Oceanographic Technical Services, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2018-2022

伍兹霍尔海洋研究所（WHOI）提议支持亚特兰蒂斯号航天飞机的技术服务。通用科考船和R/V阿姆斯特朗，一个新的238？多学科。这两艘船都归海军所有，由WHOI运营，作为美国学术舰队的一部分，由大学-国家海洋学实验室系统（UNOLS）安排。作为其基本业务的一部分，WHOI将为每个海上研究项目提供两名技术人员，并将维护、校准和向合格用户提供其共享使用研究仪器池中的项目。世卫组织还建议为调查人员提供若干方面的专门支持，并分别收费。2018年要求的专门支持包括：1)对海洋教育协会（Sea）的支持2)SATNAG 3) MISO4) PFPE/重力仪5)传感器校准更广泛的影响本提案的主要影响是根据提案指南（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任何美国大学或实验室的nsf资助的研究人员为他们的研究访问工作、校准仪器，降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) proposes to support technical services on R/V Atlantis, a 274? general purpose research vessel and R/V Armstrong, a new 238? multidisciplinary vessel. Both vessels are owned by the Navy and are operated by WHOI as part of the U.S. Academic Fleet which is scheduled by the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS). As part of their basic operations WHOI will provide two technicians on each seagoing research project, and will maintain, calibrate and provide for qualified users items from their pool of shared-use research instrumentation.WHOI also proposes to provide several elements of specialized support for investigators, with separate charges. Specialized support requested for 2018 includes:1) Support for Sea Education Association (SEA) 2) SATNAG 3) MISO4) PFPE/Gravimeter5) Sensor CalibrationBroader 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.