Become an Anzic expeditioner
Participating in an International Scientific Drilling Project is the experience of a lifetime, working as part of an integrated science party to recover, examine and unlock millennia of secrets hidden in cores.
Current opportunities
Apply to join Expedition 506S
SIGNALS: Stratigraphic Integration of North Atlantic Legacy Sites
IODP3 Expedition 506S is a SPARC (Scientific Projects using ocean drilling ARChives) that will sample and analyse legacy IODP, ODP, and DSDP cores from the North Atlantic, and held in the Bremen Core Repository (BCR).
IODP3 invite applications from scientists with interest and expertise relevant to the objectives of the expedition to apply for membership of the Expedition Science Team.
Apply by 11 February 2026 via the IODP3 Gateway.
Apply to join Expedition 504S
Volcanic ash record from the Ontong Java Plateau
IODP3 Expedition 504S is a SPARC (Scientific Projects using ocean drilling ARChives) expedition involving sampling and analysis of volcanic ashes and surrounding sedimentary rocks in legacy ODP and DSDP cores recovered from the Ontong Java Plateau (OJP), and held in the Gulf Coast Core Repository (GCR) in College Station, Texas, USA.
Scientists with interest and expertise relevant to the objectives of the expedition are invited to apply to be part of the Science Team. Opportunities exist for researchers in all specialties.
Sorry, this opportunity has closed.
Apply to join Expedition 505S
ENIGMA: ExploratioN Into a Global early Miocene Anomaly.
IODP3 Expedition 505S is a SPARC (Scientific Projects using ocean drilling ARChives) expedition involving sampling and analysis of early Miocene sediments from legacy IODP, ODP, and DSDP cores recovered from the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea and held in the Bremen Core Repository (BCR) in Germany and the Gulf Coast Repository (GCR) in Texas.
Scientists with interest and expertise relevant to the objectives of the expedition are invited to apply to be part of the Science Team.
Sorry, this opportunity has closed.
