it will be the first Chief Scientist training cruise on one of UNOLS? Global Classresearch vessels. As such, the ship will be able to accommodate up to 20 trainees. In addition toinstruction on duties and responsibilities of a Chief Scientist, the cruise will offer newinvestigators opportunities to test compelling research areas that could be used for the basis offuture proposals. Given the declining number of vessels in the UNOLS fleet and the tightoperations budget, the need to teach early career scientists how to use our limited infrastructureresources effectively and collaboratively is more important than ever.