Oceanographic Technical Support, University of Delaware, 2018-2022

特拉华州大学建议支持R/V夏普，一个146？通用研究船作为大学-国家海洋学实验室系统研究船队的一部分运营。 该提案要求为基本服务和技术库的利用提供支助。他们将在R/V Sharp的每次巡航中提供一名船上技术人员，以支持海上研究项目，并维护，校准和为合格的用户提供共享使用的研究仪器。该计划于2017年12月8日收到提案。根据要求，该报告提供了有关2017年业务的信息，并概述了2018年的计划和拟议预算。 学术船队中的研究船为来自各种联邦和州机构以及一些私人赞助商的研究人员提供支持。所有用户（或适当的供资机构）通过日费率平等地分担对船舶基本技术服务的支持，每个用户根据船舶的部分使用情况支付一部分费用。每年与NSF项目经理协商费率。本提案中的预算用于五年连续赠款的第一年。我们提供的年份是估计数，将在收到年度报告后就赔偿额进行谈判。 本提案的主要影响是提案指南（NSF 13-589）的优点审查标准2。它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NSF资助的海洋学研究项目（这些项目单独接受NSF相关研究计划的单独审查）。 共享使用仪器的获取、维护和操作允许来自美国任何大学或实验室的NSF资助的研究人员使用工作、校准的仪器进行研究，降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

University of Delaware proposes to support technical services on R/V Sharp, a 146? general purpose research vessel operated as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research fleet. The proposal requests support for basic services and utilization of the Tech Pool. They will provide one shipboard technician on each cruise of R/V Sharp to support seagoing research projects and to maintain, calibrate and provide for qualified users items from their pool of shared-use research instrumentation.The Program received the proposal on 12/8/2017. As required, the report provided information regarding 2017 operations as well as outlining plans and a proposed budget for 2018. Research vessels in the Academic Fleet provide support for researchers from a variety of federal and state agencies, as well as some private sponsors. All users (or the appropriate funding agencies) share support for basic technical services on the vessel equally, via a day-rate, with each paying a share of the costs based on fractional usage of the vessel. The rates are negotiated annually with the NSF Program Manager. The budget in this proposal is for the first year of a five-year continuing grant. Out years are provided as estimates and the awards will be negotiated upon receipt of the annual report.Broader Impacts The principal impact of the present proposal is under Merit Review Criterion 2 of the Proposal Guidelines (NSF 13-589). It provides 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 acquisition, 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.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.