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Research Project Applications

The Gump Station is open to all researchers whatever their institutional affiliation or country of origin.

If you already have a research permit, click here to make a reservation

Proposing a Research Project

  1. Consult the Moorea knowledgebase to find out what previous research has been carried out in Moorea (including the extensive library of the French marine lab, CRIOBE)
  2. If appropriate, send a short abstract of the funding proposal - preferably before submitting it to a funding agency (see "Proposals to Funding Agencies" below)
  3. COMPULSORY: Complete the online application. (A service hosted by UC NRS)
  4. COMPULSORY: Submit the French Polynesia permit application (see below)

Government Research Permits & Visas

  1. All researchers (whatever their nationality) must complete the French Polynesian government's research permit application form and email it to Gump at least 2 months prior to project starting date. (We are hoping to soon have this as a web-based form and combine it with the Gump online application).
  2. Non-European citizens should also follow the VISA APPLICATION PROCEDURE.

Renewing Permits

The leader of research projects must renew their permit annually. The renewal application should be as above with the addition of an annual report describing previous work under the permit.

  1. Send a short annual report to Gump as WORD or PDF attachment. The report should be in French and English (we can organise translation for a fee). It should include
    • keywords
    • geographic coordinates of principal study sites
    • abstract
    • introduction/background
    • methods
    • (preliminary) results
    • discussion and future directions
    • bibliography
    • acknowledgments
  2. Please request a contribution number when you are writing a book, book chapter, or submitting a paper based on research conducted at Gump.
  3. Please cite the Gump Station in any presentations or publications resulting from your visit to Moorea. For example: "This paper is contribution # xxx of UC Berkeley's Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station, Moorea, French Polynesia."
  4. Please send us PDF reprints of any publications.

Grant Applications

When submitting a proposal for funding to support proposed research in Moorea, please send us the title and an abstract of your proposal (NB: this will be considered public information unless you explicitly specify intellectual property you wish to remain confidential).

Please include rough dates and facilities requirements so we can let you know whether we have the capacity to support the proposed project and whether government permits will be issued. We will distribute your abstract to the research community and government in French Polynesia for their comments.

A letter of support from the Gump Station and/or the French Polynesian government can also be requested.