Planning Grant for Hurricane Island Field Research Station

该奖项将通过培养和收集具有丰富野外研究站经验的研究和高等教育领导者的信息、想法和建议，支持飓风岛野外研究站的成功规划和发展。飓风岛是一个不断发展的科学和教育组织，飓风岛实地研究站将具有独特的定位，可以进行研究，并为远近社区提供有意义的教育机会。作为生态意义重大的Penobscot湾唯一的近海研究站，该站将提供：独特的水和陆地环境，用于研究和教育目的；提供食宿、实验室和教室设施的工作基地；由全年工作人员和季节性研究人员组成的核心小组；一个3.2英亩的水产养殖场，用于研究和教育；可持续车站校园和系统的模型；以及在飓风上开展的教育项目所产生的独特的更广泛的影响合作。该站致力于为代表性不足的群体提供机会和教育，并创造一个包容性的社区，为广大观众提供参与科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域的机会。确定社区驱动研究的新领域，深化长期监测工作的伙伴关系，并制定数据共享计划，将极大地扩大飓风的影响，以支持缅因州沿海社区及其他地区有关重要生态问题的公共教育和研究。拟议的规划研究的目的是与利益相关者合作，为缅因州佩诺布斯科特湾飓风岛上新建的飓风岛实地研究站制定一项长期战略计划。资金将用于召集由外部咨询委员会、研究教员、K-16教育工作者和学生、当地社区成员和飓风岛主要工作人员组成的利益相关者参加两个讲习班。目标是：确定社区驱动的研究问题；制定5年市场营销和招聘计划，以达到设施使用目标；制定数据获取、管理和共享的计划。这些研讨会将面向飓风岛的战略重点，包括科学家和历史上在STEM领域代表性不足的各种群体之间的更多参与。实地研究站将继续扩大飓风的本科和研究生项目，作为实地项目和课程的主办地点，并增加现有伙伴关系的研究和教育能力。与实地研究站相关的能力建设将扩大目前的工作，通过应用研究解决社区驱动的问题，并通过连接科学家和学生加强合作。有关飓风岛实地研究站的更多信息，请访问www.hurricaneisland.net/science-research.This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。

This award will support the successful planning and development of the Hurricane Island Field Research Station, by cultivating and collecting information, ideas, and advice from research and higher education leaders with extensive field station experience. Hurricane Island is a growing science and education organization, and the Hurricane Island Field Research Station will be uniquely positioned to conduct research and provide educational opportunities with meaningful impacts on communities near and far. As the only offshore research station in the ecologically significant Penobscot Bay, the station will offer: unique access to water and land environments for research and educational purposes; a base of operations offering room and board, laboratory, and classroom facilities; a core group of year-round staff and seasonal research staff; a 3.2-acre aquaculture farm for research and education purposes; a model for sustainable station campuses and systems; and unique broader impact collaborations resulting from the educational programs taking place on Hurricane. With a fundamental commitment to providing access and education for underrepresented groups and creating an inclusive community, the station expands access for broad audiences to participate in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Identifying new areas for community-driven research, deepening partnerships for long-term monitoring efforts, and developing a data-sharing plan, will greatly expand Hurricane's impact to support public education and research regarding important ecological issues in Maine's coastal communities and beyond. The objective of the proposed planning study is to work with stakeholders to develop a long-range strategic plan for the newly constructed Hurricane Island Field Research Station on Hurricane Island in Penobscot Bay, Maine. Funds will be used to bring together stakeholders consisting of an external advisory committee, research faculty, K-16 educators and students, local community members, and key Hurricane Island staff members for two workshops. The goals are to: identify community-driven research questions; develop a 5-year marketing and recruitment plan to meet targets for use of the facility; and develop a plan for data acquisition, management, and sharing. The workshops will be geared toward Hurricane Island's strategic priorities, including greater engagement between scientists and a variety of groups historically underrepresented in the STEM fields. The Field Research Station will continue to expand Hurricane's undergraduate and graduate programming as a host site for field projects and courses and increase research and educational capacity for existing partnerships. The capacity building associated with the Field Research Station will amplify current work in addressing community-driven questions through applied research and enhance collaborations by connecting scientists and students. For more information about the Hurricane Island Field Research Station, visit www.hurricaneisland.net/science-research.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.