RV Endeavor Ship Operations: 2018-2022

R/V Endeavor由国家科学基金会所有，由罗德岛大学(URI)海洋学研究生院(GSO)运营。这项提案代表着与国家科学基金会续签从2018年到2022年的五年合作协议的请求。R/V Endeavor以URI的纳拉甘西特湾校区为母港，是该校岸上设施的旗舰。GSO的研究人员调查了局部到全球范围的现象，提供了更大的科学理解广度和深度。GSO的学科优势涵盖物理海洋学、海洋地质学和地球物理学、海洋和大气化学以及生物海洋学。GSO还在科学交流、海岸政策和管理以及海洋教育领域拥有独特的外展专业知识。该提案介绍了R/V Endeavor项目续签合作协议的目标和继续服务所采用的方法，该项目在过去41年里一直为我国的海洋科学界提供支持。提供历史预算数据，以显示高效率、高成本效益的财务管理系统的结果。该提案还介绍了Uri GSO参与东海岸海洋研究和教育联盟(ECOC)的情况及其成员，并描述了该联盟在海洋研究和教育方面的好处。这项资金申请支持NSF在R/V奋进号上执行任务的127天，并基于对2018财年预计收入和支出的全面运营预算预测和分析。罗德岛大学将在多大程度上运作和实现其五年期合作协定的目标，见本提案的项目说明。该计划的学术价值和更广泛的影响反映了它的使命。2018年财年，任务如下：#1048696；国家科学基金会-海迪索西克(世界卫生组织)-LTER：连接远洋群落结构-Purnima Makris(西北大学)-大口径相干水听器的开发-约瑟夫·蒙托亚(GaTech)-合作研究：亚马逊河的影响威廉·巴尔奇(Bigelow)-球虫混合营养体；-Andrew Juhl(LDEO)-在真光区开发低氮：磷-Steven D‘Hondt(URI-GSO)-自主海洋剖面和水样采集-John Toole(世界卫生组织)-开发和现场测试升降机辅助系泊剖面仪&amp；#1048696；海军-ONR-Jennifer Mikis-old(UNH)-大西洋深水生态系统观测站网络&amp；#1048696；海军-国家海洋研究所-刘志强(NRL-DC)-安全和强大的水声网络和Amp；#1048696；Uri-GSO-Steven D‘Hondt(URI-GSO)-自主海洋剖面的第一次海上试验和水Melissa Omand(URI-GSO)-探索和教育的奋进者-David Smith(URI-GSO)-罗德岛海洋教师。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

R/V Endeavor is owned by the National Science Foundation, and is operated by The University of Rhode Island (URI) Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO). This proposal represents a request for renewal of a five-year Cooperative Agreement with the National Science Foundation from 2018 through 2022. With its home port at URI's Narragansett Bay Campus, R/V Endeavor represents the flagship of the school's shore-based facilities. GSO's researchers investigate local to global-scale phenomena, providing greater breadth and depth of scientific understanding. GSO's disciplinary strengths span physical oceanography, marine geology and geophysics, marine and atmospheric chemistry, and biological oceanography. GSO is also home to unique outreach expertise in the fields of science communication, coastal policy and management, and marine education.This proposal presents the objectives and the methods employed for continued service of a renewed cooperative agreement for R/V Endeavor program, which has consistently provided support over the past 41 years to our nation's oceanographic science community. Historical budget data is presented to show the results of efficient, cost effective financial management systems. The proposal also describes URI GSO's involvement with the East Coast Oceanographic Consortium (ECOC), its membership, and delineates the benefits of a consortium approach to ocean-based research and education. This funding request supports 127 NSF mission days aboard the R/V Endeavor and is based on a comprehensive operating budget forecast and analysis of projected income and expenses for CY 2018. The extent to which the University of Rhode Island will operate and accomplish its goals for the five-year Cooperative Agreement is described in the Project Description of this proposal. The intellectual merit and broader impact of the program is reflective of its missions.For CY 2018, the missions are noted below:􀁸 Seven Science Missions for NSF- Heidi Sosik (WHOI) - LTER: Linking pelagic community structure- Purnima Makris (Nthest U) - Development of a large-aperture coherent hydrophone- Joseph Montoya (GaTech) - Collaborative Research: Impact of the Amazon River William Balch (Bigelow) - Coccolithophore Mixotrophy;- Andrew Juhl (LDEO) - Development of low N:P in the euphotic zone -- Steven D'Hondt (URI-GSO) - An autonomous ocean profiling and water sampling- John Toole (WHOI) - Development and Field testing Lift-Assisted Moored Profiler􀁸 One Science Mission for NAVY-ONR- Jennifer Mikis-Olds (UNH) - Atlantic Deepwater Ecosystem Observatory Network􀁸 One Science Mission for NAVY-NRL- Zhiqiang Liu (NRL-DC) - Secure and robust underwater acoustic networking􀁸 Three Science Missions for URI-GSO- Steven D'Hondt (URI-GSO) - First Sea Trial of Autonomous Ocean Profiling &Water Melissa Omand (URI-GSO) - An Endeavor to Explore and Educate- David Smith (URI-GSO) - Rhode Island Teachers at Sea.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.