| 1. Is your project SOLAS? | 2. Contact your national representative |
3. Submit the details of your project |
4. Thank you | |||
Is your project SOLAS?
Before you request SOLAS endorsement. please ensure that your science is described in one of the three SOLAS Science Plan and Implementation Strategy Foci . If you are unclear whether you work lies within SOLAS or another IGBP sister project (e.g., LOICZ, IMBER, IGAC etc) please read these guidelines which tell you how to proceed.
Do you accept the Benefits and Responsibilities?
Flowing from recognition as a SOLAS project are the following benefits and responsibilities. They are only intended as a guide and are not a set of regulations.
Benefits |
Responsibilities | |
| - Provides the opportunity for participation in the development, planning and implementation of a collaborative international science programme | - Acceptance of general principles and goals outlined in the SOLAS Science Plan | |
| - Adds to the scientific value of planned work by providing complementary information; for example, by widening the range of studies and extending their spatial and temporal coverage | - Carry out a programme in general accordance with relevant aspects of the SOLAS Implementation Strategy |
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| - Promotes rapid communication of ideas and results, through meetings and publications | - Participation in the activities of the programme through its management bodies, and by assisting in its planning and development as a whole | |
| - Develops and tests standard methods and protocols for measuring variables, thereby facilitating quality control and meaningful data sharing | - Make data collected within the programme available to the wider community, in accordance with SOLAS principals for international data exchange | |
| - Makes available data sets collected in component studies and develops a common data management strategy. | - Acknowledgment of the links with SOLAS in the products of the project (e.g. acknowledgment of SOLAS in scientific papers) | |
| - Enables close working links with other relevant international programmes and studies | - Assist in programme co-ordination in the provision of central services; for example, data management |
SOLAS data management policy is of key importance here. Developing a workable, effective data management system that is integrated with other IGBP and SCOR projects is a high priority for SOLAS. To find out more about our data management click here.
