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Apply to Join! IODP3 Safety & Environment Advisory Group
Advance your career by serving as a member of the IODP3 Safety and Environment Advisory (SEA) Group. Applications are now open.
SEA is an advisory body to the IODP³ MSP Facility Board, Science Evaluation Panel and the IODP³ Operators. It provides essential independent advice regarding potential safety and environmental issues associated with the general and specific geological settings of proposed drilling/coring sites. The group also provides advice on appropriate drilling/coring technologies and geopolitical and cultural considerations.
IODP³ is seeking applications from specialists in marine geology, geophysics and/or engineering.
Sorry, applications are now closed.
Announcing a Winner!
We are overjoyed to unveil the winner of the first-ever ANZIC Prize for Best Student Publication: Ratneel Deo, a PhD student from the University of Sydney.
Ratneel’s pioneering paper, ‘ReefCoreSeg: A Clustering-Based Framework for Multi-Source Data Fusion for Segmentation of Reef Drill Cores‘ harnesses machine learning to produce an annotated image of a reef core with six lithologies identified.
Ratneel’s exceptional work, coupled with his impressive outreach, put him above a competitive field, setting a wonderful precedent for this new tradition of recognising student excellence.
ANZIC is proud to offer Ratneel a funded opportunity to attend the ANZIC Forum on June 11-12, in Auckland, New Zealand, where he can present his work and receive a commemorative trophy.


Freshwater Hidden Beneath the Sea: A New Frontier for Water Security
Off the coast of New England lies a hidden reservoir of ancient, fresh water, locked in sediments beneath the seafloor.
ANZIC expeditioner, Dr Sara Polanco, is part of a team of scientists heading out to study it.

CORE Funding 2025
ANZIC invites proposals from Australian & New Zealand scientists and educators for our Continental & Ocean Research & Drilling (CORE) Funding.

Students sailing into future careers with CAPSTAN
Thirty university students and trainers from ANZIC member institutions across Australia will get the training experience of a lifetime when they take to the seas for a circumnavigation of Tasmania aboard CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator.

ANZIC Prize for Best Student Publication
We’re proud to announce the ANZIC Prize for Best Student Publication in scientific drilling, fostering community, celebrating excellence, and recognising outstanding contributions to scientific drilling research.
Apply now to showcase your contribution to the ANZIC community.

Expert seminar: Prof Masao Iwa
Join us online, or in person at the Australian National University’s Research School of Earth Sciences, to hear Prof. Iwai (Kochi University, Japan) speak about his research using IODP cores.

Science Evaluation Panel – Australian Representative
Applications for this opportunity have now closed.
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