Ship-based Technical Support in the Arctic (STARC)

在北极，考察船在探索中发挥着关键作用，并继续为美国的研究努力做出重大贡献。舰载研究提供了一种了解人类福祉所依赖的物理和生物过程的手段。NSF在北极提供船用海洋技术支持，以满足NSF的两个主要职能要求：(1)规划、协调和提供美国海岸警卫队(USCGC)Healy(以及酌情其他船只和平台)上的科学技术支持，以加强美国海岸警卫队(USCG)海洋科学技术人员的作用；以及(2)与NSF、USCG和学术界协调，为USCGC Healy上安装或使用的科学设备提供操作、维护和升级。STARC船上技术支持通过提供合格的船上技术服务，使科学家和学生能够有效地利用海洋设施，从而实现变革性的科学研究。海洋技术人员协助研究人员安全和适当地使用海洋仪器，这提高了进行的海洋研究的数量和质量。我们的海洋技术人员参加了持续的教育计划，以保持操作准备状态，学习新技能，并不断改进在海上执行研究的方法。通过寻找和分享更好地实现海洋科学目标的新方法，海洋技术人员加强、扩大和延续国家科学基金会支持的海洋研究基础设施的能力。获奖者将采用一种基于大学-国家海洋实验室系统(UNLS)最佳做法的方法。一名高级技术人员将被指定为北极邮轮协调员，负责创建和维护邮轮规划流程，以满足在北极地区作业的USCG破冰船上的科学家的需求。随着即将到来的野外季节的邮轮确定，协调员将与科学家、国家科学基金会和美国海军陆战队的工作人员合作，协调和执行每个邮轮航段所需的技术和后勤活动。协调员将制定每个部署的人员配置时间表，以及部署前和部署后活动以及淡季维护。在PI项目的监督下，协调员将制定年度预算和年度报告，并提交给国家科学基金会。这一技术支助所促成的各种研究通过促进培训和学习、增加代表不足群体对研究的参与以及传播增进对科学和技术的了解的成果，共同产生了深远而广泛的影响。STARC技术人员对美国海岸警卫队技术人员进行培训和教育，并与联合国后勤基地舰队的同事分享新的工具和技术，从而扩大了支持美国海洋研究的技术知识库。这些技术服务支持舰载数据的获取和广泛传播，以确保舰载数据及时提交给美国国家数据中心，从而使数据能够广泛提供给学术界和广大公众。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

In the Arctic, research vessels play a critical role in exploration and continue to contribute significantly to the US research effort. Shipboard research provides a means to understand physical and biological processes upon which human well-being depends. NSF provides shipboard marine technical support in the Arctic to satisfy two main functional requirements of NSF through the Ship-based Technical Support in the Arctic (STARC) award: (1) to plan, coordinate and deliver scientific technical support onboard US Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Healy (and other vessels and platforms, as appropriate) in a manner that augments the role of the US Coast Guard (USCG) marine science technicians, and (2) to coordinate with NSF, USCG and the academic community to provide for the operation, maintenance and upgrade of science equipment installed or used on USCGC Healy. STARC shipboard technical support enables transformative scientific research by providing competent shipboard technical services that enable the effective use of oceanographic facilities by scientists and students. Marine technicians assist researchers in the safe and appropriate use of oceanographic instrumentation, which improves both the quantity and quality of oceanographic researct1 conducted. Our marine technicians participate in ongoing educational programs to maintain operational readiness, learn new skills, and continually improve the methods for executing research at sea. By seeking out and sharing new ways to better achieve scientific objectives at sea, marine technicians strengthen, broaden and perpetuate the capabilities of NSF-supported oceanographic research infrastructure.The awardee will employ an approach based on best practices within the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS). A senior technician will be designated Arctic Cruise Coordinator with the responsibility for creating and maintaining a cruise planning process suited to meet the needs of scientists embarking on USCG icebreakers operating in the Arctic region. As cruises are identified for the upcoming field season, the Coordinator will work with scientists, NSF and USCG personnel to coordinate and execute the required technical and logistical activities for each cruise leg. The Coordinator will develop staffing schedules for each deployment, as well as pre- and post-deployment activities and off-season maintenance. Under the supervision of the Project PI, the Coordinator will develop annual budgets and annual reports that will be submitted to NSF. The spectrum of research enabled by this technical support collectively achieves far-reaching broader impacts through the promotion of training and learning, increased participation of underrepresented groups in research, and dissemination of results that enhance scientific and technological understanding. STARC technicians train and educate US Coast Guard technicians, and share new tools and techniques with colleagues throughout the UNOLS fleet, thus broadening the technical knowledge base that supports U.S. oceanographic research. These technical services support the acquisition and broad dissemination of shipboard data to ensure that shipboard data is submitted to US national data centers in a timely manner, thus enabling data to be made broadly available to the academic community and the public at large.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.