NSF Org:	OCE Division Of Ocean Sciences
Recipient:	WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
Initial Amendment Date:	March 28, 2022
Latest Amendment Date:	August 17, 2023
Award Number:	2214375
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Timothy McGovern tmcgover@nsf.gov  (703)292-4248 OCE  Division Of Ocean Sciences GEO  Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date:	April 1, 2022
End Date:	March 31, 2025 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$373,157.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$403,580.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2022 = $373,157.00 FY 2023 = $30,423.00
History of Investigator:	Sarah Fuller (Principal Investigator) sfuller@whoi.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 266 WOODS HOLE RD WOODS HOLE MA  US  02543-1535 (508)289-3542
Sponsor Congressional District:	09
Primary Place of Performance:	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 266 Woods Hole Rd Woods Hole, MA MA  US  02543-1535
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	09
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	GFKFBWG2TV98
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	OCEANOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERVCE, SHIPBOARD SCIENTIFIC SUPP EQUI
Primary Program Source:	01002223DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01002324DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):
Program Element Code(s):	541500, 541600
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.050

ABSTRACT

A request is made to fund Shipboard Scientific Support Equipment (SSSE) on R/V Atlantis, a 274? general purpose research vessel, and R/V Armstrong, a 238? multidisciplinary vessel. Both are operated by WHOI as part of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet (ARF) which is scheduled by the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS). Both are owned by the U.S. Navy, have state-of-the-art instrumentation and support all disciplines of oceanographic research. The vessels work in all the world?s oceans supporting science funded primarily by U.S government agencies. R/V Atlantis is specifically outfitted for launching and servicing Alvin, the human occupied submersible as well as other vehicles of the National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF).

With this proposal, WHOI provides technical descriptions and rationale for the acquisition of the following SSSE:

Hydro-boom Hydraulic Power Unit ? R/V ATLANTIS $135,032
(2) Science Walk-in Refrigeration Units ? R/V ATLANTIS $155,716
Internal Deployment Pole - R/V ARMSTRONG $24,731
(2) Lithium Battery Containment Units $9,525
SBE 12-Position Central Pylon ? R/V TIOGA $19,044
Sonardyne USBL Head ? R/V ATLANTIS $191,581
Teledyne RDI rapidCAST ? R/V ARMSTRONG $95,850
$631,479
Broader Impacts
The principal impact of the present proposal is under Merit Review Criterion 2 of the Proposal Guidelines (NSF 19-602). 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.

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