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 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.
Express your interest
So that the IODP3 Science Office can provide support to interested scientists, there is an additional Expression Of Interest form which is optional to complete but highly encouraged. This form closes 17 December.
Apply by 16 January 2026 via the IODP3 Gateway.
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.
There is an additional Expression Of Interest form which is optional but highly encouraged. This form closes 23 December.
Apply by 23 January 2026 via the IODP3 Gateway.
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).
Apply by 11 February, optional Expression of Interest due 11 January 2026. Catch the Info Webinar on .
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.
There is an optional Expression Of Interest form (highly encouraged). This form closes 11 January 2026.
Apply by 11 February 2026 via the IODP3 Gateway.
Register for the Information Webinar on 18 December for details straight from the Co-Chiefs and answers to questions.
Apply to participate in Expedition GLACE-NS:
Late Cenozoic Glaciers, Landscapes, Climates, & Ecosystems of the North Sea
IODP3 have announced the call to participate in Expedition GLACE-NS, investigating the North Sea Basin late Plio-Pleistocene succession and the environmental-ecological information it contains. This will help elucidate how glaciers, landscapes, climates, and shallow marine and coastal ecosystems evolved through a period of high climate variability.
SORRY, applications are now closed.
