MARINE FACILITIES ADVISORY BOARD

MARINE FACILITIES ADVISORY BOARD

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The Marine Facilities Advisory Board (MFAB) has the task to develop a medium to long-term holistic strategy for future equipment requirements in Marine Science. This will respond to and reflect our community’s needs and to assess current and future funding.

Until 2011, the Natural Environmental Research Council’s (NERC) marine facilities were overseen by the Marine Facilities Review Group (MFRG), with advice on the National Marine Equipment Pool (NMEP) being provided by science requirements identified on small and medium sized enterprises forms and discipline-based User Groups. MFRG reviewed the delivery of cruises over the previous year, and took a forward view of equipment requirements for the delivery of future cruises and additions to the NMEP. While this provided a good mechanism for enhancing the NMEP, the remit of the Group was such that developing a strategic view of future equipment requirements was somewhat piecemeal and of short-term nature.

A medium to longer-term holistic approach to future equipment requirements is vital in an environment of burgeoning demands and erratic Government funding opportunity, especially where funding constraints are likely to become even more challenging in the future. Consequently, the processes of cruise review and strategy development has been separated, the latter activity being developed by the Marine Facilities Advisory Board (MFAB; membership listed below). Initially, its remit will involve an audit of marine equipment.

1. What is there?

2. What state is it in?

3. What has the usage been over the past 5–10 years?

This is essential information, both for current programmes, but also to anticipate the likely requirements for NERC-funded and other equipment facilities relevant to NERC sea-going science delivery in the near to medium future. Additionally MFAB will need to identify new and or emerging capabilities. Ultimately, we will develop a strategy that prioritises the equipment portfolio with regard to emergent and declining scientific requirements that will inform NOC and NERC senior management in their funding decisions.

BOARD MEMBERS 2017

Name	Affiliation	email address	Interest
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Stuart Cunningham	SAMS	stuart.cunningham@sams.ac.uk	Physical Oceanography
Sophie Fielding	BAS	sof@bas.ac.uk	Pelagic Biology
Jackie Pearson	NOC	jfpea@noc.ac.uk	International and Strategic Partnerships Office
Robert Gatliff	BGS	rwga@bgs.ac.uk	Geology
Karen Heywood	University of East Anglia	k.heywood@uea.ac.uk	Physical Oceanography
Mark Inall (Chair)	SAMS	Mark.Inall@sams.ac.uk	Physical Oceanography
Erica Koning	NIOZ	Erica.Koning@nioz.nl	O/S interests
Matt Mowlem	NOC	matm@noc.ac.uk	Geochemical Sensors
Phil Nightingale	PML	pdn@pml.ac.uk	Air/sea exchange
Christine Peirce	University of Durham	christine.peirce@durham.ac.uk	Geophysics
Andy Rees	PML	APRE@pml.ac.uk	Biogeochemistry
Captain Tim Stockings	British Antarctic Survey	timtoc@bas.ac.uk	Operations Director
Randoph Sliester	British Antarctic Survey	ranies@bas.ac.uk	Ships Programme and Ops Manager
Mike Webb	NERC	mweb@nerc.ac.uk	Science and Innovation Manager, Marine science
Russell Wynn	NOC	rbw1@noc.ac.uk	Chief Scientist Marine Autonomous and Robotic Systems
Angela Hatton	NOC	angela.hatton@noc.ac.uk	Director of Science and Technology

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