UK International Ocean Drilling Programme moratorium awards

Open UKRI funding opportunity · Grant. Open with no closing date. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/uk-international-ocean-drilling-programme-moratorium-awards/

Apply for funding to undertake research associated with an IODP3 expedition or SPARC project.

Applications are by invitation only.

You must be:

- based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding

- in a role that meets the individual eligibility requirements

- a member of science teams for IODP3 drilling expeditions or SPARC projects

Funding is dependent on career stage and must be for an expedition or SPARC research.

Funding duration for up to 24 months.

What we're looking for Scope

The research outcomes of the new phase of the International Ocean Drilling Programme (IODP3) will be driven by expedition and scientific projects using ocean drilling archives (SPARCs) applications developed by international scientists, guided by the new 25-year strategy document 2050 Science Framework: Exploring Earth by Scientific Ocean Drilling (SF2050). This summarises the research priorities for the future of ocean drilling and was developed with input from over 650 international marine geoscientists. It presents a vision for future multidisciplinary subseafloor research into the interconnected processes that characterise the complex Earth system and shape our planet’s future.

The scientific challenges of the UK IODP Research Programme are defined by the strategic objectives of the SF2050, which are:

Strategic objective one

Habitability and life on Earth: Defining the conditions for, and the role of, life in the marine realm

Understanding what makes Earth habitable, and where and how life originated and evolved, requires knowledge of the complex exchanges between the subseafloor biosphere, Earth’s crust, and atmosphere.

Strategic objective two

The oceanic life cycle of tectonic plates

Investigating the genesis, aging, motion, and…