Ship Operations - R/V SALLY RIDE

斯克里普斯海洋学研究所（SIO）提议继续运营研究船Sally Ride，以支持2018 - 2022年五年期间由NSF资助的科学研究。Sally Ride是一艘能力强大，装备精良的通用海洋级研究船，由美国海军拥有，自2016年引入美国学术研究舰队以来一直由SIO运营。作为在大学-国家-海洋学实验室系统（UNOLS）合作框架内计划的大型共用设施，Sally Ride将接待来自美国各地的科学家进行各种学科的研究。该船将以促进安全，能力和效率的方式运营，以最大限度地提高NSF对船舶和船上进行的项目的投资。SIO采用严格的方法来维护船舶，遵守法规，外国清关，船员和后勤，以便科学任务能够成功并按时完成。Sally Ride上的科学任务在海洋盆地范围内完成了观察，测量和样品和数据的收集。自1907年以来，SIO运营的船舶在探索我们的星球方面发挥了关键作用，并继续为美国海洋研究工作做出重大贡献。SIO的船舶运营部门支持NSF的科学卓越，组织卓越，学习，包容性和问责制的核心价值观。这里提出的船舶管理和运营使人类福祉所依赖的自然环境中的物理和生物过程的变革性科学研究成为可能。这一建议的智力价值因船上科学家开展的研究项目的综合价值而得到放大。在2018年期间，Sally Ride将支持太平洋海洋化学，海底测绘，海洋物理学，地壳地球化学，古海洋学，海洋生态学，浮游动物食物网和海洋环境数据的长期获取的七个不同的NSF赞助计划。NSF赞助的研究（包括海洋观测计划）将占莎莉莱德今年工作的60%（145天）。其余的工作将由NASA（44天，18%），斯克里普斯海洋学研究所（32天，13%），NOAA（20天，8%）和BOEM（2天，1%）支持。每个科学项目都贡献了自己独特的知识价值。SIO对Sally Ride的管理使研究，教育和培训能够促进发现和理解，同时实现深远的广泛影响。拟议的管理大力支持船舶的协作，多学科和多机构使用。通过UNOLS，SIO与科学家和资助机构协调Sally Ride的共享使用，以便船上的能力满足社区当前和预期的需求。SIO致力于促进公平，合作和专业的氛围，将多样性，公平性和包容性作为科学发现，技术发展和学习的基本要素。SIO对Sally Ride的运营利用了机构计划，这些计划补充了NSF的使命，以促进科学、工程和教育的成就和进步，造福于国家。例如，SIO的UC船舶基金计划使研究生和本科生，博士后研究人员和早期职业教师能够通过内部同行评审的竞争过程在Sally Ride上进行独立的研究和教学。该船是SIO的K-12教育计划中不可或缺的一部分，该计划利用海洋学向经济上处于不利地位的七年级和八年级学生教授物理科学。作为一个广泛订阅的共享使用设施，萨利莱德同样有助于教育，培训和推广任务的科学家来自美国各地的机构谁进行他们的研究和教育计划在船上。Sally Ride将继续为NSF服务，通过安全、有能力和有效地促进多学科科学研究，以促进我们对海洋和地球的了解。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。

Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) proposes to continue operating the research vessel Sally Ride to support NSF-funded scientific research for the five-year period 2018 -2022. Sally Ride is a capable, well-equipped general-purpose Ocean Class research vessel that is owned by the US Navy and has been operated by SIO since the ship's introduction into the US Academic Research Fleet in 2016. As a large shared-use facility scheduled within the collaborative framework of the University-National-Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS), Sally Ride will host scientists from across the United States to undertake research in a variety of disciplines. The ship will be operated in a manner that promotes safety, capability and efficiency in order to maximize NSF's investment in the ship and in the programs that are conducted on board. SIO employs a disciplined approach to vessel maintenance, regulatory compliance, foreign clearance, crewing and logistics so that scientific missions can becompleted successfully and on schedule.The observation, measurement, and collection of samples and data are accomplished on an ocean-basin scale by scientific missions aboard Sally Ride. SIO-operated ships have played a critical role in the exploration of our planet since 1907, and continue to contribute significantly to the U.S. ocean research effort. SIO's ship operations department supports NSF core values of scientific excellence, organizational excellence, learning, inclusiveness and accountability. The vessel management and operations proposed here enable transformative scientific research in physical and biological processes in the natural environment upon which human well-being depends. The intellectual merit of this proposal is amplified by the combined merit of research projects undertaken by scientists on board. During 2018, Sally Ride will support seven different NSF-sponsored programs in the Pacific Ocean in marine chemistry, seafloor mapping, geophysics, crustal geochemistry, paleooceanography, marine ecology, mesozooplankton food webs, and long-term acquisition of ocean environmental data. NSF-sponsored research (including Ocean Observing Initiative) will account for 60% (145 days) of Sally Ride's work this year. The remainder of the work will be supported by NASA (44 days, 18%), the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (32 days, 13%), NOAA (20 days, 8%) and BOEM (2 days, 1 %). Each scientific program contributes its own distinctive intellectual merit.SIO's management of Sally Ride enables research, education and training that advance discovery and understanding while achieving far-reaching broader impacts. The proposed management supports strongly collaborative, multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional use of the vessel. Through UNOLS, SIO coordinates the shared use of Sally Ride with scientists and funding agencies so shipboard capabilities meet the current and anticipated needs of the community. SIO is committed to promoting a climate of fairness, cooperation, and professionalism on board that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion as essential ingredients of scientific discovery, technical development, and learning. SIO's operation of Sally Ride leverages institutional programs that complement NSF's mission to promote achievement and progress in science, engineering and education for the benefit of the nation. For example, SIO's UC Ship Funds Program enables graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and early career faculty to pursue independent research and instruction aboard Sally Ride via an internal peer-reviewed competitive process for ship time. The vessel is integral to SIO's K-12 education program In the Footsteps of Sally Ride, which uses oceanography to teach physical science to economically disadvantaged seventh- and eighth-grade students. As a broadly-subscribed shared-use facility, Sally Ride similarly contributes to the education, training and outreach missions of scientists from institutions across America who conduct their research and educational programs on board. As proposed here, Sally Ride will continue to serve NSF by safely, capably and efficiently facilitating multi-disciplinary scientific research to advance our understanding of our oceans and Earth.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.