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.

Proposal-planning workshops

Join us for our Coring Australasia workshop!

ANZIC is bringing great minds together to create and coordinate offshore and onshore coring proposals in the Australasian region.

Together we can leverage shared infrastructure, strengthen scientific outcomes and maximise opportunities for vessels and drilling platforms to operate in the region.

Learn more!

International workshops

Combine your expertise with scientists from around the globe!

Remember that ANZIC Travel Support is available to help you travel to workshops like these.

Electronic Ocean Drilling Program Workshop.

Convening experts in ocean drilling and data science to establish the technical framework and strategic roadmap to maximise the scientific value from the 60-year data legacy of ocean drilling programs.

September in Shanghai, China.

Learn more and register by 30 June.

HOROMAN DC: Mantle Drilling and Carbon Injection.
Learn more and apply by 8 May.

Ancient pollen: ANZIC Student Prize

We’re thrilled to announce Laura McDonald as winner of the 2026 ANZIC Prize for Best Student Publication – our annual spotlight on outstanding student research in scientific drilling.

Antarctica: The ice that shapes our world

Join leading Antarctic marine geoscientist Dr Laura De Santis for a public event on how past ice-ocean interactions help us understand Antarctica’s future in a warming world.

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.