It’s finally official! The award letter has arrived:

The National Science Foundation hereby awards a grant of $1,731,377 to Middlebury College for support of the project described in the proposal referenced above as modified by revised budget dated July 13, 2010.

This project, entitled “Upgrading Middlebury College’s Floating Laboratory: A State-of-the-Art Research Vessel,” is under the direction of Patricia L. Manley, James R. Ralph, Robert G. Cluss, Thomas O. Manley. This award is effective August 1, 2010 and expires July 31, 2013. This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Public Law 111-5).