FSML: Integrated Year-Round Laboratory and Housing Space

FSML：全年综合实验室和住房空间

• 批准号: 2028247
• 负责人: Ian Billick
• 金额: $ 42.5万
• 依托单位: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-11-01 至 2024-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2028247&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FSML; Integrated; Year; Round; Laboratory

The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory's (RMBL) ability to support year-round research will be transformed by building its first year-round laboratory/housing facility. RMBL has established itself as a leading institution for its unique collection of long-term biological studies. Changing environmental conditions, combined with rapid technological advancements, including in genomics, the microbiome, and sensing, has significantly increased demand for RMBL facilities outside summer. RMBL is intensively used; more than 175 scientists from 76 institutions have conducted research during the last 5 years. The facility will further the national interest by enabling scientists to investigate important biological processes, as well as applying the full range of genomic, microbiome, and sensing tools available to understanding and predicting biological systems. This project will also relieve housing pressure in the summer, which will support our undergraduate research program, as well as the scientists' research programs, leveraging large investments already made by the government in research happening at RMBL. As part of training a scientifically literate workforce, the facility will create unique opportunities for winter science education activities, including local and national school programs. This project is driven by a combination of increasing peak demand for housing and laboratory space in summer, and growing demand for winter facilities. Some of the growth is driven by opportunities to understand biological responses to a changing climate as scientists track biological processes that are starting earlier and ending later. Understanding the snowpack and winter is a fundamental part of understanding biological drivers, including the length of the growth season and hydrology. The facility will add 500 square feet of simple, flexible laboratory space to be used for sample processing. The research space will include heavy voltage outlets, high-speed telecommunications, and lockable storage. This space will have a flexible configuration, including the ability to accommodate up to 24 scientists or students in seminar-style seating. The building will also include 6 housing spots, with the downstairs apartment being universally accessible. The building will have year-round water and indoor bathrooms and be located close to other winter cabins to facilitate program integration. The stairs/entrances will be located on the gable ends to facilitate use in winter when the snowpack up to 3 meters high. For more about Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, visit https://www.rmbl.org/.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.

落基山生物实验室（RMBL）支持全年研究的能力将通过建立其第一年全年实验室/住房设施来改变。 RMBL已成为其独特的长期生物学研究收集的领先机构。 不断变化的环境条件，再加上快速的技术进步，包括基因组学，微生物组和感知，对夏季以外的RMBL设施的需求显着增加。 RMBL被强烈使用；在过去的5年中，来自76家机构的175名科学家进行了研究。 该设施将通过使科学家能够研究重要的生物学过程，并应用可用于理解和预测生物学系统的全部基因组，微生物组和感应工具来进一步促进国家利益。 该项目还将减轻夏季的住房压力，该项目将支持我们的本科研究计划以及科学家的研究计划，利用政府已经在RMBL进行的研究中已经进行的大量投资。 作为培训科学识字劳动力队伍的一部分，该设施将为冬季科学教育活动（包括本地和国家学校计划）创造独特的机会。 该项目是由夏季对住房和实验室空间的高峰需求以及对冬季设施需求不断增长的结合所驱动的。 当科学家跟踪较早开始并在更晚期结束的生物学过程时，某些增长是由理解对气候变化的生物学反应的机会驱动的。 了解积雪和冬季是了解生物驱动因素的基本组成部分，包括增长季节和水文学的长度。 该设施将增加500平方英尺的简单，灵活的实验室空间，用于样品处理。 研究空间将包括重型电压插座，高速电信和可锁定存储空间。 该空间将具有灵活的配置，包括能够容纳多达24位科学家或以研讨会式座位的学生。 该建筑还将包括6个住房景点，楼下的公寓普遍可用。 该建筑将全年水和室内浴室都有，并靠近其他冬季小木屋，以促进计划整合。 楼梯/入口将位于山墙末端，以便于冬季高达3米的积雪。有关Rocky Mountain生物实验室的更多信息，请访问https://www.rmbl.org/.This奖，反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估审查标准，被认为值得通过评估。