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The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reports it has landed $8.1 million in stimulus funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce to build an R&D laboratory focusing on ocean-oriented sensors.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding from the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be used to build the Laboratory for Ocean Sensors and Observing Systems in Woods Hole. The lab will house several projects, including the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $300 million infrastructure project sponsored by the National Science Foundation to develop and test instruments, vehicles and ocean moorings. WHOI said it will hire about 30 scientists, engineers and technicians to work on the project in the new lab space.
The building will also include laboratory and office space for the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory (MVCO), an underwater research facility and test site operated by WHOI, as well as space for the WHOI Ocean Bottom Seismometer Instrument Pool (OBSIP), currently occupying space on the WHOI dock.
WHOI plans to start construction in August and expects it to be finished by summer 2012.
NIST will also grant $1 million for a separate project to develop and demonstrate sensor technology intended to improve understanding of the origin, distribution, biogeochemical role and eventual fate of carbon dioxide (CO2) in marine ecosystems.
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