Sea Education Association Inc

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GP-IN: ACCELERATING CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CAREERS THROUGH A POSTBACCALAUREATE FELLOWSHIP IN WOODS HOLE (ACES WOODS HOLE) -ACCELERATING CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CAREERS (ACES) THROUGH A POST-BACCALAUREATE FELLOWSHIP IN WOODS HOLE IS A THREE-YEAR PILOT PROJECT TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, PREPARE, AND RETAIN POST-BACCALAUREATE FELLOWS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS IN GEOSCIENCES AND PREPARE THEM FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL AND/OR CAREERS. THE PROJECT?S GOAL IS TO CREATE A SCALABLE, COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ECOSYSTEM THAT CONTRIBUTES TO DIVERSIFYING THE GEOSCIENCES WORKFORCE. ITS OBJECTIVES ARE CENTERED ON THE ACES WOODS HOLE LEARNING ECOSYSTEM MODEL THAT INCLUDES TWO FUNCTIONALLY DISTINCTIVE, BUT DYNAMICALLY AND RECIPROCALLY CONNECTED COMPONENTS, TRANSFORMATIVE ACTIVITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THE FORMER INCLUDES A ROBUST MENTORING NETWORK, MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, VARIED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, AND AN IMMERSIVE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE. THE LATTER INCLUDES INTENTIONAL RECRUITMENT OF PARTICIPANTS, RESOURCES AND FACILITIES THAT REDUCE BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION, AND A SUPPORTIVE WOODS HOLE COMMUNITY. TOGETHER, THE ECOSYSTEM OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION AND CHANGE TO REDUCE STRUCTURAL BARRIERS, CREATE ONGOING ENVIRONMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR FELLOWS AND ULTIMATELY BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN THE GEOSCIENCES. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS AWARD DERIVES FROM A RECOGNITION OF THE PAUCITY OF POSTBACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS IN THE GEOSCIENCES, DESPITE THEIR SUCCESS IN OTHER FIELDS. AS SUCH ACES REPRESENTS A NOVEL PROJECT FROM WHICH MUCH CAN BE LEARNED THROUGH THE CUMULATIVE AND SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND INSIGHTS GENERATED. THE ACES MODEL BUILDS ON THE KNOWLEDGE-BASE AND EFFORTS OF THE WOODS HOLE PARTNERSHIP EDUCATION PROGRAM (PEP) AND PEP-II. THROUGH MULTIPLE ITERATIONS OF THESE PROGRAMS, THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS HAVE REFINED THE COMPONENTS TO BECOME MOST EFFECTIVE, CONTRIBUTING TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW BEST TO SUPPORT UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN THE GEOSCIENCES. AN EVALUATION OF THE CUMULATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCES ABOUT DIFFERENT, BUT INTERRELATED, PROGRAMMATIC INTERVENTIONS WILL OFFER A UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED FOR POSTBACCALAUREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FILLING THE ?GAP? BETWEEN UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE SCHOOL OR THE WORKFORCE. FURTHER, THE PROJECT WILL GENERATE SPECIFIC UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW THE LEARNING ECOSYSTEM MODEL WORKS INDEPENDENTLY AND COLLABORATIVELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE OBSERVED OUTCOMES. THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM ACES WILL GREATLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF POSTBACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS IN THE GEOSCIENCES AND PROVIDE A MODEL FOR WHAT IS REQUIRED TO DESIGN AND MANAGE A SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTION. 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.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

WOODS HOLE PARTNERSHIP EDUCATION PROGRAM

WOODS HOLE PARTNERSHIP EDUCATION PROGRAM (PEP)

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL DEGRADATION OF PLASTICS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS WITH MARINE PLASTIC DEBRIS: DIVERSITY, FUNCTION AND FATE

WOODS HOLE PARTNERSHIP EDUCATION PROGRAM (PEP)

BIODIVERSITY IN THE GLOBAL OCEAN - INCORPORATING MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IN FIELD-BASED APPROACHES TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES OF MARINE CONSERVATION.

WOODS HOLE PARTNERSHIP EDUCATION PROGRAM: A PROGRAM TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN NOAA'S NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER AND IN THE WOODS HOLE COMMUNIT

INVESTIGATING SELECTIVE GRAZING BY COPEPODS OF VIRGIN AND WEATHERED MICROPLASTICS CONTAMINATED WITH PBT SUBSTANCES

WOODS HOLE PARTNERSHIP EDUCATION PROGRAM: A PROGRAM TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN NOAA'S NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER AND IN THE WOODS HOLE SCIENTIF

OPTIMIZING THE RESEARCH INTERN EXPERIENCE TO BUILD INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY IN THE GEOSCIENCES WORKFORCE: JUNE 27-29, 2019: WOODS HOLE, MA

TOWARDS CREATING A SOCIAL NORM: A STUDENT-DESIGNED PROGRAM TO REDUCE MARINE DEBRIS THROUGH BEHAVIOR CHANGE

SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION/SSV CORWITH CRAMER & SSV ROBERT C. SEAMANS OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CBET: THE ROLE OF SUNLIGHT IN DETERMINING THE FATE AND MICROBIAL IMPACT OF MICROPLASTICS IN SURFACE WATERS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NUTRIENT-MEDIATED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PLASTIC-DERIVED DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON AND THE BIOLOGICAL CARBON PUMP -PLASTICS ARE ACCUMULATING THROUGHOUT THE EARTH SYSTEM INCLUDING IN THE OCEAN?S SUBTROPICAL GYRES. STUDIES SUGGEST THAT PLASTICS ARE NOW A MAJOR SOURCE OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATERIAL IN THESE REGIONS OF THE OCEAN. THEREFORE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER PLASTIC-DERIVED ORGANIC MATERIAL AS PART OF THE OCEAN CARBON CYCLE AND UNDERSTAND ITS EFFECTS ON OCEAN BIOLOGY. THIS PROJECT WILL TEST THE IDEA THAT BACTERIA IN OCEAN SURFACE WATERS CONSUME PLASTIC-DERIVED ORGANIC MATTER, AND IN DOING SO THEY COMPETE WITH PHYTOPLANKTON FOR KEY NUTRIENTS LIKE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS. THE INVESTIGATORS WILL UTILIZE A COMBINATION OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS, FIELD SAMPLING, AND NUMERICAL MODELING TO EXPLORE THIS HYPOTHESIS. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT TWO GRADUATE STUDENTS AND AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHER. THE INVESTIGATORS WILL SHARE THEIR RESEARCH WITH POLICY MAKERS AND WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WITH A FOCUS ON MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AGED STUDENTS. THE CORE HYPOTHESIS OF THIS PROJECT IS THAT ?NUTRIENT-THEFT? BY BACTERIA WHEN CONSUMING PLASTIC-DERIVED DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (PDOC) RESULTS IN SUFFICIENT DRAWDOWN OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN SURFACE WATERS TO REDUCE NEW PRODUCTION AND THE STRENGTH OF THE BIOLOGICAL CARBON PUMP, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUBTROPICAL GYRES WHERE MICROPLASTIC ABUNDANCE IS GREATEST AND NUTRIENTS ARE AT A MINIMUM. THE TEAM WILL TEST THIS HYPOTHESIS USING AN ECOSYSTEM-BIOGEOCHEMISTRY MODEL (CESM-MARBL) AUGMENTED TO INCLUDE EXPLICIT REPRESENTATION OF MARINE BACTERIAL GROWTH, NUTRIENT USE, AND PDOC ALL PARAMETERIZED USING NOVEL EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE GAINED THROUGH SHIPBOARD FIELDWORK, PHOTOCHEMICAL STUDIES TO IMPROVE ESTIMATES OF PDOC PHOTOPRODUCTION RATES, AND BIOASSAYS TO DETERMINE THE KINETIC PARAMETERS OF BACTERIAL NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS UPTAKE IN RESPONSE TO PDOC FERTILIZATION. GLOBAL OCEAN MODEL RUNS WILL SIMULATE SPATIOTEMPORAL CHANGE IN NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY, NITROGEN- AND PHOSPHORUS-BASED NEW PRODUCTION, AND THE STRENGTH OF THE BIOLOGICAL CARBON PUMP. MODEL SIMULATIONS WILL BE RUN WITH NO ADDED PDOC, 1948-PRESENT PDOC FERTILIZATION RATES, AND WITH PREDICTED FUTURE PDOC FERTILIZATION BASED ON BUSINESS-AS-USUAL INCREASES IN SURFACE OCEAN PLASTICS UNTIL 2100. THESE MODEL SIMULATIONS WILL TEST THE CORE HYPOTHESIS BY ASSESSING HOW NUTRIENT THEFT DUE TO PDOC FERTILIZATION IS ALTERING OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND REDUCING THE STRENGTH OF THE BIOLOGICAL CARBON PUMP TODAY AND THROUGH THE 21ST CENTURY. 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.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (SEA) IS REQUESTING FUNDING FROM NASA'S OCEAN BIOLOGY AND BIOGEOCHENNISTRY

INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION FOR SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

SGER COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EXPLORING A LONG-TERM RECORD OF PLASTIC POLLUTION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC

COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FOR AN ONGOING SERIES OF ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO INCREASE DIVERSITY.

EAGER: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ASSESSING THE CONTRIBUTION OF PLASTICS TO MARINE PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON

SHIPBOARD SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT EQUIPMENT: SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (SSV CORWITH CRAMER & SSV ROBERT C. SEAMANS

2009 SHIPBOARD SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT EQUIPMENT

THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (SEA) IN ITS COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF THE WOODS HOLE DIVERSITY INITIATIVE (WHDI) IN WOODS HOLE MASSACHUSETTS, A COLLABORATION BETWEEN SIX WOODS HOLE-BASED SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING NOAA FISHERIES, WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, USGS, SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, AND WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER. THIS SPONSORSHIP IS FOR AN ONGOING SERIES OF UNDERGRADUATE ACTIVITIES, LECTURES AND PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN THE WOODS HOLE MARINE SCIENCE COMMUNITY.

OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION: SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (SSV CORWITH CRAMER & SSV ROBERT C. SEAMANS)

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INTEGRATING SUBSURFACE PROCESSES ACROSS SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALES - A HOLISTIC ANALYSIS OF VENT FLUID CHEMISTRY AT THE LAU

COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FOR AN ONGOING SERIES OF ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO INCREASE DIVERSITY.

SONAR ELECTRONICS REPLACEMENT FOR VESSELS CORWITH CRAMER AND ROBERT SEAMANS