[Title]
[Acronym]

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 4). 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 4. 

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	Funding sources
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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

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

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	Cruise participants

	Name	Affiliation	Topic / Role*	Contract**	
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02					
03					
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*	Please highlight the chief scientist and deputy chief scientist.
**	Please indicate whether the contract with the host institution is permanent or fixed-term.

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5	Data and sample handling
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