IODP Announcements

General Announcements:

• NSF has chosen not to renew the cooperative agreement with Texas A&M University for the JOIDES Resolution to focus efforts and funds towards the sustainable evolution of the ocean science drilling community. Read the full announcement. 
• Nominate a colleague for the Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize, which is given annually to one honoree within 15 years of receiving their Ph.D. Nominations are due April 12, 2023.
• The ECORD Summer School: Downhole Logging for IODP Science will take place at the University of Leicester on July 22-28, 2023. The application deadline is March 31, 2023.
• NSF has announced that Kevin Johnson has joined the Division of Ocean Science’s Ocean Drilling Program as a program officer.
• IODP has been endorsed as part of the first set of Decade Actions of the UN Decade of Ocean Science. Learn more about participating in the NSF & the Ocean Decade: A Resource for Researchers guide.

Meeting Outcomes:

• January 2023 Science Evaluation Panel Meeting (minutes)
• September 2022 IODP Forum (consensus items)
• NSF Response to the JOIDES Resolution Science Operator Mid-Award Site Visit Panel Report
• June 2022 Science Evaluation Panel Meeting (minutes)
• May 2022 JOIDES Resolution Facility Board Meeting (minutes)

New IODP Reports and Publications:

• Expedition 354 (Bengal Fan) Data Report: Major and Trace Element Composition of Silicates and Carbonates from Bengal Fan Sediments
• Expedition 397 (Iberian Margin Paleoclimate) Preliminary Report
• Expedition 393 (South Atlantic Transect 2) Preliminary Report
• Expedition 397T (Return to Walvis Ridge Hotspot) Preliminary Report
  
• Scientific Drilling: Reports on Deep Earth Drilling and Sampling (volume 31)