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There’s always so much is happening across our ANZIC community – in our region and all around the world. Catch up with the latest news, events, and opportunities to explore, educate, engage in the world of scientific drilling.

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.
NEW OPPORTUNITY!
The NEW ANZIC Prize for Best Student Publication in scientific drilling aims to foster community, celebrate excellence, and recognise outstanding contributions to scientific drilling research within the ANZIC community.
The Winner will receive a plaque recognising their achievement, along with an all-expenses-paid trip to attend and present at the 2025 ANZIC Forum in Auckland in June.
Sorry, applications are now closed.


Tracking the travels of dust – could ocean cores hold the key?
A project funded by ANZIC’s AILAF Grants aims to investigate.
We all know dust can travel on the wind… and get into everything – usually in small amounts. For researchers like Dr Sam Marx, at the University of Wollongong

Venturing deep into the past lives of coral reefs: Professor Jody Webster on IODP Expedition 389
“We are going to learn a lot. It’s going to be fascinating to see what the reef cores look like and what they can tell us. My advice – if there’s fundamental scientific questions you want to answer – keep working and keep pushing! Never give up!

IODP Expedition 405: JTRACK
Tracking Tsunamigenic Slip Across the Japan Trench Sailing 12 September to 7 December 2024 Applications CLOSED. We are assessing applications and making preparations. MarE3 currently

IODP Expedition 406: New England Shelf Hydrogeology
Applications now closed The Co-chief Scientists for this Expedition are Prof. Brandon Dugan (Colorado School of Mines, USA) and Prof. Karen Johannesson (University of Massachusetts

Special Call for Applicants: Nannofossil Micropaleont
Expedition 402: Tyrrhenian Continent – Ocean Transition9 February – 8 April 2024 This call is now CLOSED. Expedition 402 will investigate the temporal and spatial

Understanding volcano systems to mitigate threats: Acacia Clark on Expedition 398
The Hellenic arc – comprising the Santorini, Christiana, and Kolumbo volcanic centres in Greece’s Aegean Sea – is one of Europe’s most active volcanic centres.
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