2024 Oceanographic Technical Services R/V Atlantic Explorer

About This Grant

The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), will support oceanographic technical services on the Research Vessel Atlantic Explorer operated as part of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet (ARF). As part of their basic operations, BIOS will provide shipboard technical support on each seagoing research project to support basic services. Technicians will maintain, calibrate and provide for qualified users, items from their pool of shared-use research instrumentation. Research vessels in the ARF provide support for researchers from a variety of institutions. The principal impact of the present proposal to provide infrastructure support for scientists to use the research vessel and its shared-use instrumentation in support of their NSF-funded oceanographic research projects. The acquisition, maintenance and operation of shared-use instrumentation allows NSF-funded researchers from any institution access to working, calibrated instruments for their research, reducing the cost of that research, and expanding the base of 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.