Apply to join a drilling or SPARC Expedition

Apply to join a Scientific Drilling or SPARC Expedition Science Team.

Participation in an IODP3 drilling expedition or a SPARC (Scientific Project using Ocean Drilling Archives) expedition is a prestigious opportunity and for many researchers it is a career-building experience through collaboration and networking with outstanding researchers from around the world.

Scientists chatting on deck during IODP Expedition 389 “Hawaiian Drowned Reefs” (credit: M. Parker, ECORD/IODP)

Previous experience with scientific ocean drilling is not a prerequisite, and there is even no requirement to go to sea as SPARC Expedition Science Team membership and some routes to Scientific Drilling Expedition Science Team membership involve only shore-based participation.

IODP3 Announcements for open calls for Scientific Drilling or SPARC Expedition Science Team participation

December 3, 2024
Announcements

Call to Participate: Expedition 503: Hadal Trench Tsunamigenic Slip History

Call to Participate in IODP3 Expedition 503: Hadal Trench Tsunamigenic Slip History now open! Expedition 503 plans to drill a trench basin in the central Japan Trench to recover the whole trench-fill sequence for dating and establishing event-stratigraphy for paleoseismologic…

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