Call for Participation of Science Communicators in IODP³ Expeditions onboard the D/V Chikyu in 2025

Call for Participation of Science Communicators in the following IODP³ Expeditions onboard the D/V Chikyu in 2025

• Expedition 502E: Extended Monitoring and Resurveying of Japan Trench Borehole Observatories (17 – 30 October 2025)

• Expedition 502: Impact of Petit-Spot Magmatism on Subduction Zone Seismicity and the Global Geochemical Cycle (31 October – 24 November 2025)

• Expedition 503: Hadal Trench Tsunamigenic Slip History – Buried in Trench (24 November – 11 December 2025)

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) & the Institute for Marine-Earth Exploration and Engineering (MarE3) plan to implement three International Ocean Drilling Programme (IODP³) Expeditions in late 2025. These expeditions will operate sequentially, with port stops in either Shimizu or Sendai, Japan.

We are seeking applications for Science Communicators (formerly “Outreach Officers”) to take part in the above scientific ocean drilling expeditions. We are looking for enthusiastic, creative, flexible, friendly, and collaborative individuals with an interest in Earth Science to develop outreach projects related to these expeditions on board the Drilling Vessel Chikyu. Science communication specialists from all backgrounds are welcome to apply, including artists, videographers, teachers, media specialists, journalists etc., including those with skills in storytelling, infographics, photography, video production, podcasting, and other media. Successful applicants will work and learn alongside a team of international scientists and technicians on board the D/V Chikyu during the expedition(s) they are selected for.

Science Communicators should create plans that will promote at least three of the following areas:

• Public understanding of scientific ocean drilling
• Use of scientific ocean drilling data and samples by researchers, students, and interested members of public
• The nature of international cooperative research
• D/V Chikyu and other scientific ocean drilling platforms
• Promoting public interest in natural hazard research
• Earth Science & STEM learning

For more information, please read the full Call available below.

Applications must be submitted as a single PDF file containing the required application documents to chikyu.expedition@jamstec.go.jp by the deadline of Midnight JST on 5 September 2025 (15:00 UTC).