FSML Planning for the Future of the Darling Marine Center

FSML 达令海洋中心未来规划

• 批准号: 1318086
• 负责人: Heather Leslie
• 金额: $ 2.5万
• 依托单位: University of Maine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1318086&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FSML; Planning; Future; Darling; Marine

The University of Maine is awarded a grant to carry out strategic planning for the Darling Marine Center (the Center), located in mid-coast Maine. The Center is in transition with recent major shifts in the composition of resident faculty members, funding sources and leadership. The goal is to develop a decadal vision for the Center with concrete implementation plans for the first five years. It will be inclusive of the broad groups of present and potential future users, with the goal of enhanced research, training and educational uses of the Center. Planning activities will include internal discussion among faculty members resident at local university campuses, an in-depth review and analysis by a Committee of Visitors, local stakeholder workshops, and visits to other marine labs. Data management policies, fee structure, and marketing strategies for the Center will be evaluated. A report, with actionable and prioritized items, will be produced based on information gathered during the strategic planning activities. The Center enables access for visiting and resident researchers to a wide diversity of microenvironments along the estuary and to the open Gulf of Maine waters through its capable vessel, the R/V Ira C. The research carried out at the laboratory by visiting and resident researchers addresses a broad range of topics, spanning ecological studies of coastal marine ecosystems, the physiology and reproductive and developmental biology of key species, and the interactions among species including humans. Planktonic studies include time-series measurements of plankton and their responses to a changing climate. The proposed planning activity, with its review of research programs and infrastructure, will enhance the Center's capacity for research. Many of the species studied at the Center are of high economic value (e.g., lobster and aquacultured bivalves) and of direct relevance to Maine's economy. The impact of humans on the ecology of the Gulf of Maine has a direct feedback to the social fabric of Maine's coastal communities. The Center currently educates and trains students from K through graduate school through its various formal and informal programs. The COSEE-OS program provides professional training opportunities and webinars that reach far beyond the State of Maine. A goal of the proposed planning process is to expand our educational and training activities and establish new links to institutions serving underrepresented minorities in New England. The Center is an ideal classroom for the next generation of students and a microcosm for determining how we can best use Earth's resources sustainably in the future. For more information about the Center, please visit the website at http://www.dmc.maine.edu.

缅因州大学获得了一项赠款，为位于缅因州中部海岸的达令海洋中心（中心）进行战略规划。该中心正在过渡，最近在居民教师的组成，资金来源和领导层的组成中发生了重大转变。目的是通过最初五年的具体实施计划对中心建立幼稚的愿景。它将包括当前和潜在的未来用户的广泛群体，以增强中心的研究，培训和教育用途。计划活动将包括在当地大学校园居民的内部讨论，由访客委员会，当地利益相关者讲习班以及访问其他海洋实验室的深入审查和分析。将评估该中心的数据管理政策，费用结构和营销策略。将根据在战略计划活动期间收集的信息生产的，其中包含可操作和优先项目的报告。该中心使访问和常驻研究人员可以通过其强大的船只R/V IRA C.沿河口和缅因州水域的开放式微观环境进行访问。在包括人类在内的物种中。浮游生气研究包括浮游生物的时间序列测量及其对气候变化的反应。拟议的计划活动及其对研究计划和基础设施的审查将增强中心的研究能力。该中心研究的许多物种具有很高的经济价值（例如，龙虾和水产养殖的双壳类），与缅因州的经济直接相关。人类对缅因州海湾生态学的影响直接反馈了缅因州沿海社区的社会结构。该中心目前通过其各种正式和非正式课程对K到研究生院的学生进行教育和培训。 Cosee-OS计划提供了远远超出缅因州的专业培训机会和网络研讨会。拟议的计划过程的一个目标是扩大我们的教育和培训活动，并与在新英格兰提供代表性不足的少数民族的机构建立新的联系。该中心是下一代学生的理想教室，也是一个缩影，用于确定我们将来如何最佳地使用地球资源。有关中心的更多信息，请访问该网站http://www.dmc.maine.edu。