Our CORE Funding

(Formerly AILAF Scheme)

We regularly invite research proposals which advance the field of scientific drilling to be considered for funding in our Continent & Ocean Research & Education (CORE) Funding.

Applications for the 2024 round of funding closed on September 15.

Since 2012
ANZIC has funded 125 Legacy Projects!

Totalling nearly $2.5M

Our AILAF project provided the pilot data that went into a successful ARC bid - Fire and rain: Drivers of deep-time ecosystem assembly in Australia.
Dr Cesca McInerney
Dr Cesca McInerneySenior Research Fellow, Flinders University.
ANZIC provides very valued funding for interdisciplinary research. $20k is valuable seed money to try new approaches and/or kick start a new collaboration. I don't know of any other scheme where I could apply for seed $ to get a project like this off the ground.
Dr Jacqueline Halpin
Dr Jacqueline HalpinSenior Lecturer, University of Tasmania.
Our AILAF was the first part of a larger effort on understanding plate-plume interactions in the Coral Sea and ... helped framed our ideas for a successful ARC Discovery Proposal.
Associate Professor Maria SetonUniversity of Sydney

Projects we have funded in the past

New Zealand projects funded in 2024

Read all about the four projects funded within Aotearoa New Zealand this year.

Tracking the travels of dust - could ocean cores hold the key?

University of Wollongong Researcher, Dr Sam Marx, investigates the transport of Australia's iconic desert dust, with help from deposits found in deep ocean cores thousands of kilometres away, and an AILAF Grant.


International Legacy Funding

Several international schemes offer funding for projects using legacy drilling samples and data.

Credit: Jennifer Field & IODP

LEAPS

Ocean Drilling Legacy Assets Projects (LEAPs) are a new type of project for international and interdisciplinary collaborations under the umbrella of the scientific ocean drilling programs.

ReCoRD

The Repository Core Re-Discovery Program (ReCoRD) is a collaborative program between Kochi Core Center and J-DESC. It aims to create new results by reanalysing core samples, not by individuals or small groups, but by research teams similar to science parties on drilling expeditions