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The Schmidt Ocean Institute is a non-profit private foundation focused on oceanography, founded in March 2009 by Eric Schmidt and Wendy Schmidt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://theschmidt.org/site/grants/media/pdf/2010_audited_financial_statement.pdf )〕 The Institute’s goal is to advance ocean exploration, discovery, and knowledge using technological advances, data-rich observation and analysis, and open sharing of information. The Schmidt Ocean Institute, which was previously known as the Schmidt Research Vessel Institute, has been awarded grants from the Schmidt Family Foundation for the purpose of owning and operating scientific research vessels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://theschmidt.org/site/grants/media/pdf/2009_TSF_Foundation_990_PF.pdf )〕 ==Research vessels== The Schmidt Ocean Institute has operated two research vessels, RV ''Lone Ranger'' and RV ''Falkor''. ''Lone Ranger'', a 255-foot former ocean tug, was donated to the Institute by Peter B. Lewis in 2009 and was operated by the Institute in various Atlantic Ocean research cruises.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】Sargasso Sea research expedition equipment )〕 ''Lone Ranger'' was decommissioned from the Schmidt Ocean Institute scientific fleet in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Previous Ship, Lone Ranger )〕 ''Lone Ranger's'' successor is RV ''Falkor'', a 272-foot former German fisheries protection vessel purchased from the German government in 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】R/V Falkor Field Trials 2012 )〕 Between 2009 and 2012, ''Falkor'' underwent an extensive refit at the Peters Schiffbau shipyard in Germany to convert it into a globally capable oceanographic research vessel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】R/V Falkor Specifications )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】R/V Falkor Refit )〕 The refit cost $60 million, and in addition to its own equipment, ''Falkor'' will at times also carry equipment from other oceanographic organizations, such as the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Nereus underwater vehicle, for exploring the Mariana Trench. Research proposals for time aboard ''Falkor'' are peer reviewed by independent scientists. Program managers favor open data projects, but data sharing is not a requirement. If a project is accepted, the ship time is free to the researchers, but they must find additional funding for their salaries and post-cruise science.〔 ''Falkor'' is intended to be a long-term global resource, integrating the latest technology into ocean exploration. Schmidt Ocean Institute program managers have encouraged scientists from around the world to apply for ship time; although the first cruises scheduled will be led by US and Canadian researchers, researchers from 23 countries applied in the most recent round of research proposals.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Schmidt Ocean Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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