Applications to Use the Gump Station

There are three steps for applying to use the Gump Station and making reservations.  The first of these must be completed by the project/class leader before they or any members of their group can make a reservation.  Once this has been done, the second and third steps must be completed by everyone before they arrive in French Polynesia.  

1. APPLICATION: The Principal Investigator or Class Leader must open a project/class in the Gump online reservations system. 
2. RESERVATIONS: Once a project/class application is open, anyone with the application password (obtained from the project/class leader) can immediately begin to make reservations.  You do not need to wait for the project to be approved.  Multiple reservations can be made so long as the project/class application remains open.  See reservations page. (Reservations are not guaranteed until you have received confirmation from the Station manager).
3. PERMIT: All individuals carrying out research or taking part in a class at the Gump Station must complete the French Polynesian government's scientific permit application form "protocole d'accueil" (in English or French) and email it to Hinano Teavai-Murphy as a Word or PDF document.  This applies to researchers, professors, assistants, and students irrespective of their nationaiity or length of stay.  (For groups working on the same project or in the same class, the group leader should fill out the form first and distribute it to their team; other members of the group only then need to substitute their personal information in the first two pages.)

NOTE: For non-European Union citizens, you must wait to receive notification that your project has been approved by the French Polynesian government before you travel.  See visa requirements page for details.

Biodiversity Regulations

Some species are protected by French Polynesian legislation and or international treaties (e.g., CITES) and require additional permitting for research on those species in French Polynesia and/or for their export.  Please see our biodiversity regulations guide for more details.

Renewing Permits

Users must renew their permit annually. For researchers, you should attach an annual report to the permit application form.  Classes might include a copy of any class report. 

1. As WORD or PDF attachment, the report (or at least its abstract) should be in French and English. 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.