Engage with our community
There’s always so much happening across our ANZIC community – in our region and all around the world. Catch up with the latest news, events, and find ways to engage even more deeply in the world of scientific drilling.
ANZIC Prize for Best Student Publication

Calling all students!
Have you got a stellar publication in scientific drilling? The ANZIC Prize for Best Student Publication is your chance to shine!
By highlighting exceptional work, we aim to support early-career researchers in continuing their engagement with ANZIC and advancing their careers in scientific drilling
Join one of FIVE workshops!
Combine your expertise with scientists from around the globe to create viable drilling proposals for these IODP3 or ICDP projects. Remember that ANZIC Travel Support is available to help you travel to workshops like these.
Young & Cool: How and where to install observatories to study microbiology and geochemistry on the mid-Atlantic ridge flank. Learn more and register.
DeepCHG: Getting to the bottom of the Quaternary. Learn more and apply by 31 January
HOROMAN DC: Mantle Drilling and Carbon Injection. Learn more and apply by 8 May.
MANI_IN_PASTA: extracting the maximum information from existing drilling data from key deep-water formation sites in both hemispheres. Learn more and register by 15 February.
Chatham Rise Workshop: Seafloor Pockmarks and Their Role in Modulating the Release of Geologic Carbon Through Glacial Cycles. Learn more.
Call for New Zealand Representative to IODP3 Science Board

IODP3 are seeking applications from suitably qualified and experienced scientists from New Zealand to join the Science Board of their Mission-Specific Platform Facility Board (MSP-FB). This Science Board plays a key role in decision-making and consists of leading scientists drawn from the international scientific ocean drilling community.
Join us to showcase scientific drilling at upcoming National Conferences!

Australian Earth Sciences Convention (AESC 2026)
Let's make scientific drilling a highlight at this event!
We will hold a booth and run a workshop: Shaping the Future of Australia’s Involvement in the Global Scientific Drilling Programs.
It's on in February and we can't wait to see you there!

CORE report released
Learn about the impact, history and success of our CORE Funding program in our CORE Legacy Report – a detailed evaluation of the scheme, its recipients and legacy.

Our 2025 CORE funding recipients
Learn about the 10 new and exciting projects that have received CORE funding!

CORE Funding
ANZIC invites proposals from Australian & New Zealand scientists and educators for our Continental & Ocean Research & Drilling (CORE) Funding.

Scientists take AI to Antarctica to examine ancient life
One of the world’s newest technologies is heading to the coldest laboratory on Earth to help scientists examine traces of ancient ecosystems buried for centuries beneath Antarctica’s ice sheets.
The goal? To learn how stable the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is in a warming world.

ANZIC Prize for Best Student Publication
Nominate now for the ANZIC Prize for Best Student Publication in scientific drilling! It’s your chance to showcase your contribution to the ANZIC community, gain recognition and engage with leading scientists.

From global cycles to microscopic bubbles and the sounds of science at sea!
IODP3 Expedition 502 is preparing to sail and four excited ANZIC expeditioners are contributing in diverse ways.
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ANZIC PUBLICATIONS
Keen to look back on past issues of ANZIC Bulletin? Access previous editions here.
Future DEEP Final Report – detailing the priorities and opportunities that will take us into the future.
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