SMEs for Multi-Cruise Projects - More Information
Updated 25Jul23
PROPOSAL phase
During the proposal phase, the multiple cruise projects can complete 1 SME that includes information outlining ALL of the requested ship time. The proposer must be sure to outline how many cruises, the periodicity, as well as the # of days. This can be outlined in the Project Information section/Summary of Fieldwork.
Further, in the Cruise Dates/Requested Days field, be sure to add the total days for each category for each cruise. If each cruise in a 3 cruise series will need 1 day of mobilization and 1 day of demobilization, 3 mobilization days and 3 demobilization days should be requested
Some examples
Multiple cruises over 3 years
Summary of Fieldwork
This project is requesting 6 cruises over 3 years, one in the spring and fall of each year. We are requesting 4 days for each spring cruise and 8 days for each fall cruise for a total of 36 days over 3 years. On the spring cruises we will deploy our lander and it will be recovered in the fall cruises. On all cruises we will conduct CTD casts [add more details here].
Requested Days
Science Days = 36
Transit Days = 0
Load Days = 6
Unload Days = 6
Multiple cruises in 1 year
Summary of Fieldwork
This project is requesting 6ea 2 day cruises (12 days total in 1 year). Cruises should be as close to every other month as possible to capture the [add more details here]. On each cruise we will conduct CTD casts, small plankton net tows as well as MOCNESS tows.
Requested Days
Science Days = 12
Transit Days = 0
Load Days = 6
Unload Days = 6
Piggy-back onto a certain already funded project
Summary of Fieldwork
This project is requesting to add 1 extra day to each of the BATS cruises for 1 year for a total of 12 days. The PI has worked with the BATS PI, Rod Johnson to confirm availability. For each cruise we will conduct [add more details here].
Requested Days
Science Days = 12
Transit Days = 0
Load Days = 0
Unload Days = 0
FUNDED phase
When a multi-cruise project is FUNDED, login to MFP.us, click on the Confirm Funding step and mark the main proposal as FUNDED and click SAVE. Then, the user must create a new SME per cruise using the Duplicate button. For each SME, please be sure to make the Project Information/ Short Name field unique to describe that particular cruise (e.g. “DIATOMS Spring 2023 and DIATOMS Fall 2023” or “Diatoms 1of4”, “Diatoms 2of4”, etc.) This will help the schedulers to schedule the correct cruise at the correct time. Also be sure to update any other information that is different in each cruise (e.g. Summary of Fieldwork, equipment requests, Cruise Dates, Requested Days).
DECLINED proposals
Login to MFP.us and in the Confirmed Funding step, mark the SME as Declined and click Submit.