[Title]
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Cruise proposal for [Ship(s)] (primary use / secondary use)

[Applicant(s)] 
Please name the person who is the lead author of the cruise proposal first. This person will be the prime contact person for the GPF Office, and generally should be identical with the designated chief scientist (exceptions need to be justified under Section 5). Please state the designated chief scientist and a deputy by indicating these roles in brackets after the respective name. If the cruise is planned without a deputy chief scientist, please provide a justification under Section 5. 

Project description
1	Motivation

1.1	State of the art and preliminary work
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1.2	Integration in national and international programmes
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1.3	Relevance for BMBF funding goals (RV SONNE only)
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2	Objectives and work program

2.1	Objectives
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2.2	Work program
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2.2.1	Working area, stations, and profiles
Example:
Station	Location	Geographic coordinates	Water depths [m]	

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2.2.2	Deployment of equipment
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2.2.3	Special requirements
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2.2.4	Work days at sea
Example:
Area	Station	Duration (h)	Transit (h)	
Transit to Area1				
Area 1				
Area 2				
Hours in total	= 	=	

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2.2.5	Arrival and departure
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2.2.6	Measures to conduct responsible marine research
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3	Bibliography
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4	Funds available or requested 

Budget overview (RV MARIA S. MERIAN, RV METEOR, and RV SONNE only)	Total amount	In-kind contribution or funding through other grants	Requested funding	
4.1 Funding for staff	 	 	 	
4.1.1 Student assistants	 	 	 	
4.1.2 Technical personnel 	 	 	 	
4.1.3 Scientific personnel				
4.1.4 Other personnel				
4.2 Travel and transport costs	 	 	 	
4.2.1 Travel expenses (to and from the ports)	 	 	 	
4.2.2 Transport costs		 	 	
4.2.3 Conference travel (RV SONNE only)				
4.3 Consumables, light equipment, external contracting	 	 	 	
4.3.1 Consumables	 	 	 	
4.3.2 Light equipment (up to € 800)	 	 	 	
4.3.3 External contracting (RV SONNE only)
4.3.4 Internet bandwidth				
4.4 Scientific instrumentation	 	 	 	
4.4.1 Deployment costs for heavy equipment	 	 	 	
4.4.2 Costs for rented equipment 	 	 	 	
4.4.3 Investments	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	
Total 	 	 	 	

4.1	Funding for staff
4.1.1	Student assistants
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4.1.2	Technical personnel
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4.1.3	Scientific personnel
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4.1.4	Other personnel
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4.2	Travel and transport costs
4.2.1	Travel expenses (to and from the ports)
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4.2.2	Transport costs
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4.2.3	Conference travel (RV SONNE only)
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4.3	Consumables, light equipment, external contracting, internet bandwidth
4.3.1	Consumables
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4.3.2	Light equipment (up to € 800)
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4.3.3	External contracting (RV SONNE only)
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4.3.4	Internet bandwidth
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4.4	Scientific instrumentation
4.4.1	Deployment costs for heavy equipment
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4.4.2	Costs for rented equipment
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4.4.3	Acquisition of new equipment
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5	Cruise participants
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6	Data and sample handling
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