University of Washington: R/V Thompson and R/V Carson Oceanographic Technical Support - Year 1 of 4 (2019 - 2022)

华盛顿大学建议支持R/V汤普森，一个274？通用，全球级的研究船，和R/V雷切尔卡森，一个新装备的72英尺沿海研究船，都作为美国学术研究舰队（ARF）的一部分。 该提案要求为基本服务提供支助。 他们将为R/V Thompson的每次巡航提供至少两名船上技术员，以支持海上研究项目，并维护、校准和向合格用户提供共用研究仪器库中的物品。 作为基本服务的一部分，他们将维护和操作R/V Thompson上的多波束声纳系统。 对于R/V卡森，如果首席科学家需要，技术人员可以航行，尽管由于空间限制，他偶尔不会航行。技术人员将提供供科学家使用的共用仪器，并在技术人员不出航时提供所需的远程支持。 本提案中所列预算用于为期4年的连续赠款的第一年。 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 Washington proposes to support technical services on R/V Thompson, a 274? general purpose, global class research vessel, and R/V Rachael Carson, a newly outfitted 72-foot coastal research vessel, both operated as part of the US Academic Research Fleet (ARF). The proposal requests support for basic services. They will provide at least two shipboard technicians on each cruise of R/V Thompson to support seagoing research projects and to maintain, calibrate and provide for qualified users items from their pool of shared-use research instrumentation. As part of the basic services, they will maintain and operate the multibeam sonar systems on R/V Thompson. For R/V Carson, a technician is available to sail if desired by the chief scientists, though (s)he will occasionally not sail due to space limitations. The technician will provide shared-use instrumentation for use by the scientists, and provide remote support as needed if a technician does not sail. The budget included with this proposal is for the first year of a 4-year continuing grant.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.