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OCE Division Of Ocean Sciences |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | March 9, 2018 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | February 28, 2020 |
| Award Number: | 1829402 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
James Holik
OCE Division Of Ocean Sciences GEO Directorate for Geosciences |
| Start Date: | March 15, 2018 |
| End Date: | December 31, 2020 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $79,480.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $79,480.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
1500 SW JEFFERSON AVE CORVALLIS OR US 97331-8655 (541)737-4933 |
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| Primary Place of Performance: |
Corvallis OR US 97331-8507 |
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| NSF Program(s): | OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.050 |
ABSTRACT
This proposal requests funding for a special-purpose seagoing van to house the new Oregon State University (OSU) Marine Sediments Sampling Group (MARSSAM) Multi-Sensor Core Logger (MSCL) system, replacing the 20-year old MSCL system at OSU. Cost is $79,480.
Broader Impacts
The principal impact of the present proposal is under Merit Review Criterion 2 of the Proposal Guidelines (NSF 13-589). It provides infrastructure support for scientists to use the vessel and its shared-use instrumentation in support of their NSF-funded oceanographic research projects (which individually undergo separate review by the relevant research program of NSF). The acquisition, maintenance and operation of shared-use instrumentation allows NSF-funded researchers from any US university or lab access to working, calibrated instruments for their research, reducing the cost of that research, and expanding the base of potential researchers.
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.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
Disclaimer
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This funding was requested to support the construction of a special-purpose seagoing laboratory van to house the new Oregon State University (OSU) Marine Sediments Sampling Group (MARSSAM) Multi-Sensor Core Logger (MSCL) system, replacing the 20-year old MSCL system at OSU. The seagoing van that housed the old system had worn out and a refurbished UNOLS laboratory van being considered as a potential replacement proved inadequate. This van was urgently needed, as the MSCL instrument was requested for two months of service in Australia within months of the proposal submission date.
The MSCL system housed in this van is utilized to collect real-time physical properties data on marine sediment cores in support of oceanographic research on topics ranging from seismic geohazards to climate change. These data allow researchers at sea to capitalize on ship time to the greatest possible extent, allowing for immediate evaluation of the stratigraphic sequences collected in the cores and follow-on inferences on the efficacy of the coring strategy. The data continues to be useful for all follow-on work on the marine sediments collected, underpinning basic environmental interpretations, and is collated for posterity by the NSF repository housing the core collection and released to the public after a moratorium period.
The seagoing laboratory van for the MARSSAM MSCL system was operational within months of the commencement of the project, and as of the time of this report has already sailed on two major international cruises as well as several smaller domestic deployments. The build was on budget, and in the long term will produce significant cost savings insofar as it protects the valuable MSCL instrument from wear and tear that would otherwise be incurred during shipping and assembly/disassembly, and saves valuable ship time during onload and offload. The van (developed from a modified ISO container) can also be shipped without expensive top-load-only restrictions common to custom laboratory vans.
Last Modified: 05/27/2021
Modified by: Maureen H Walczak
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