1247506 COVER SHEET FOR PROPOSAL TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

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COVER SHEET FOR PROPOSAL TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
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NSF PROPOSAL NUMBER
FOR CONSIDERATION BY NSF ORGANIZATION UNIT(S)
1247506
(Indicate the most specific unit known, i.e. program, division, etc.)
DEB - Long-Term Ecological Research
DATE RECEIVED NUMBER OF COPIES DIVISION ASSIGNED FUND CODE DUNS#
06/12/2012
1
08010000 DEB
EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN) OR
TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (TIN)
1195
872612445
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AN ACCOMPLISHMENT-BASED RENEWAL
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09/20/2012 2:50pm S
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AGENCY?
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NO
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1114804
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Cornell University
373 Pine Tree Road
Ithaca, NY. 148502820
Cornell University
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0027110000
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MINORITY BUSINESS
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WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESS THEN CHECK HERE
Long-Term Ecological Research at the Hubbard Brook Experimental
Forest
REQUESTED AMOUNT
PROPOSED DURATION (1-60 MONTHS)
142,952
$
SMALL BUSINESS
FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
0
REQUESTED STARTING DATE
months
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES: COUNTRY/COUNTRIES INVOLVED
HISTORIC PLACES (GPG II.C.2.j)
(GPG II.C.2.j)
EAGER* (GPG II.D.2)
RAPID** (GPG II.D.1)
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PI/PD DEPARTMENT
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Fernow Hall
Department of Natural Resources
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Ithaca, NY 14853
United States
607-255-0349
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or IRB App. Date
High Degree
Yr of Degree
Telephone Number
PhD
1979
607-255-5470
Electronic Mail Address
PI/PD NAME
Timothy J Fahey
[email protected]
CO-PI/PD
CO-PI/PD
CO-PI/PD
CO-PI/PD
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CERTIFICATION PAGE
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AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
SIGNATURE
DATE
NAME
Lisa S Warner
TELEPHONE NUMBER
607-255-8057
Electronic Signature
ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS
Jun 12 2012 4:07PM
FAX NUMBER
[email protected]
607-255-7328
fm1207rrs-07
* EAGER - EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research
** RAPID - Grants for Rapid Response Research
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Long-Term Ecological Research at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest:
2012 Supplemental Funding Proposal
1. Introduction
The HBR LTER is transitioning to electronic and digital data collection with the goal of
providing high quality, high frequency core data to the research community, educators, and the
public in near real time. The work proposed here will build on past LTER IM supplements to
(1) improve our compliance with the EML Best Practices for LTER Sites, (2) improve HBR
spatial attribute data and generate GeoNIS compliant EML, (3) assist in the migration from
analog to digital data delivery to the LTER NIS and end users, and (4) develop a strategic
approach to build a digital library for our 30+ thousand paper strip charts to (a) preserve this
important record now and into the future, (b) increase access and availability of this record for
additional data extraction, and (c) facilitate a linkage between the continuous record generated by
strip chart recorders in the past to the high frequency digital data of the future. This effort will
also facilitate and be integrated with the RET, in which teachers will access and use the
streaming real time hydrology data in concert with legacy datasets in classroom activities, and
with the ROE, where the combined historic and streaming real time data will provide a new
platform for ecological studies. Together, the components of these IM, RET and ROA
proposals will significantly enhance data capture, delivery and use at the HBR.
2. Information Management
2.1 LTER Network Information System (NIS) Compliance
We are developing a strategic plan to improve the standardization of Hubbard Brook data and
metadata to meet the objectives of the LTER NIS. Through compliance with NIS standards for
data access and metadata, we will improve the degree to which HBR data are discoverable by the
broader research and educational communities, as well as ensuring access to these data through
the NIS data portal. Accomplishing the three major objectives outlined below will improve the
overall functionality of HBR data collections within the NIS:
EML Best Practices: An immediate goal of HBR Information Management is to meet the five
essential features indicated in the EML Best Practices for LTER Sites Version 2 (adopted 2011).
These features consist of descriptive titles, abstracts, keywords, data description and direct data
access. Some of these features are already included in the HBR data packages, and a recent
analysis of metrics based on these features indicate where additional information is required to
bring HBR data packages into compliance. In phase 1 of this objective, we will update titles and
abstracts, by first identifying the data packages requiring attention, contacting contributors for
supplementary information, and updating metadata files. With this initial information update, we
will use the LTER online keyword tools to map keywords from the controlled vocabulary to our
metadata files; working with VCR to develop solutions that suit both the HBR retrospective
keyword updates, as well as best practices for new data packages. In phase 2 of this objective, we
will address the issues of data attribute descriptions and URL access to data. Combined, these
activities will provide improvements in HBR data discoverability through the NIS data portal.
EML 2.1 upgrade: HBR metadata is currently EML 2.0 compliant. Our objectives here are to
(1) upgrade all metadata to EML 2.1, (2) update content required for EML 2.1 schema, and (3)
verify compliance through an EML validity parser (i.e. http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/emlparser/).
Completion of this objective will place HBR in a position to verify and upload information to the
LTER PASTA system (see next section).
LTER PASTA: The previous items will provide much of the work necessary for harvesting of
HBR data/metadata into PASTA. As a priority, we will incorporate HBR datasets into PASTA
that support multi-site data synthesis efforts such as StreamChemDB, VegDB, ClimDB, and
HydroDB.
2.2 Supporting GeoNIS
Support from this supplement will allow HBR to continue to participate in the LTER GIS
working group (specifically by attending the second LTER GeoNIS workshop; see D. Peters
letter of support) and to continue to improve EML content for HBR geospatial datasets (to meet
GeoNIS standards). Support will also allow HBR to purchase a high-precision GPS unit
(Trimble GeoExplorer 6000). Although HBR EML currently includes spatial reference
information, these data are not consistently obtained from high-precision GPS, nor are they
specified, in many instances, for the exact sampling location, largely due to lack of on-site
availability for this instrument. For instance, the watersheds at HBR are gridded at 25m; EML
specifies the overall watershed boundaries, but not the detailed spatial locations of the grid plots.
The on-site availability of a high-precision GPS unit, available to all HBR researchers and
students, will allow for the collection of accurate and uniform positional data for sampling
location, with a number of benefits to HBR research. First, the availability of these high
precision geo-referenced data will provide an opportunity for HBR studies to link to the library
of remote sensing data available for HBR. These data include repeat imagery from NASA's
Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS), and an unusually detailed high
spatial and spectral data acquisition over HBR to be collected in July 2012 through the
NSF-funded NH-EPSCoR program (http://www.epscor.unh.edu).The data collections from HBR
provide numerous opportunities for linkages with these image data, as well as opportunities to
scale HBR field observations to the surrounding region. Second, improving the quality of, and
access to, spatial attributes of HBR data will support HBR site management, and provide a
mechanism to highlight opportunities for coordination and collaboration on existing and future
research efforts. In an ongoing effort, we are improving access to research locations through an
on-line map interface. This interface will serve both in-house site management as well as the
research community.
2.3 Hubbard Brook Core Data Continuity
For over 50 years, meteorological and hydrological data have been collected at Hubbard Brook
using chart recording instruments. During the past two years, digital sensor instrumentation and
wireless data transmission has been paired with these long-standing, chart-based systems at six
weather stations and nine gauged watersheds. The wireless sensor network at HBR is expanding
in the near term, with the installation of soil climate sensor arrays, stream temperature and
electrical conductivity probes, and additional instruments to gauge the main branch of Hubbard
Brook. A number of challenges exist in transitioning the source of HBR core data from analog to
digital. Of primary concern, is the issue of data continuity, as long-term core datasets will be
derived from a combination of both chart and digital data. Both types of instrumentation are
currently operational at HBR, and the period of overlapping operation provides data to inform
the process of migrating these data sources. Differences exist in both the instruments collecting
the data, and the temporal resolution of recorded data. Although chart data are recorded
continuously, charts are digitized (or visually read) at variable resolution, ranging from daily
values for precipitation and temperature to highly resolved event-based readings from stream
gauge charts. We will address the following data continuity issues: (1) a comprehensive analysis
of data from the period in which chart and digital data overlap, (2) implementation of an in-line
real-time sensor QC workflow, and (3) an analysis of station-to-station data to inform gap-filling
routines. Although high-temporal resolution data from the digital instrumentation is desirable,
we also must develop and maintain a cross-walk between these data and the long-term
daily/hourly core datasets. The development of the workflow between sensor and on-line data
packages, combined with the NIS compliance effort, will greatly improve the timeliness of data
access through both the local HBR website and the LTER-wide data access portal. HBR has
already started pushing streaming meteorological, hydrological and web cam sensor data to a
local, real-time display, in which provisional data can be viewed by both the research and
education communities. HBR researchers now use this interface to monitor rainfall and stream
gauges in an effort to improve the responsiveness of field sampling. These data also provide an
important and engaging data interface for the classroom – the use of these real-time data for
classroom inquiry are addressed in sections 3.1 and 3.2.
2.4 Historical Chart Archive
With instrumentation in place at HBR for almost 60 years, over 30,000 charts have been
generated and archived. A complete inventory of the historical charts is stored in a
climate-controlled, fire-resistant vault at the Louis Wyman Forestry Sciences Laboratory in
Durham, NH. Although the core long-term meteorological and hydrological data have been
extracted from these charts, a wealth of additional data could be extracted to provide insights on
extreme weather events, seasonal transitions, and diurnal rhythms. The following objectives
will increase access to these currently unavailable data:
Development of a digital chart library: Scanning of charts for storage in open format image files
(Portable Network Graphics [png]) will serve a two-fold objective: (1) the digital imagery of
charts will provide a secure backup for the single paper copies currently in the archive, and (2)
these image files will be the basis for any subsequent data extraction. To date, requests have been
made for chart access, but these charts cannot be distributed since there is no backup copy. As
charts are scanned, we will develop a digital library for access to these chart images. With an
online interface, users can search by station, date, and data type to view and/or download the
digital images of the matching charts.
Data extraction from charts: Data will be extracted for a prioritized subset of charts. Recent
studies (e.g. Asbjornsen et al.) have already identified data existing only on paper charts that
could greatly enhance current research efforts. We will develop a workflow, quality control
metrics, and instruction guide to be used for these initial charts, as well as future data extraction
efforts (by HBR and others as needed). We have been exploring a program called 'Datathief'
(http://www.datathief.org), which is capable of auto-tracing the ink-line on charts and converting
that line to digital points. With either post-processing, or code modifications, we will customize
this workflow to handle the type of non-orthogonal charts used with the hydrological and
meteorological instruments.
3. Education
3.1 Research Experience For Teachers (RET)
The funds requested for the RET supplement will support the two RET teachers who will be
working with site scientists and education staff to adapt Hubbard Brook core datasets and the
new, real-time environmental sensor network for use in middle and high school science
classrooms. These teachers will be part of our site’s Research Experience for Teachers program,
which pairs teachers with research teams for summer field experience as well as with our
education and outreach staff for work developing and piloting lessons based on the core datasets
and activities generated at the site. All the PIs participating in this RET are members of the
LTER research team with Biosketches provided in the Project Proposal. This is the third year of
the RET program at Hubbard Brook, which has expanded from two to five summer teachers in
that time. Lessons developed by teachers in this program incorporate data generated by the
research teams and are available on the web for free access by educators
(http://hubbardbrookfoundation.org/data-inquiry-activities/).
The teachers on this project are returning to the site after participating in our RET program
previously and demonstrating an interest and ability to adapt Hubbard Brook science, and in
particular the core datasets, for classroom use. The first teacher, Sarah Thorne, is a high school
science teacher from Mount Prospect Academy in Alton, NH, who has worked closely with two
research teams and has developed 5 lessons based on Hubbard Brook data. She will be
mentored by Dr. Lindsey Rustad and Dr. Mary Martin and will concentrate on a project utilizing
the new, real-time environmental sensor network at the site. The second teacher is Rebecca
Steeves, a middle-school science teacher at Lin-Wood Middle School in Lincoln, NH. Ms.
Steeves did field research with our RET program last year and developed a lesson on hydrology
using Hubbard Brook data. She has been asked to return to pursue her interest in developing a
regionally-focused middle-school teaching unit on hydrology. She will be mentored by Dr.
Mark Green and will work on a project linking the hydrologic records at Hubbard Brook,
including utilization of the real-time sensors, with regional data and history. Both teachers will
interact with the three other teachers (all new to the site) in our 2012 RET program, as well as
scientists, students, and staff from the site. All teachers attend the 2-day annual Hubbard Brook
Cooperators’ Meeting in July, receive tours and explanations of research at both the Hubbard
Brook and neighboring Bartlett Experimental Forests, and present their work to the other
teachers and education staff at the end of the summer season.
This supplement will support two teachers who are returning to the site after successful initial
field seasons as RET teachers. The stipend is calculated at a rate of $35/hr for approximately 100
hours of mentored, real-time dataset orientation, independent lesson development, scientific
meeting attendance, and RET group orientation in the summer field season. In addition, the
teachers will refine and pilot-test data-centered lessons during the school year, estimated to be
roughly 40 hours of work. Each teacher will thus receive a $5000 stipend for the program. The
program is overseen by Geoff Wilson, the Director of Programs for the Hubbard Brook Research
Foundation.
3.2 Research Opportunity Award (ROA):
Eco-physiological controls of tree species distributions in the northern hardwood forest.
Current research led by Dr. Pruyn and Dr. Mark Green, both from Plymouth State University,
examines the eco-physiological controls of three key northern hardwood tree species
distributions along elevational and soil nutrient gradients at the HBEF. Here we will monitor
sapflow, root/branch conductivity and vitality, and phenology, which are tree responses closely
connected with productivity and reproductive potential. Hubbard Brook has excellent core
datasets on tree community dynamics, soil characteristics, and hydrometeorology, but
comparatively little work has been done on the ecophysiological responses explaining forest
dynamics. Water flow in trees is an excellent proxy for gas exchange and thus individual tree
carbon budgets. Seasonal variation in root, branch and bud activity provides valuable
information on how trees will become established and perform during the growing season.
This research will improve understanding of how climate change may affect forest productivity
and vegetation in the Northeast by studying the influence of environmental factors on plant life
phases (phenophases, e.g., bud break, leaf-out, fruiting, flowering, leaf color-change and leaf
fall), species composition and ecological physiology (e.g., soil properties and tree water and
carbon budgets). It will tie in closely with on-going research at the site, such as a current study
by Groffman et al. monitoring belowground variables of contrasting elevation gradients (in terms
of aspect) to understand the nuances of winter climate change. Groffman et al.’s work allows for
comparison among sites with varied depths of snow and soil frost along natural temperature
gradients that occur on elevation transects. The work proposed by Pruyn and Green would
provide additional information on tree physiological response to such gradients and have the
benefit of datasets on soil characteristics, temperature profiles, snow and frost depths from
corresponding larger studies examining different aspects of the same gradient. In addition, the
new real-time network of environmental sensors at the site provides an ideal platform to closely
examine relationships between hydrometeorological and ecophysiological processes.
JUSTIFICATION FOR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING
Per email from Saran Twombly dated May 2, 2012, we are submitting supplement request for Information
Management and Educational supplements.
SUMMARY
PROPOSAL BUDGET
YEAR
1
FOR NSF USE ONLY
PROPOSAL NO.
DURATION (months)
Proposed Granted
AWARD NO.
ORGANIZATION
Cornell University
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR / PROJECT DIRECTOR
Timothy Fahey
A. SENIOR PERSONNEL: PI/PD, Co-PI’s, Faculty and Other Senior Associates
(List each separately with title, A.7. show number in brackets)
NSF Funded
Person-months
CAL
ACAD
1. Timothy J Fahey - none
0.00 0.00
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. ( 0 ) OTHERS (LIST INDIVIDUALLY ON BUDGET JUSTIFICATION PAGE)
0.00 0.00
7. ( 1 ) TOTAL SENIOR PERSONNEL (1 - 6)
0.00 0.00
B. OTHER PERSONNEL (SHOW NUMBERS IN BRACKETS)
1. ( 0 ) POST DOCTORAL SCHOLARS
0.00 0.00
2. ( 0 ) OTHER PROFESSIONALS (TECHNICIAN, PROGRAMMER, ETC.)
0.00 0.00
3. ( 0 ) GRADUATE STUDENTS
4. ( 0 ) UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
5. ( 0 ) SECRETARIAL - CLERICAL (IF CHARGED DIRECTLY)
6. ( 0 ) OTHER
TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES (A + B)
C. FRINGE BENEFITS (IF CHARGED AS DIRECT COSTS)
TOTAL SALARIES, WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS (A + B + C)
D. EQUIPMENT (LIST ITEM AND DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH ITEM EXCEEDING $5,000.)
SUMR
Funds
Requested By
proposer
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
TOTAL EQUIPMENT
E. TRAVEL
1. DOMESTIC (INCL. CANADA, MEXICO AND U.S. POSSESSIONS)
2. FOREIGN
F. PARTICIPANT SUPPORT COSTS
0
1. STIPENDS
$
0
2. TRAVEL
0
3. SUBSISTENCE
0
4. OTHER
TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
(
0)
G. OTHER DIRECT COSTS
1. MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
2. PUBLICATION COSTS/DOCUMENTATION/DISSEMINATION
3. CONSULTANT SERVICES
4. COMPUTER SERVICES
5. SUBAWARDS
6. OTHER
TOTAL OTHER DIRECT COSTS
H. TOTAL DIRECT COSTS (A THROUGH G)
I. INDIRECT COSTS (F&A)(SPECIFY RATE AND BASE)
Funds
granted by NSF
(if different)
0
TOTAL PARTICIPANT COSTS
0
0
0
0
103,748
0
103,748
103,748
(Rate: , Base: )
TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS (F&A)
J. TOTAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS (H + I)
K. RESIDUAL FUNDS
L. AMOUNT OF THIS REQUEST (J) OR (J MINUS K)
M. COST SHARING PROPOSED LEVEL $
PI/PD NAME
Timothy Fahey
ORG. REP. NAME*
0
103,748
0
103,748
0
AGREED LEVEL IF DIFFERENT $
FOR NSF USE ONLY
INDIRECT COST RATE VERIFICATION
Date Checked
Date Of Rate Sheet
fm1030rs-07
Initials - ORG
Lisa Warner
1 *ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES REQUIRED FOR REVISED BUDGET
SUMMARY
PROPOSAL BUDGET
YEAR
2
FOR NSF USE ONLY
PROPOSAL NO.
DURATION (months)
Proposed Granted
AWARD NO.
ORGANIZATION
Cornell University
Timothy Fahey
NSF Funded
Person-months
CAL
ACAD
1. Timothy J Fahey
0.00 0.00
2.
3.
4.
5.
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
6. ( 0 ) OTHER
SUMR
Funds
Requested By
proposer
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
TOTAL EQUIPMENT
E. TRAVEL
2. FOREIGN
0
1. STIPENDS
$
0
2. TRAVEL
0
3. SUBSISTENCE
0
4. OTHER
(
0)
5. SUBAWARDS
6. OTHER
Funds
granted by NSF
(if different)
0
0
0
0
0
39,204
0
39,204
39,204
(Rate: , Base: )
K. RESIDUAL FUNDS
PI/PD NAME
Timothy Fahey
ORG. REP. NAME*
0
39,204
0
39,204
0
FOR NSF USE ONLY
Date Checked
Date Of Rate Sheet
fm1030rs-07
Initials - ORG
Lisa Warner
SUMMARY
PROPOSAL BUDGET
Cumulative
FOR NSF USE ONLY
PROPOSAL NO.
DURATION (months)
Proposed Granted
AWARD NO.
ORGANIZATION
Cornell University
Timothy Fahey
NSF Funded
Person-months
CAL
ACAD
1. Timothy J Fahey
0.00 0.00
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. (
) OTHERS (LIST INDIVIDUALLY ON BUDGET JUSTIFICATION PAGE)
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
6. ( 0 ) OTHER
SUMR
Funds
Requested By
proposer
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
TOTAL EQUIPMENT
E. TRAVEL
2. FOREIGN
0
1. STIPENDS
$
0
2. TRAVEL
0
3. SUBSISTENCE
0
4. OTHER
(
0)
5. SUBAWARDS
6. OTHER
K. RESIDUAL FUNDS
PI/PD NAME
Timothy Fahey
ORG. REP. NAME*
Funds
granted by NSF
(if different)
0
0
0
0
0
142,952
0
142,952
142,952
0
142,952
0
142,952
0
FOR NSF USE ONLY
Date Checked
Date Of Rate Sheet
fm1030rs-07
Initials - ORG
Lisa Warner
C *ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES REQUIRED FOR REVISED BUDGET
All of the requested funds for this LTER supplement will be going to the Hubbard Brook
Research Foundation ($41,660) and to the University of New Hampshire ($101,292) in the form
of subcontracts.
SUMMARY
PROPOSAL BUDGET
YEAR
1
FOR NSF USE ONLY
PROPOSAL NO.
DURATION (months)
Proposed Granted
AWARD NO.
ORGANIZATION
Hubbard Brook Research Foundation
Charles Driscoll
NSF Funded
Person-months
CAL
ACAD
1. Charles T Driscoll
0.00 0.00
2.
3.
4.
5.
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
6. ( 0 ) OTHER
SUMR
Funds
Requested By
proposer
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
7,950
7,950
0
0
15,900
0
15,900
0
0
0
TOTAL EQUIPMENT
E. TRAVEL
2. FOREIGN
10,000
1. STIPENDS
$
500
2. TRAVEL
0
3. SUBSISTENCE
0
4. OTHER
(
0)
5. SUBAWARDS
6. OTHER
Funds
granted by NSF
(if different)
10,500
12,760
0
0
0
0
0
12,760
39,160
Administrative Allowance (Rate: 25.0000, Base: 10000)
K. RESIDUAL FUNDS
PI/PD NAME
Charles Driscoll
ORG. REP. NAME*
2,500
41,660
0
41,660
0
FOR NSF USE ONLY
Date Checked
Date Of Rate Sheet
fm1030rs-07
Initials - ORG
Lisa Warner
SUMMARY
PROPOSAL BUDGET
Cumulative
FOR NSF USE ONLY
PROPOSAL NO.
DURATION (months)
Proposed Granted
AWARD NO.
ORGANIZATION
Hubbard Brook Research Foundation
Charles Driscoll
NSF Funded
Person-months
CAL
ACAD
1. Charles T Driscoll
0.00 0.00
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. (
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
6. ( 0 ) OTHER
SUMR
Funds
Requested By
proposer
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
7,950
7,950
0
0
15,900
0
15,900
0
0
0
TOTAL EQUIPMENT
E. TRAVEL
2. FOREIGN
10,000
1. STIPENDS
$
500
2. TRAVEL
0
3. SUBSISTENCE
0
4. OTHER
(
0)
5. SUBAWARDS
6. OTHER
K. RESIDUAL FUNDS
PI/PD NAME
Charles Driscoll
ORG. REP. NAME*
Funds
granted by NSF
(if different)
10,500
12,760
0
0
0
0
0
12,760
39,160
2,500
41,660
0
41,660
0
FOR NSF USE ONLY
Date Checked
Date Of Rate Sheet
fm1030rs-07
Initials - ORG
Lisa Warner
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR TEACHERS
Budget:
Teacher stipend Administrative allowance Teacher travel Total
10000
2500
500
13,000
Budget justification:
All budget numbers assume the support of two RET-program teachers.
Teacher Stipend: The stipend will support two teachers who are returning to the site after
successful initial field seasons as RET teachers. They will continue working with some of the
site’s core datasets with the aim of developing classroom-ready teaching materials focused on
combining the new, real-time data visualization tools with the long-term records. The stipend is
calculated at a rate of $35/hr for approximately 100 hours of mentored, real-time dataset
orientation, independent lesson development, scientific meeting attendance, and RET group
orientation in the summer field season. In addition, the teachers will refine and pilot-test datacentered lessons during the school year, estimated to be roughly 40 hours of work. Each teacher
will thus receive a $5000 stipend for the program.
Administrative allowance: An administrative allowance of 25% of the stipend support
helps defray costs associated with program administration and facilities. The program is based
out of the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation’s facilities adjacent to the Hubbard Brook
Experimental Forest, and is run by HBRF’s Director of Programs.
Teacher travel: $250/year is budgeted per teacher for travel to and from the site.
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY AWARD
Budget:
Student Support
Sapflow monitoring units (6)
Sapflow sensor and powerboard supplies
ROA total
$15,900
$10,760
$2,000
$28,660
Budget Justification:
Student Support: The student support will supplement the stipends of two graduate student
assistants who will oversee the implementation of the project and supervise the work of an
undergraduate research assistant, who will also be paid with this support.
Sapflow monitoring units: Four sapflow monitoring units will be purchased at a cost of
$2,690 each.
Sapflow sensor and powerboard supplies: $2,000 will be spent on sapflow sensor and
powerboard supplies.
SUMMARY
PROPOSAL BUDGET
YEAR
1
FOR NSF USE ONLY
PROPOSAL NO.
DURATION (months)
Proposed Granted
AWARD NO.
ORGANIZATION
University of New Hampshire
Scott Ollinger
NSF Funded
Person-months
CAL
ACAD
1. Scott Ollinger
0.00 0.00
2.
3.
4.
5.
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
6. ( 0 ) OTHER
$
Trimble GeoExplorerXT
TOTAL EQUIPMENT
E. TRAVEL
2. FOREIGN
0
1. STIPENDS
$
0
2. TRAVEL
0
3. SUBSISTENCE
0
4. OTHER
(
0)
5. SUBAWARDS
6. OTHER
SUMR
Funds
Requested By
proposer
Funds
granted by NSF
(if different)
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
20,383
6,000
0
0
26,383
9,707
36,090
7,860
7,860
0
0
0
800
0
0
0
0
0
800
44,750
MTDC (Rate: 47.0000, Base: 36889)
K. RESIDUAL FUNDS
PI/PD NAME
Scott Ollinger
ORG. REP. NAME*
17,338
62,088
0
62,088
0
FOR NSF USE ONLY
Date Checked
Date Of Rate Sheet
fm1030rs-07
Initials - ORG
Lisa Warner
SUMMARY
PROPOSAL BUDGET
YEAR
2
FOR NSF USE ONLY
PROPOSAL NO.
DURATION (months)
Proposed Granted
AWARD NO.
ORGANIZATION
Scott Ollinger
NSF Funded
Person-months
CAL
ACAD
1. Scott Ollinger
0.00 0.00
2.
3.
4.
5.
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
6. ( 0 ) OTHER
TOTAL EQUIPMENT
E. TRAVEL
2. FOREIGN
0
1. STIPENDS
$
0
2. TRAVEL
0
3. SUBSISTENCE
0
4. OTHER
(
0)
5. SUBAWARDS
6. OTHER
SUMR
Funds
Requested By
proposer
Funds
granted by NSF
(if different)
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
12,597
6,000
0
0
18,597
6,482
25,079
0
1,500
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
26,579
MTDC (Rate: 47.5000, Base: 26579)
K. RESIDUAL FUNDS
PI/PD NAME
Scott Ollinger
ORG. REP. NAME*
12,625
39,204
0
39,204
0
FOR NSF USE ONLY
Date Checked
Date Of Rate Sheet
fm1030rs-07
Initials - ORG
Lisa Warner
SUMMARY
PROPOSAL BUDGET
Cumulative
FOR NSF USE ONLY
PROPOSAL NO.
DURATION (months)
Proposed Granted
AWARD NO.
ORGANIZATION
Scott Ollinger
NSF Funded
Person-months
CAL
ACAD
1. Scott Ollinger
0.00 0.00
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. (
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00
6. ( 0 ) OTHER
$
TOTAL EQUIPMENT
E. TRAVEL
2. FOREIGN
0
1. STIPENDS
$
0
2. TRAVEL
0
3. SUBSISTENCE
0
4. OTHER
(
0)
5. SUBAWARDS
6. OTHER
K. RESIDUAL FUNDS
PI/PD NAME
Scott Ollinger
ORG. REP. NAME*
SUMR
Funds
Requested By
proposer
Funds
granted by NSF
(if different)
0.00
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
0.00
0.00
0
0
32,980
12,000
0
0
44,980
16,189
61,169
7,860
7,860
1,500
0
0
800
0
0
0
0
0
800
71,329
29,963
101,292
0
101,292
0
FOR NSF USE ONLY
Date Checked
Date Of Rate Sheet
fm1030rs-07
Initials - ORG
Lisa Warner
Long-Term Ecological Research at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: –
2012 supplemental funding proposal
Budget Justification (UNH)
Direct Labor (Salary, wages and fringe benefits):
Research Assistant: These funds are requested to support a research assistant to work with the
HBR Information Managern (IM, also located at UNH). This research assistant will provide
programming and data management support to the IM throughout all of the objectives described
in the proposal narrative. The requested funds (8 months total) are to be used over the course of
two years, and are distributed through the main objectives as follows: Updates to HBR EML,
compliance checking, and PASTA contributions (yr1:3mo; yr2:1mo), programming support for
the chart-to-digital transitioning of HBR core data (yr1:2mo; yr2:1mo), and management of the
chart scanning/reading and development of an online interface to the chart archive (yr2:1mo).
Student Hourly: These funds are requested for the chart archive work, and will be used for a
student hourly to assist in the scanning and management of the legacy charts.
Fringe benefits: The full fringe rate of 45% from 7/1/12-6/30/13 and 47.5% thereafter is applied
to the research assistant salary. The basic fringe rate of 8.9% from 7/1/12-6/30/13 and 8.3
thereafter is applied to the hourly labor.
Travel: Travel funds in year two for the Information Manager to attend the second GeoNIS
workshop.
Other Direct Costs:
Supplies: This budget line, totaling $800 is requested in year one for the purchase of a flat-bed
scanner to accommodate the over-sized (greater than 8.5x11”) strip charts.
Equipment: $7860 is requested in year one. This budget line covers the cost of a Trimble
GeoExplorerXT (and associated software) to be located at HBR, and to be available to all
researchers and students for the collection of high-quality positional data for research sites.
Indirect Costs (F&A)
The rate base for federally sourced programs is “modified total direct costs” consisting of
salaries and wages, fringe benefits, materials and supplies, services, travel and the first $25,000
of each sub-award. The base excludes equipment, capital expenditures, tuition, off-site facilities
rental, scholarships, fellowships, and the excess of each sub-award over $25,000. The F&A rate
is 47% from 7/1/12-6/30/13 and 47.5% thereafter.
Budget breakdown for four major information Management components:
EML compliance (Section 2.1, salary for IM assistance)
$34,938
GeoNIS (Section 2.2, travel plus Trimble GeoExplorer)
$11,545
Data continuity (2.3.1, salary for IM assistance)
$26,247
Chart archive (2.3.2, salary for IM assistance, student hourly and scanner) $28,562
SUPPORTING ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
HUBBARD
BROOK
RESEARCH
FOUNDATION
MAIL ADDRESS
P.O. Box 282
N. Woodstock, NH 03262
FIELD OFFICE
Pleasant View Farm
25 Dobson Hill Road
Thornton, NH 03285
603-726-8911
www.hubbardbrookfoundation.org
TRUSTEES
DR. STEVEN HAMBURG, CHAIR
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND
MR. STUART V. SMITH, JR., VICE CHAIR
MR. PETER R. STEIN, SECRETARY
LYME TIMBER COMPANY
7 June 2012
Sarah Gould
Administrator for Natural Resources
102 Bruckner Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca NY, 14853
Dear Sarah,
The Hubbard Brook Research Foundation (HBRF) concurs with the statement of work
and budget for the 2012 supplements to the Hubbard Brook LTER site grant, including
both the Research Experience for Teachers (RET) and Research Opportunity Award
(ROA) sections. The total funding in this supplement for both programs is $41,660.
My colleagues and I at HBRF look forward to working with Cornell University and
LTER researchers on these programs.
MR. STANTON WILLIAMS, TREASURER
DR. JOHN ABER
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
DR. CHRISTOPHER C. BARTON
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Yours truly,
DR. CHARLES T. DRISCOLL
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
DR. TIMOTHY J. FAHEY
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
MR. THOMAS F. GROSS
GENESIS CONSULTING S.A.
DR. RICHARD T. HOLMES
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
MR. MARK LATHAM
VERMONT LAW SCHOOL
DR. GENE E. LIKENS
CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES
DR. PETER MARTIN
MS. JANE E. S. SOKOLOW
ADVISORS
DR. F. HERBERT BORMANN
YALE UNIVERSITY
FOUNDING TRUSTEE EMERITUS
DR. LINDSEY RUSTAD, EX-OFFICIO
U.S. FOREST SERVICE
______________________
MR. DAVID D. SLEEPER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
David Sleeper
Executive Director

1247506 COVER SHEET FOR PROPOSAL TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

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