Proposal Guidelines

! For guidelines regarding your proposal, eligibility and selection criteria, and other information, please read the AQUASERV TA Handbook. 

! We strongly advise you to contact the corresponding Access Manager of the facility that you are applying to receive access to before filling out the application form.

Application submission on ARIA, step by step:

• Step 1: Click on "Begin a New Proposal" to browse and select the service(s) you want to apply for and add them to your basket. You can see all the services you have selected by clicking on the Dashboard button in the bottom right corner. Click on Continue Proposal to start the application process.
• Step 2: Confirm the selected services.
• Step 3: This is the proposal form, i.e. the main application form where you will fill out all the information regarding the applying team and the project. You will be asked to fill out questions about the lead applicant and any co-applicants, about scientific and technical details of the project, and questions related to ethics policies and data management. Hover above the question-mark icon next to each question to receive more instructions (see screenshot below). Mandatory questions are marked with an asterisk. You may save your draft and come back to the form later.
• Step 4: Here you can add your team members that should be able to view and edit your proposal. Please note that they need to register on ARIA beforehand, so that you can add them at this stage. Note: Principal Investigator is the TA project leader, i.e. the main applicant. The Home Lab Colleagues are the other users in your project.
• Step 5: Exclude reviewers that may have conflict of interest with your project.
• Step 6: This step allows you to read through your application one more time before submission.
• Step 7: You are about to finalise your proposal submission. Once this step is performed you will not be able to modify any aspect of the proposal. By submitting this proposal you confirm that you have read and agree to all of the terms of submission of AQUASERV.

You can view all of your submitted proposals and drafts in your dashboard and track the status of submitted proposals by selecting View Proposal. You will be notified by email about the result of your application within four months after submission.

If you encounter any technical issues or have general questions about the application process, please contact the Access Officer at stella.alexandroff@embrc.eu.