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CERTIFICATION 
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Certification 
for 
Authorized 
Organizational 
Representative 
(or 
Equivalent) 
or 
Individual 
Applicant 


By 
electronically 
signing 
and 
submitting 
this 
proposal, 
the 
Authorized 
Organizational 
Representative 
(AOR) 
or 
Individual 
Applicant 
is: 
(1) 
certifying 
that 
statements 
made 
herein 
are 
true 
and 
complete 
to 
the 
best 
of 
his/her 
knowledge; 
and 
(2) 
agreeing 
to 
accept 
the 
obligation 
to 
comply 
with 
NSF 
award 
terms 
and 
conditions 
if 
an 
award 
is 
made 
as 
a 
result 
of 
this 
application. 
Further, 
the 
applicant 
is 
hereby 
providing 
certifications 
regarding 
conflict 
of 
interest 
(when 
applicable), 
drug-free 
workplace, 
debarment 
and 
suspension, 
lobbying 
activities 
(see 
below), 
nondiscrimination, 
flood 
hazard 
insurance 
(when 
applicable), 
responsible 
conduct 
of 
research, 
organizational 
support, 
Federal 
tax 
obligations, 
unpaid 
Federal 
tax 
liability, 
and 
criminal 
convictions 
as 
set 
forth 
in 
the 
NSF 
Proposal 
& 
Award 
Policies 
& 
Procedures 
Guide,Part 
I: 
the 
Grant 
Proposal 
Guide 
(GPG). 
Willful 
provision 
of 
false 
information 
in 
this 
application 
and 
its 
supporting 
documents 
or 
in 
reports 
required 
under 
an 
ensuing 
award 
is 
a 
criminal 
offense 
(U.S. 
Code, 
Title 
18, 
Section 
1001). 


Certification 
Regarding 
Conflict 
of 
Interest 


The 
AOR 
is 
required 
to 
complete 
certifications 
stating 
that 
the 
organization 
has 
implemented 
and 
is 
enforcing 
a 
written 
policy 
on 
conflicts 
of 
interest 
(COI), 
consistent 
with 
the 
provisions 
of 
AAG 
Chapter 
IV.A.; 
that, 
to 
the 
best 
of 
his/her 
knowledge, 
all 
financial 
disclosures 
required 
by 
the 
conflict 
of 
interest 
policy 
were 
made; 
and 
that 
conflicts 
of 
interest, 
if 
any, 
were, 
or 
prior 
to 
the 
organization’s 
expenditure 
of 
any 
funds 
under 
the 
award, 
will 
be, 
satisfactorily 
managed, 
reduced 
or 
eliminated 
in 
accordance 
with 
the 
organization’s 
conflict 
of 
interest 
policy. 
Conflicts 
that 
cannot 
be 
satisfactorily 
managed, 
reduced 
or 
eliminated 
and 
research 
that 
proceeds 
without 
the 
imposition 
of 
conditions 
or 
restrictions 
when 
a 
conflict 
of 
interest 
exists, 
must 
be 
disclosed 
to 
NSF 
via 
use 
of 
the 
Notifications 
and 
Requests 
Module 
in 
FastLane. 


Drug 
Free 
Work 
Place 
Certification 


By 
electronically 
signing 
the 
Certification 
Pages, 
the 
Authorized 
Organizational 
Representative 
(or 
equivalent), 
is 
providing 
the 
Drug 
Free 
Work 
Place 
Certification 
contained 
in 
Exhibit 
II-3 
of 
the 
Grant 
Proposal 
Guide. 


Debarment 
and 
Suspension 
Certification 
(If 
answer 
"yes", 
please 
provide 
explanation.) 


Is 
the 
organization 
or 
its 
principals 
presently 
debarred, 
suspended, 
proposed 
for 
debarment, 
declared 
ineligible, 
or 
voluntarily 
excluded 
from 
covered 
transactions 
by 
any 
Federal 
department 
or 
agency? 
Yes 



No 



By 
electronically 
signing 
the 
Certification 
Pages, 
the 
Authorized 
Organizational 
Representative 
(or 
equivalent) 
or 
Individual 
Applicant 
is 
providing 
the 
Debarment 
and 
Suspension 
Certification 
contained 
in 
Exhibit 
II-4 
of 
the 
Grant 
Proposal 
Guide. 


Certification 
Regarding 
Lobbying 


This 
certification 
is 
required 
for 
an 
award 
of 
a 
Federal 
contract, 
grant, 
or 
cooperative 
agreement 
exceeding 
$100,000 
and 
for 
an 
award 
of 
a 
Federal 
loan 
or 
a 
commitment 
providing 
for 
the 
United 
States 
to 
insure 
or 
guarantee 
a 
loan 
exceeding 
$150,000. 


Certification 
for 
Contracts, 
Grants, 
Loans 
and 
Cooperative 
Agreements 


The 
undersigned 
certifies, 
to 
the 
best 
of 
his 
or 
her 
knowledge 
and 
belief, 
that: 


(1) 
No 
Federal 
appropriated 
funds 
have 
been 
paid 
or 
will 
be 
paid, 
by 
or 
on 
behalf 
of 
the 
undersigned, 
to 
any 
person 
for 
influencing 
or 
attempting 
to 
influence 
an 
officer 
or 
employee 
of 
any 
agency, 
a 
Member 
of 
Congress, 
an 
officer 
or 
employee 
of 
Congress, 
or 
an 
employee 
of 
a 
Member 
of 
Congress 
in 
connection 
with 
the 
awarding 
of 
any 
Federal 
contract, 
the 
making 
of 
any 
Federal 
grant, 
the 
making 
of 
any 
Federal 
loan, 
the 
entering 
into 
of 
any 
cooperative 
agreement, 
and 
the 
extension, 
continuation, 
renewal, 
amendment, 
or 
modification 
of 
any 
Federal 
contract, 
grant, 
loan, 
or 
cooperative 
agreement. 
(2) 
If 
any 
funds 
other 
than 
Federal 
appropriated 
funds 
have 
been 
paid 
or 
will 
be 
paid 
to 
any 
person 
for 
influencing 
or 
attempting 
to 
influence 
an 
officer 
or 
employee 
of 
any 
agency, 
a 
Member 
of 
Congress, 
an 
officer 
or 
employee 
of 
Congress, 
or 
an 
employee 
of 
a 
Member 
of 
Congress 
in 
connection 
with 
this 
Federal 
contract, 
grant, 
loan, 
or 
cooperative 
agreement, 
the 
undersigned 
shall 
complete 
and 
submit 
Standard 
Form-LLL, 
‘‘Disclosure 
of 
Lobbying 
Activities,’’ 
in 
accordance 
with 
its 
instructions. 
(3) 
The 
undersigned 
shall 
require 
that 
the 
language 
of 
this 
certification 
be 
included 
in 
the 
award 
documents 
for 
all 
subawards 
at 
all 
tiers 
including 
subcontracts, 
subgrants, 
and 
contracts 
under 
grants, 
loans, 
and 
cooperative 
agreements 
and 
that 
all 
subrecipients 
shall 
certify 
and 
disclose 
accordingly. 
This 
certification 
is 
a 
material 
representation 
of 
fact 
upon 
which 
reliance 
was 
placed 
when 
this 
transaction 
was 
made 
or 
entered 
into. 
Submission 
of 
this 
certification 
is 
a 
prerequisite 
for 
making 
or 
entering 
into 
this 
transaction 
imposed 
by 
section 
1352, 
Title 
31, 
U.S. 
Code. 
Any 
person 
who 
fails 
to 
file 
the 
required 
certification 
shall 
be 
subject 
to 
a 
civil 
penalty 
of 
not 
less 
than 
$10,000 
and 
not 
more 
than 
$100,000 
for 
each 
such 
failure. 


Certification 
Regarding 
Nondiscrimination 


By 
electronically 
signing 
the 
Certification 
Pages, 
the 
Authorized 
Organizational 
Representative 
(or 
equivalent) 
is 
providing 
the 
Certification 
Regarding 
Nondiscrimination 
contained 
in 
Exhibit 
II-6 
of 
the 
Grant 
Proposal 
Guide. 


Certification 
Regarding 
Flood 
Hazard 
Insurance 


Two 
sections 
of 
the 
National 
Flood 
Insurance 
Act 
of 
1968 
(42 
USC 
§4012a 
and 
§4106) 
bar 
Federal 
agencies 
from 
giving 
financial 
assistance 
for 
acquisition 
or 
construction 
purposes 
in 
any 
area 
identified 
by 
the 
Federal 
Emergency 
Management 
Agency 
(FEMA) 
as 
having 
special 
flood 
hazards 
unless 
the: 


(1) 
community 
in 
which 
that 
area 
is 
located 
participates 
in 
the 
national 
flood 
insurance 
program; 
and 
(2) 
building 
(and 
any 
related 
equipment) 
is 
covered 
by 
adequate 
flood 
insurance. 
By 
electronically 
signing 
the 
Certification 
Pages, 
the 
Authorized 
Organizational 
Representative 
(or 
equivalent) 
or 
Individual 
Applicant 
located 
in 
FEMA-designated 
special 
flood 
hazard 
areas 
is 
certifying 
that 
adequate 
flood 
insurance 
has 
been 
or 
will 
be 
obtained 
in 
the 
following 
situations: 


(1) 
for 
NSF 
grants 
for 
the 
construction 
of 
a 
building 
or 
facility, 
regardless 
of 
the 
dollar 
amount 
of 
the 
grant; 
and 
(2) 
for 
other 
NSF 
grants 
when 
more 
than 
$25,000 
has 
been 
budgeted 
in 
the 
proposal 
for 
repair, 
alteration 
or 
improvement 
(construction) 
of 
a 
building 
or 
facility. 
Certification 
Regarding 
Responsible 
Conduct 
of 
Research 
(RCR) 
(This 
certification 
is 
not 
applicable 
to 
proposals 
for 
conferences, 
symposia, 
and 
workshops.) 


By 
electronically 
signing 
the 
Certification 
Pages, 
the 
Authorized 
Organizational 
Representative 
is 
certifying 
that, 
in 
accordance 
with 
the 
NSF 
Proposal 
& 
Award 
Policies 
& 
Procedures 
Guide, 
Part 
II, 
Award 
& 
Administration 
Guide 
(AAG) 
Chapter 
IV.B., 
the 
institution 
has 
a 
plan 
in 
place 
to 
provide 
appropriate 
training 
and 
oversight 
in 
the 
responsible 
and 
ethical 
conduct 
of 
research 
to 
undergraduates, 
graduate 
students 
and 
postdoctoral 
researchers 
who 
will 
be 
supported 
by 
NSF 
to 
conduct 
research. 
The 
AOR 
shall 
require 
that 
the 
language 
of 
this 
certification 
be 
included 
in 
any 
award 
documents 
for 
all 
subawards 
at 
all 
tiers. 


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Certification 
Regarding 
Organizational 
Support 
By 
electronically 
signing 
the 
Certification 
Pages, 
the 
Authorized 
Organizational 
Representative 
(or 
equivalent) 
is 
certifying 
that 
there 
is 
organizational 
support 
for 
the 
proposal 
as 
required 
by 
Section 
526 
of 
the 
America 
COMPETES 
Reauthorization 
Act 
of 
2010. 
This 
support 
extends 
to 
the 
portion 
of 
the 
proposal 
developed 
to 
satisfy 
the 
Broader 
Impacts 
Review 
Criterion 
as 
well 
as 
the 
Intellectual 
Merit 
Review 
Criterion, 
and 
any 
additional 
review 
criteria 
specified 
in 
the 
solicitation. 
Organizational 
support 
will 
be 
made 
available, 
as 
described 
in 
the 
proposal, 
in 
order 
to 
address 
the 
broader 
impacts 
and 
intellectual 
merit 
activities 
to 
be 
undertaken. 
Certification 
Regarding 
Federal 
Tax 
Obligations 
When 
the 
proposal 
exceeds 
$5,000,000, 
the 
Authorized 
Organizational 
Representative 
(or 
equivalent) 
is 
required 
to 
complete 
the 
following 
certification 
regarding 
Federal 
tax 
obligations. 
By 
electronically 
signing 
the 
Certification 
pages, 
the 
Authorized 
Organizational 
Representative 
is 
certifying 
that, 
to 
the 
best 
of 
their 
knowledge 
and 
belief, 
the 
proposing 
organization: 
(1) 
has 
filed 
all 
Federal 
tax 
returns 
required 
during 
the 
three 
years 
preceding 
this 
certification; 
(2) 
has 
not 
been 
convicted 
of 
a 
criminal 
offense 
under 
the 
Internal 
Revenue 
Code 
of 
1986; 
and 
(3) 
has 
not, 
more 
than 
90 
days 
prior 
to 
this 
certification, 
been 
notified 
of 
any 
unpaid 
Federal 
tax 
assessment 
for 
which 
the 
liability 
remains 
unsatisfied, 
unless 
the 
assessment 
is 
the 
subject 
of 
an 
installment 
agreement 
or 
offer 
in 
compromise 
that 
has 
been 
approved 
by 
the 
Internal 
Revenue 
Service 
and 
is 
not 
in 
default, 
or 
the 
assessment 
is 
the 
subject 
of 
a 
non-frivolous 
administrative 
or 
judicial 
proceeding. 
Certification 
Regarding 
Unpaid 
Federal 
Tax 
Liability 
When 
the 
proposing 
organization 
is 
a 
corporation, 
the 
Authorized 
Organizational 
Representative 
(or 
equivalent) 
is 
required 
to 
complete 
the 
following 
certification 
regarding 
Federal 
Tax 
Liability: 
By 
electronically 
signing 
the 
Certification 
Pages, 
the 
Authorized 
Organizational 
Representative 
(or 
equivalent) 
is 
certifying 
that 
the 
corporation 
has 
no 
unpaid 
Federal 
tax 
liability 
that 
has 
been 
assessed, 
for 
which 
all 
judicial 
and 
administrative 
remedies 
have 
been 
exhausted 
or 
lapsed, 
and 
that 
is 
not 
being 
paid 
in 
a 
timely 
manner 
pursuant 
to 
an 
agreement 
with 
the 
authority 
responsible 
for 
collecting 
the 
tax 
liability. 
Certification 
Regarding 
Criminal 
Convictions 
When 
the 
proposing 
organization 
is 
a 
corporation, 
the 
Authorized 
Organizational 
Representative 
(or 
equivalent) 
is 
required 
to 
complete 
the 
following 
certification 
regarding 
Criminal 
Convictions: 
By 
electronically 
signing 
the 
Certification 
Pages, 
the 
Authorized 
Organizational 
Representative 
(or 
equivalent) 
is 
certifying 
that 
the 
corporation 
has 
not 
been 
convicted 
of 
a 
felony 
criminal 
violation 
under 
any 
Federal 
law 
within 
the 
24 
months 
preceding 
the 
date 
on 
which 
the 
certification 
is 
signed. 
AUTHORIZED 
ORGANIZATIONAL 
REPRESENTATIVE 
SIGNATURE 
DATE 
NAME 
Danielle 
Haddock 
Electronic 
Signature 
Nov 
12 
2014 
1:33PM 
TELEPHONE 
NUMBER 
fm1207rs-07 
831-775-1803 
EMAIL 
ADDRESS 
grants@mbari.org 
FAX 
NUMBER 
831-775-1620 


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PROJECT 
SUMMARY 


Overview: 


MARS 
(Monterey 
Accelerated 
Research 
System) 
O&M 
(Operation 
and 
Maintenance) 


MARS 
(Monterey 
Accelerated 
Research 
System) 
is 
a 
facility 
that 
provides 
both 
a 
test 
bed 
for 
sensor 
development, 
and 
a 
sensor 
system 
providing 
real 
time 
data 
to 
CeNCOOS 
and 
the 
Northern 
California 
Seismic 
Network. 


This 
proposal 
seeks 
to 
continue 
what 
has 
been 
a 
very 
successful 
program 
of 
testing 
and 
development 
of 
sensors 
by 
researchers 
from 
across 
the 
country 
and 
around 
the 
world. 
In 
addition, 
MARS 
is 
an 
observatory 
in 
its 
own 
right 
providing 
real 
time 
data 
to 
the 
Northern 
California 
Seismic 
Network 
through 
MOBB 
(Monterey 
Ocean 
Bottom 
Broadband 
Seismometer) 
and 
physical 
oceanography 
data 
available 
through 
CeNCOOS 
(Central 
and 
Northern 
California 
Ocean 
Observing 
System) 
data 
portal 
(Dec 
2013). 
Additionally, 
high 
definition 
video 
from 
MARS 
is 
displayed 
at 
the 
Monterey 
Bay 
Aquarium 
for 
public 
outreach. 
Negotiations 
to 
route 
this 
video 
the 
Smithsonian 
Institute 
are 
in 
process. 


MARS, 
an 
operational 
deep 
water 
cabled 
observatory, 
was 
built 
to 
support 
the 
U.S. 
ocean 
science 
community. 
Operating 
with 
just 
1.25 
FTEs 
(Full 
Time 
Equivalents), 
MARS 
provides 
an 
important 
service 
to 
the 
science 
community 
at 
a 
very 
cost 
effective 
rate. 
Ship 
and 
ROV 
services 
are 
minimized 
due 
to 
the 
proximity 
of 
the 
MARS 
observatory 
to 
the 
MBARI 
facility 
in 
Moss 
Landing, 
California 
(two 
hours 
sail). 
MARS 
users 
have 
the 
advantage 
of 
access 
to 
skilled 
operational 
personnel, 
technicians, 
and 
engineers 
on 
a 
very 
cost 
effective 
hourly 
basis. 
Additionally, 
MBARI/MARS 
facilities, 
a 
10m 
deep 
test 
tank 
and 
the 
MARS 
Wet 
Node 
Simulator 
are 
available 
on 
a 
day 
rate 
basis. 


Intellectual 
Merit 
: 


MARS 
is 
a 
Facility 
that 
supports 
the 
intellectual 
merit 
of 
scientists 
and 
research 
engineers 
funded 
to 
develop 
sensors 
for 
ocean 
science 
or 
to 
access 
data 
from 
sensors 
connected 
to 
the 
MARS 
system. 


Broader 
Impacts 
: 


The 
development 
of 
reliable 
ocean 
science 
sensors 
is 
the 
key 
to 
expanding 
Man’s 
knowledge 
of 
the 
world 
ocean. 
Three 
examples 
are: 
MARS 
supported 
the 
D-ESP 
(Deep 
Environmental 
Sample 
Processor) 
testing. 
This 
is 
a 
devise 
that 
identifies 
microorganisms 
using 
DNA 
analysis. 
Additionally, 
we 
also 
tested 
Dr. 
Kang 
Din’s 
Calibrator 
Linked 
In-situ 
Timed 
Observatory 
(CALLISTO). 
This 
pH 
Calibrator 
is 
an 
instrument 
for 
in 
situ 
calibration 
and 
measurement 
of 
chemical 
species 
(pH) 
in 
aqueous 
fluids 
at 
elevated 
pressure. 
Finally, 
Dr. 
William 
Chadwick’s 
Bottom 
Pressure 
Recorder 
(BPR), 
designed 
to 
monitor 
inflation 
or 
deflation 
in 
submarine 
volcanic 
areas 
caused 
by 
magma 
movements 
underground, 
was 
tested 
on 
MARS 
and 
is 
now 
one 
of 
the 
first 
instruments 
providing 
data 
from 
the 
RSN. 
The 
point 
is 
that 
MARS 
is 
a 
facility 
that 
enables 
technically 
savvy 
scientists 
and 
engineers 
to 
economically 
test 
their 
instruments 
avoiding 
expensive 
lessons 
learned 
at 
sea. 
The 
broader 
impact 
of 
using 
MARS 
as 
a 
test 
bed 
is 
becoming 
very 
obvious. 


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Proposal 
to 
the 
National 
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Project 
Summary 
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to 
exceed 
1 
page) 
Table 
of 
Contents 
Project 
Description 
(Including 
Results 
from 
Prior 
NSF 
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(not 
to 
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(Exceed 
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if 
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announcement/solicitation 
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or 
designee) 
References 
Cited 
Biographical 
Sketches 
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each) 
Budget 
(Plus 
up 
to 
3 
pages 
of 
budget 
justification) 
Total 
No. 
of 
Pages 
Page 
No.* 
(Optional)* 
Current 
and 
Pending 
Support 
Facilities, 
Equipment 
and 
Other 
Resources 
Special 
Information/Supplementary 
Documents 
(Data 
Management 
Plan, 
Mentoring 
Plan 
and 
Other 
Supplementary 
Documents) 
Appendix 
(List 
below. 
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Complete 
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