Shipboard Scientific Support Equipment: Sea Education Association (SSV Corwith Cramer & SSV Robert C. Seamans

SEA提出的建议与这个小组的其他建议根本不同，因为SEA不支持任何nsf资助的科学。相反，该项目是一种船上教育经验，为大学、高中、研究生以及K-12教师提供了高质量的学术课程，已有45年的历史。美国国家科学委员会（National Science Board）最近授予SEA 2016年公共服务奖，以表彰其为提高公众对科学和工程的理解做出的重大贡献。NSF认识到许多SEA校友是在海洋科学和相关领域工作和教学的专业人士，因此允许通过SSSE计划提供有限的支持。小组在评估请求时考虑到了这一点，并发现与仪表提案不同，这里有几个项目解释得很差，整个提案有点不清楚。总体评价是好——非常好。也就是说，很明显，SEA需要舷外滑轮。他们的首要任务是一个带昂贵监控装置的水平卷绕轮。就这个项目所能支持的而言，这已经超出了极限。相反，该计划将资助购买两个超载滑轮，但建议该小组与其他运营商（即位于街道另一端的WHOI）协商，并购买带有载荷销的滑轮，这些载荷销可以提供所需的数字输出和载荷信息。SEA非常感谢您的建议，并会照做。提案中的其他项目将不会得到资助。该计划建议奖励19,465美元用于购买以下物品：1)2个滑板滑轮19,465美元

Proposals from SEA are fundamentally different form others is this panel because SEA does not support any NSF-funded science. Rather the program is a shipboard educational experience that has offered high-quality academic programs to college, high-school, and graduate students, as well as K-12 teachers, for 45 years. The National Science Board recently named SEA the recipient of its 2016 Public Service Award for making a substantial contribution to increasing public understanding of science and engineering. NSF recognizes that many SEA alumni are professionals working and teaching in the marine sciences and related fields and for that reason have allowed for limited support through the SSSE Program. The panel considered this when it evaluated the requests and found unlike the Instrumentation Proposal, there were several items here that were poorly explained and that the whole proposal was a bit unclear. The overall rating was Good-Very Good. That said it is clear that SEA needs overboarding sheaves. Their top priority was a leval winding sheave with an expensive monitoring device. This was way over the top in terms of what this Program would support. Instead, the Program will fund the purchase of two overboarding sheaves but has counseled the group to consult with other operators, i.e. WHOI, who is located down the street, and purchase sheaves with load pins which could provide the digital output and load information they need. SEA appreciated the advice and will do exactly that. No other items on the proposal will be funded.The Program recommends an award of $19,465 for the purchase of the following:1) 2 Overboarding Sheaves $19,465