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BIOACID: Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification
front-end of the common metadata catalogue. For best performance a harvesting approach will be
chosen for assembly and maintenance of the catalogue. The index for the search engine will be
complemented by a thesaurus. In order to minimise any friction losses during requests and
delivery of data sets a first version of a general SOPRAN data portal will be set-up in the first
phase of the project.
v. Budget and Budget Justification
Personnel costs
Data manager E13 1/2
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Consumables
Office consumables
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Travel
Domestic travel
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Investments
Computer
Supplies
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Other costs
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TOTAL
Budget justification
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First Year Second Year Third Year Total
Personnel costs: A half-time data manager position will be established by WDC-MARE at the
University of Bremen. The data manager will be integrated in the staff of WDC-MARE while at
the same time keeping close contact with the coordinator and the project manager at all times
during the project.
Consumables: This will cover costs related to day-to-day data managing, including copying
charges for management relevant material (e.g. reports) and dissemination purposes.
Travel: To maintain close contact to the different partners within the project, to participate in the
BIOACID annual meetings and meetings relevant to data management and to guarantee an