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their orientation according to the needs of the Cluster (Table 4). New W1 positions will beinternationally advertised and Cluster members will use their personal networks to attractpromising young scientists to Kiel. The JRG’s will offer excellent career perspectives for youngscientists and will enable CAU to recruit internationally outstanding candidates.Adequate office and/or lab space is available at the host institutes of the new JRG’s toaccommodate all scientists and non-scientific staff involved as well as newly acquiredinstrumentation. No additional construction work will be necessary. Lab and office space will beavailable for the new JRG’s at the Institute of Physical Chemistry (in addition to lab space in thenew building of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry), at the Institute of Geosciences, the Institute ofGeography, the University’s International Center, in the new ZMB building, and at IFM-GEOMARand IfW. Smaller technical installations are anticipated for the laboratories in the Institute ofInorganic Chemistry. Additional demands will be covered by renting suitable office and lab space inpartially vacant buildings on the University campus and the “Seefischmarkt” (IFM-GEOMAR).1.7 Organization and Management1.7.1 Cluster ManagementCluster management will ensure (1) effective cooperation between CAU, IFM-GEOMAR, IfW andthe Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts in all Cluster-related activities; (2) influence on Universitypolicy-making toward strengthening ocean-related research; (3) the efficient exchange ofinformation between the participants, in particular through regular seminars; (4) infrastructuralsupport for the Cluster Council, the Executive Committee, and the Chair; (5) the coordination ofinternal and external reporting and planning activities; (6) an appropriate monitoring system forresearch output; (7) an appropriate budget allocation system based on research success; (8)effective communication with external organizations; and (9) the support of scientists in therecruitment of personnel.All strategic decisions, such as scientific priorities, yearly budget planning, monitoring criteria(scientific, efficiency, internal and external networking) will be taken by the Cluster Council basedon proposals by the Executive Committee. The Cluster Council will decide on the admission of newgroups or the exclusion of groups and will elect the Chair, the Vice Chair and the representativesfor the two research themes A and B. The Cluster Council will comprise the two leadingproponents of each research topic and research platform, the leader of each JRG, the Rector ofCAU, the Directors of IFM-GEOMAR, IfW, and Muthesius Academy as well as the Chair and ViceChair. An external Advisory Board will act as an independent quality-control body to evaluate theprogress of the Cluster. It will consist of 8 to 10 leading scientists, both national (50%) andinternational (50%), reflecting expertise of all Cluster-relevant research fields. The ExecutiveCommittee will be responsible for the overall management of the Cluster and is accountable to theCluster Council. It will consist of the Chair, the Vice Chair, the two speakers from the researchthemes A and B, one representative from the research platforms, one speaker from the newJRG’s, the Head of the Integrated Ocean School of Sciences, the Rector of CAU, the Director ofIFM-GEOMAR and one representative from regional maritime business. The Chair will act as26