Project Description – Project Proposals

[First name  last name, city of all applicants, including UK PI]

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Project Description
Sections 1-4 must not exceed 15 pages in total.

1	Starting Point

1.1	State of the art and preliminary work

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1.2	Project-related publications  
Sections 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 together must not exceed 10 publications; please number them consecutively.

1.2.1	Articles published by outlets with scientific quality assurance, book publications, and works accepted for publication but not yet published. 

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1.2.2	Other publications, both peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed

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1.2.3	Patents

1.2.3.1	Pending

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1.2.3.2	Issued

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2	Objectives and work programme

2.1	Anticipated total duration of the project

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2.2	Objectives

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2.3	Work programme including proposed research methods
For each applicant

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2.4	Added value of international cooperation

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3	Bibliography concerning the state of the art, the research objectives, and the work programme

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4	Relevance of sex, gender and/or diversity

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5	Supplementary information on the research context
Section 5 et seq. must not exceed 10 pages.

5.1	Ethical and/or legal aspects of the project

5.1.1	General ethical aspects

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5.1.2	Descriptions of proposed investigations involving experiments on humans or human materials

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5.1.3	Descriptions of proposed investigations involving experiments on animals

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5.1.4	Descriptions of projects involving genetic resources (or associated traditional knowledge) from a foreign country

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5.1.5	Descriptions of investigations involving dual use research of concern, foreign trade regulations

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5.2	Data handling

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5.3	Other information
Please use this section for any additional information you feel is relevant which has not been provided elsewhere.

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6	People/collaborations/funding

6.1	Employment status information
 For each applicant, state the last name, first name, and employment status (including duration of contract and funding body, if on a fixed-term contract).

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6.2	Composition of the project group
List only those individuals who will work on the project but will not be paid out of the project funds. State each person’s name, academic title, employment status, and type of funding.

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6.3	Researchers with whom you have agreed to cooperate on this project

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6.4	Researchers with whom you have collaborated scientifically within the past three years
This information will help avoid potential conflicts of interest.

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6.5	Scientific equipment
List larger instruments that will be available to you for the project. These may include large computer facilities if computing capacity will be needed. 

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6.6	Other submissions
List any funding proposals for this project and/or major instrumentation previously submitted to a third party.

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7	Requested modules/funds for the German project part (UK costings to be added as a separate attachment)
Explain each item for each applicant (stating last name, first name).

7.1	Basic Module

7.1.1	Funding for Staff

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7.1.2	Direct Project Costs

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7.1.2.1	Equipment up to € 10,000, Software and Consumables

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7.1.2.2	Travel Expenses

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7.1.2.3	Visiting Researchers (excluding Mercator Fellows)

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7.1.2.4	Expenses for Laboratory Animals

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7.1.2.5	Other Costs

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7.1.2.6	Project-related Publication Expenses

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7.1.3	Instrumentation

7.1.3.1	Equipment exceeding € 10,000

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7.1.3.2	Major Instrumentation exceeding € 50,000

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7.2	Module Temporary Position for Principal Investigator

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7.3	Module Replacement Funding

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7.4	Module Temporary Clinician Substitute

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7.5	Module Mercator Fellows

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7.6	Module Workshop Funding

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7.7	Module Public Relations Funding

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