{"id":311,"date":"2026-05-12T15:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/?page_id=311"},"modified":"2026-10-08T13:27:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T17:27:47","slug":"our-partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/our-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/our-partners\/great-lakes\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2243\/26-wscnms-laurentian.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Great Lakes<\/h2><p>The Inner Space Center supports the NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute expeditions with NOAA\u2019s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries aimed at surveying underwater cultural heritage and lake ecology. The ISC supports these initiatives through:<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Read More<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/our-partners\/mdbc\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2243\/mdbc-2025-corals.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>MDBC<\/h2><p>The URI Inner Space Center (ISC) supports the NOAA Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities (MDBC) program\u2014a major deep-sea coral habitat restoration initiative in the Gulf of America\u2014by providing telepresence systems and engineering support and science communication expertise. Operating through the NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI), the ISC\u2019s involvement focuses on two main pillars:<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Read More<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/our-partners\/noaa-ocean-exploration\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2243\/ex-bow-hires-scaled.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>NOAA Ocean Exploration<\/h2><p>The URI Inner Space Center (ISC) supports the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer through telepresence, data distribution, video and live-streaming services. Since 2009, the ISC has managed the technical architecture that allows the ship to operate as a telepresence-enabled exploration platform. In 2025 the ISC started operating the shipboard network, data, and video systems through the &#091;&hellip;&#093;<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Read More<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/our-partners\/ocean-exploration-trust\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2243\/EVNautilus-2021_MAX_0144.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Ocean Exploration Trust<\/h2><p>The URI Inner Space Center (ISC) is part of the Ocean Exploration Trust\u2019s (OET) E\/V Nautilus operational infrastructure. Support is provided through six core functions:<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Read More<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/our-partners\/rcrvs\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2243\/Endeavor-1.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>RCRVS<\/h2><p>The Inner Space Center supports the academic research fleet through providing and supporting advanced telepresence by request.  In particular, ISC provided shipboard technologies and shoreside expertise for R\/V Endeavor during its active career by serving as its primary telepresence and live-streaming hub. The ISC integrated high-bandwidth satellite transmission and receiver equipment directly onto the vessel, &#091;&hellip;&#093;<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Read More<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/our-partners\/uconn\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2243\/Media-3-e1787078859678.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>UCONN<\/h2><p>The University of Connecticut (UConn) has a rich history of collaborating with the URI Inner Space Center through joint initiatives focused on marine science education, workforce development, and ocean exploration technology. A primary cornerstone of this relationship was the National Science Foundation-funded Marine Technology for Teachers and Students (MaTTS) Project, a three-year collaborative effort between &#091;&hellip;&#093;<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">Read More<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1726,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-311","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":771,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions\/771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/isc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}