CODAR Offers Student
Equipment Grants for 2010
January 6, 2010
At least two equipment loan and
travel expense grants are available for year 2010 that include use
of a RiverSonde® unit.
CODAR is seeking proposals outlining novel applications of RiverSonde in
river, lake, estuarine, harbor, or ocean environment. Novel
applications could be (but not limited to) measurement of near-shore ocean
rip currents or flows at river intersection with ocean or lake,
integration of RiverSonde data with other data sets collected inside of
a regional ocean observing system, and use of RiverSonde data to
improve or validate coastal or river hydrodynamic models, etc. Motivated
graduate students interested in hydrology, oceanography or other
related subjects are encouraged to apply.
About the RiverSonde:
The RiverSonde is a UHF radar developed by CODAR Ocean Sensors over the
last decade. Based on the company’s extensive experience and
success with its SeaSonde® for measuring ocean current flow patterns,
this instrument borrows both hardware and software elements from that
system. The RiverSonde measures surface velocities in similar fashion as
SeaSonde, but as it operates in the higher UHF frequency band, it
measures surface scatter on much finer spatial scales (10-20m) across shorter
distances (several hundred meters). Details on the RiverSonde
can be found at company web site, http://www.codar.com/RiverSonde.shtml
Summary of Award:
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Grantee has use of RiverSonde for up to 3 months.
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Roundtrip freight of equipment will be covered by CODAR.
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CODAR engineer will travel to assist with equipment installation and provide
a training course to grantee and their associates at grantee’s
institution or deployment site.
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$1,300 in travel funds also provided by CODAR for grantee to present their
results at a scientific conference/workshop pre-approved by
CODAR (payment made to grantee upon abstract acceptance).
Award Terms:
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Grantee must recognize CODAR inside of any presentation or publication
that includes RiverSonde data.
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Grants are limited to equipment use inside of the United States. Future
grant programs may be offered for other regions.
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Data collected during grant program will be considered joint property of
grantee and CODAR. CODAR will be allowed to use data for
marketing, product engineering or other purposes.
Application Requirement:
Student should submit an application (in PDF file format), up to 6 pages
total, that includes:
A. their Curriculum Vitae (no greater than 2 pages), and
B. a proposed research plan (no greater than 4 pages). Inside of research
plan, applicant must describe a novel use of equipment with overview
of project goal, description of deployment logistics (where, when, and
how), and explanation of how data from RiverSonde will be analyzed
and utilized. If possible, list a general inventory of data sets from any
other instruments that will be collected in observation area at same
time and could be used inside of the research project.
Important note: Grantee must be responsible for gaining permissions
for equipment installation at suitable location, and ensure that any
appropriate equipment infrastructure, such as electrical power, high-speed
Internet comms, and security for equipment will be available during
deployment period. Recognition of this should be made inside of proposal.
Refer to RiverSonde operation manual for outline of suitable
equipment siting and requirements.
Proposal must be signed by both applicant as well as their institution’s
department chair or academic advisor.
PDF file should be named in following format: LastName_FirstName.pdf
Submit application via email to info@codar.com.
Any enquiries regarding capability or required infrastructure should also
be sent to CODAR
via this email address.
Deadlines for Submission & Award Announcement:
Applications will be accepted 1 February- 31 March 2010. Review of proposals
and awards will be conducted on a continuous basis
throughout period, so early submissions are encouraged. All awards will
be announced by or before end of April 2010.
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