Introduction to MarBEF FP7 proposals - offers and requests

[Herman]

Dear colleagues,

In this forum you are offered a kind of Market of Supply and Demand regarding FP7 proposals. To this end, an overview of the MarBEF pre-proposals is given (see list below). Moreover, it is possible for you to announce what kind of expertise you can offer to proposals, and at the other hand coordinators of proposals can submit requests on what kind of expertise they still need.

There are 3 categories of messages (please indicate the proper category as subject in your message):

• "MarBEF pre-Proposals": only proposals agreed by the Management Office can be submitted (contact: h.hummel@nioo.knaw.nl, or p.vanavesaath@nioo.knaw.nl) (see list below: for further information on the content of proposals please contact the indicated coordinators).
  
• "Expertise and proposals offered" - You can submit here your specific expertise or the outline of a new proposal that might help in composing a proposal.
  
• "Expertise requested" - Coordinators of proposals can indicate here what kind of expertise they still need to finalise their proposal.
  

The text of your contribution may not be longer than 250 words.

Proposals without permission of the MO, and doubtful messages, will be removed by the webmanagement.

Herman Hummel and Pim van Avesaath

List of FP7 pre-proposals:

• DYNAMO - Dynamics of marine ecosystems in a changing environment: Tasman Crowe
  
• MarCACE: Marine Connectivity Along the Coasts of Europa: Katja Philippart
  
• EMBOS: The European MarBEF BIOMARE stations network - a Biodiversity Observatory System (incl Data Archaeology and Rescue): Herman Hummel
  
• The effects of global change on plankton diversity and composition: Wiebe Kooistra
  
• Hot spots of climate change response in European Seas: Nando Boero
  
• FP7 topics 6.2.1.4.1, 4.2, 4.3 (Not further determined): Melanie Austen and Poul Holm
  
• Deep See ecosystems long-term shifts: David Billet
  
• Role of microorganisms and microbial diversity for ecosystem functions: Klaus Jürgens
  
• DataBases and Computer-assisted taxonomy: coordination of EU and USA activities: Christos Arvanitidis
  

Proposals not yet reviewed for compatibility with previous pre-proposals

• Genetic Biodiversity: Jean-Pierre Féral
  
• CHANCE : Dynamics of Arctic marine ecosystems in a changing environment – cascade events and model systems: Jan Marcin Weslawski
  
• Role of microorganisms and microbial diversity for ecosystem functions: Klaus Jürgens
  
• Characterisation of pelagic ecosystem and the bottom habitat with multifrequency acoustics: Olav Rune Godø
  

(MarBEF members can see, after log-in, the further description of the proposals at documents -> network documents -> FP7 proprosals)