Marine Facilities Planning Help - Principle Investigators

Marine Facilities Planning (MFP)

Marine Facilities Planning is the new system designed to replace the old Ship Time Request System (STRS).  This website allows scientists to request ship time on the vessels of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet and then update their funding.  Eventually the fleet's cruise planning will also be accomplished through this portal.  

Please click on the links below to learn more about each topic. You can find the MFP website here: https://www.mfp.us

Navigating MFP

• MFP Home page (mfp.us)
• Navigating the system

Viewing Schedules  

• Timeline View 
• Map View  
• Hybrid View  

The Science Portal 

• The Science Portal Screen
• Finding Scheduled or declined SMEs  

Submitting requests for ship time 

• The Ship-time and Marine Equipment (SME) form  
• Project Information tab    
• Editing Sampling Stations in the SME  
• To Save or to Submit your SME?  
• Editing an SME    
• Canceling an SME

Updating/Confirming Funding Status  

Adding Cruise Participants 

• Multi-Leg cruise

Planning Your Cruise Track    

• The Research Planner Module    
• Saving your cruise plan    
• Recalling your cruise plan  

The Cruise Planning Module

Downloading XLS Version of a Vessel's Schedule