Marine Geological Samples Laboratory: Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island (support of marine sample curation)

海洋地质样本实验室：罗德岛大学海洋学研究生院（支持海洋样本管理）

• 批准号: 2311259
• 负责人: Katherine Kelley
• 金额: $ 119.74万
• 依托单位: University of Rhode Island
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-06-01 至 2028-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2311259&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Marine; Geological; Samples; Laboratory; Graduate

The Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island hosts the Marine Geological Samples Laboratory (MGSL). This is an open-access community facility that preserves and archives seafloor geological samples. The mission of the MGSL is to make these samples available for research, outreach, and education. The MGSL has been in operation since 1976, and houses a global collection of ~2,000 marine sediment cores and ~4,000 rocks collected from the seafloor. These materials were collected from the seafloor at a significant expense. The long-term archiving of these materials delivers continuous returns on the original investment as the existing samples are used for new research. The MGSL samples are used by researchers and educators globally to expand knowledge of the Earth. Research topics span plate tectonics, submarine volcanism, the history of the ocean and climate, and marine mineral resources. This project will support ongoing activities to take in new materials, preserve existing collections, and fill requests. It will also enable support for growing the digital presence and improving the quality and accessibility of the data. Finally, the project will support continued outreach, education, and training activities at the MGSL.This project supports the Marine Geological Samples Laboratory (MGSL) at the Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island (GSO/URI), which conducts description, curation, and distribution of marine geological samples collected by researchers at GSO/URI and elsewhere. This project will provide support for curatorial and organizational activities of the facility that will be carried out by one part-time assistant curator and two graduate student assistants under the direction of the PIs. Specific activities include 1) describing and storing new NSF-funded core and rock samples following best practices, 2) fulfilling sample requests from the broader scientific community, 3) maintaining and improving open-access collections metadata (IMLGS and SESAR) and actively promoting the collections to the scientific community, 4) conducting outreach and education activities that utilize the facility and its collections, including providing materials and space for hands-on education for URI classes, workforce training using facility equipment and samples, and K-12 outreach both within the facility and off-site, and 5) expanding current storage capacity and transitioning to the expanded facility. The MGSL enables new scientific advances on the collections by eliminating the expense of new sample collection and by preserving and making available materials for which valuable data sets already exist. Additionally, the MGSL facility provides a key venue for public education and outreach by engaging ~3,000 visitors annually, for on-site tours with school groups and the general public and for off-site outreach at local and regional events, providing educational experiences and materials focusing on Earth science, methods of seafloor observation and sampling, and the samples themselves.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.

罗德岛大学海洋学研究生院拥有海洋地质样品实验室（MGSL）。这是一个开放访问社区设施，可保存和档案海底地质样本。 MGSL的任务是使这些样本可用于研究，外展和教育。自1976年以来，MGSL一直在运营，并拥有约2,000个海洋沉积物核心的全球收藏品，并从海底收集了约4,000块岩石。这些材料是从海底收集的。这些材料的长期存档将对原始投资的持续回报，因为现有样品用于新研究。全球研究人员和教育者使用MGSL样本来扩展对地球的知识。研究主题涵盖板块构造，海底火山，海洋与气候的历史以及海洋矿产资源。该项目将支持正在进行的活动，以获取新材料，保留现有收藏品并填写请求。它还将支持增强数字存在并提高数据的质量和可访问性。最后，该项目将支持MGSL的持续外展，教育和培训活动。该项目支持罗德岛大学（GSO/URI）海洋学研究生院的海洋地质样品实验室（MGSL），该实验室（GSO/URI）进行了描述，该实验室进行了描述，研究人员在GSO/URI和其他地方收集的海洋地质样本的策划和分布。该项目将为设施的策展和组织活动提供支持，这将由一名兼职助理策展人和两名研究生助理在PIS的指导下进行。具体活动包括1）描述和存储新的NSF资助的核心和岩石样品遵循最佳实践，2）满足更广泛的科学界的样本请求，3）维护和改善开放式收藏集元数据（IMLGS和SESAR）并积极促进向科学界的收集，4）进行利用该设施及其收藏的外展和教育活动，包括为URI课程提供材料和空间，使用设施设备和样品提供劳动力培训，以及K-12设施和异地，以及5）扩大当前存储容量并过渡到扩展的设施。 MGSL通过消除新样本收集的费用并保存和提供有价值的数据集已经存在的材料来实现收集的新科学进步。此外，MGSL设施每年通过约3,000名游客参与约3,000名游客，与学校团体和公众进行现场旅行，并在当地和地区活动中进行现场外展活动，为公共教育和外展提供关键场所，提供教育和材料重点关注地球科学，海底观察和采样方法以及样本本身。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估标准通过评估来支持的。