Graduate Students Awarded Prestigious Schlanger Fellowships
Three graduate students in A&M’s College of Geosciences have been awarded prestigious Schlanger Fellowships. Oceanography graduate students Daniel Murphy and Masako Tominaga won awards for the 2007-08 academic year, while geology and geophysics graduate student Hiroko Kitajima won a fellowship for 2006-07.
From the USAC Chair – November 2007
Dear Friends:
I have a pressing announcement to share: the IODP implementation plan has now been posted, and the period for public comment is NOW and until November 30, 2007. Please take a look and submit your comments.
Up to now, the Initial Science Plan (ISP) has been used to guide IODP priorities and [...]
From the USAC Chair – July 2007
Dear Friends:
At the U.S. Science Advisory Committee (USAC) July meeting, we received updates on IODP activities, including the Scientific Ocean Drilling Vessel (SODV) conversion project and the ongoing adjustments of the program to the financial challenges. We also met with NSF, JOI, and CORE personnel so that we could better understand IODP funding within the [...]
Science Support for IODP: Updates that Affect U.S. Scientists
New Cooperative Agreement
JOI has finalized the U.S. Science Support Program (USSSP) 2007 – 2013 budget for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP). As JOI President Steve Bohlen explained in JOI News (Spring 2007), JOI and IODP currently face a tough financial situation due to new NSF budget realities. NSF is decreasing [...]
From the USAC Chair – June 2007
Dear Friends:
As you receive news about the major funding shortfall and the tough financial situation that is impacting the U.S. Science Support Program (USSSP) and the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program – U.S. Implementing Organization (IODP-USIO), please know that the U.S. Advisory Committee for Scientific Ocean Drilling (USAC) is interested in hearing your concerns and suggestions.
For [...]
Dr. Catherine O’Riordan Named Director of the U.S. Science Support Program at JOI
The Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI), a consortium of leading U.S. oceanographic research institutions, announced that it has named Dr. Catherine O’Riordan as the director of the U.S. Science Support Program for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, effective March 12, 2007.
Bering Sea Drilling Workshop, Fairbanks, AK
The Bering Strait, Rapid Climate Change, and Land Bridge Paleoecology” was a USSSP-sponsored workshop held in June 2005 to discuss potential scientific ocean drilling in the Bering Sea Shelf basins. The purpose of the interdisciplinary workshop is to formulate key scientific questions, identify relevant drilling sites, discuss drilling platform options, and to begin coordinating subsequent geophysical surveys, proposals, and multi-proxy analyses.
Joint Oceanographic Institutions to Lead U.S. Efforts in IODP
The Joint Oceanographic Institutions, a consortium of 20 academic institutions, has signed a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation to lead U.S. participation in the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) through the U.S. Science Support Program (USSSP).
Dr. Holly Given Named Director of the U.S. Science Support Program at JOI
Washington, D.C. – The Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI) announced today that it has named Dr. Holly K. Given as Director of the U.S. Science Support Program (USSSP).
