Latest ANZIC Bulletin available
The lates ANZIC bulletin can be downloaded here
Of possible interest in this one:
- Special call for shore-based nanofossil specialist on Exp 385. Apply ASAP
- Article about an amazing IODP scientist Dr. Christina Riesselman !!
- Calls to sail (ie apply) for Expeditions 387 – Amazon Continental Margin and 388 – Equatorial Atlantic Gateway. These are both pretty novel projects that combine oceanic and continental drilling – a first for IODP/ICDP – and will thus be extremely cool to be involved in. Apply!
- Exp 358 – NanTroSEIZE phase 4 plate boundary thrust drilling news
- Exp 378 – Amundsen Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet drilling news
- Workshop reports – New Caledonia Peridotite and Aus-Antarctic transect.
- Reminder to register for the Ocean Planet Workshop
- ANZIC Program Scientist roadshow… dates have already passed and nothing planned in Dunedin.
- Announcements for a couple of conferences
- A survey administered by James Cook University evaluating the relationship between University training and the skills needed for Industry jobs.
Enjoy!
Virginia
Workshop Announcement NEXT: Scientific Ocean Drilling Beyond 2023
In December, we announced the U.S. workshop for the future of scientific ocean drilling to be held in Denver, Colorado, USA on May 6-7, 2019. The workshop, entitled “NEXT: Scientific Ocean Drilling Beyond 2023,” will convene approximately 120 IODP community members to develop the U.S. plan for continued scientific ocean drilling without a hiatus at the end of the current program. Progress is being made on plans to replace the aging JOIDES Resolution with a modernized, more capable non-riser drilling vessel to help accommodate our transition to a long-term future in scientific ocean drilling.
The goals of this workshop are to: (1) update existing scientific challenges and identify new challenges to be included in a post-2023 science plan; and (2) identify and prioritize the required technologies and platform needs to enable the scientific ocean drilling research community to address those challenges in a new ocean drilling program.
Space will be limited at this meeting, but it is important to hear all voices and ideas. Therefore, pre-meeting webinars, and possibly live streaming of the workshop, will be available to those who cannot attend. In preparation for the workshop, we ask on the application for you to carefully consider and respond to three questions:
Looking beyond 2023, what current IODP science plan challenges need to be modified or expanded? How and why?
What new scientific challenges should be formulated in the next IODP science plan?
What is needed in a new U.S. riserless drilling vessel (from coring to shipboard analysis) to answer these new or updated challenges?
Below you will find links to the workshop web page, application site, and current science plan. Your answers to the above questions are important and will guide us in our selection of who will be invited to the NEXT workshop. Your input is extremely valuable even if you are not invited or are unable to attend the meeting, as it will inform the discussion prior to the meeting and allow all participants to come prepared with new thoughts and ideas.
The end product of the NEXT workshop will be a document that will be shared with our international partners and the National Science Foundation. This workshop report will also serve to inform other stakeholders such as the deans or directors of our research institutions and our elected representatives in the U.S. Congress.
The application period closes on February 15. Invited participants from U.S. institutions will be supported by the USSSP Office. Interested non-U.S. scientists are encouraged to complete an application and contribute to the community dialog, but must work with their national Program Member Offices with regard to funding. We anticipate around 20-30 openings for international participants, so invitations will be limited.
Sincerely,
Anthony Koppers and Jim Wright, Co-Chairs
Instituting US Scientific Ocean Drilling Beyond 2023 (IODP)
NEXT workshop webpage
Apply to the NEXT workshop (by Feb 15)
Current IODP Science Plan
Monthl meeting 11 Feb 2019, 12:00 at OAR
LacCore/CSDCO email: Abundant training opportunities and input to CORES Study
Abundant training opportunities
LacCore: National Lacustrine Core Facility and the Continental Scientific Drilling Coordination Office (CSDCO) are offering several upcoming training opportunities.
NEW Short Courses
CSDCO/LacCore now offers FREE training courses in coring, core description and processing, core software, and more! Short courses are open to all! Registration is open for courses in February, March, and April.
Learn more about short courses.
Drilling and Coring Summer Institute
This institute is a comprehensive 10-day course for graduate students, postdocs, and early-career researchers. The application deadline is March 8.
Learn more about the summer institute.
Visiting Grad Student Program
Travel grants are provided for graduate students to bring their cores to the CSDCO/LacCore facilities. The application deadline is March 29.
Learn more about the visiting grad student program.
Input needed on CORES study
We’d also like to remind our community to provide input to the CORES study. Please see the request below from Dennis Kent, Rutgers:
The National Academies is conducting a study on Catalyzing Opportunities for Research in the Earth Sciences (CORES) for the Division of Earth Sciences at the National Science Foundation and wants to hear from you!
The purpose of the CORES study is to:
identify a concise set of high-priority scientific questions for the next decade,
assess infrastructure needed to address these questions, and
determine opportunities for greater collaboration with other NSF divisions and directorates, federal agencies, and domestic and international partners.
The CORES committee strongly feels that this study must be informed by vigorous community input from across the entire spectrum of Earth sciences. One of the ways we are soliciting input is through a questionnaire assessing your ideas about upcoming research priorities. Visit the questionnaire website.
The CORES website provides more detailed information on the study charge, as well as a complete list of committee members.
Please contribute your comments regarding the top Earth science priorities for the next decade.
Thank you!
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LacCore and CSDCO
University of Minnesota
