Apply now to join Magellan3 workshop i-Create!
Magellan3 workshop Impact Crater Evolution and Terrestrial Environmental Consequences (i-CREATE) is now accepting applications to join.
Hypervelocity impacts are the most important planetary process across the Solar System, and fundamentally change the physical properties of planetary crust. They represent significant regional to global hazards but can also generate habitable environments that persist long after impact.
I-CREATE is a 3-day workshop in Edinburgh, with an field trip to the NW Highlands to visit the Stac Fada Member impact ejecta deposits. The goal is to develop new drilling proposals investigating buried impact craters, to test fundamental physics of impact cratering, and investigate the environmental consequences of such events.
Being held at Heriot-Watt University's Riccaton campus in Edinburgh, the workshop will take place on 27-29 April 2026, with an additional fieldtrip on 29 April - 1 May 2026.
If you are interested in participating in this event, please contact Uisdean Nicholson (u.nicholson@hw.ac.uk) and/or Sean Gulick (sean@ig.utexas.edu) with a short (2-page) CV and a short statement explaining why you want to join and what you can contribute to the workshop.
The workshop will be limited to ~45 participants, so please register your interest before the 19th of December 2025.
Funding is also available. ECORD, ANZIC and J-DESC participants will be part-funded by Magellan3, including registration costs, catering and group dinners. We also have funding to cover travel and subsistence for a limited number of early-career scientists
US participants will be fully funded by USSSP, including both the workshop and field trip. This also includes a registration fee of $500 per participant to cover venue costs, catering and dining. Please contact Sean Gulick for more info.
For other international applicants, please contact your respective scientific ocean drilling organisations (ANZIC, J-DESC, etc.) to enquire about funding.
