U.S. Science Support Program

Jeff SchuffertDirector, U.S. Science Support Program

Ocean Leadership Board of Trustees MeetingWashington, D.C.8 February 2012

U.S. Science Support Program

Objective

Facilitate scientific discovery via IODP by supporting widest possible participation by U.S. scientific community.

Platform Participation

Expeditions on JOIDES Resolution

• Exp 336 Mid-Atlantic Ridge Microbiology

• Exp 339 Mediterranean Outflow

• Exp 340T Atlantis Massif Oceanic Core Complex

• Exp 340 Lesser Antilles Volcanism & Landslides

• Exp 342 Newfoundland Sediment Drifts

• Exp 344 Costa Rica Seismogenesis Project II

• Exp 345 Hess Deep Plutonic Crust

• Exp 341 Southern Alaska Margin

• Exp 346 Asian Monsoon

Platform Participation

Expeditions on Chikyu

• Exp 343 Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project

• Exp 337 Shimokita Coal Bed Biosphere

• Exp 338 NanTroSEIZE Stage 3

Workshops

Greenland Ice Sheet History• 7-9 November 2011, Corvallis, Ore.

Convener: Joe Stoner (OSU)USSSP support: $26,000

Circum-Arctic Ocean Shelves and Continental Slopes

• 10-11 December 2011, San FranciscoConvener: Carolyn Ruppel (USGS)USSSP support: $40,000

Observatories in Scientific Ocean Drilling

• 10-11 September 2012, HoustonConvener: Brandon Dugan (Rice)USSSP support: $40,000

Mapping the Sumatran Marginal Plateau• Sean Gulick and James Austin (UT Austin)

received $13,331 for graduate student to interpret bathymetry and seismic data for IODP Proposal 704-Full2.

Observatory Fabrication for J-FAST• Patrick Fulton (UT Austin) received $14,998 for

salary and travel to fabricate observatory instruments for Expedition 343; IODP-MI committed funds for materials.

Osa Melange Investigation• Robert Harris (Oregon St. Univ.) received

$2,055 in travel funds to examine outermost forearc of Middle America Trench erosiveplate boundary as exposed on OsaPeninsula, Cost Rica, in preparation for Expedition 344.

Pre-Drilling Activities

U.S. Community Workshop

Goals:

•Demonstrate size and breadth of U.S. IODP research base.

•Determine U.S. research priorities within context of internationally developed post-2013 IODP Science Plan.

•Set stage for smooth transition (increase number of ready-to-drill proposals in SAS, prepare for more efficient ship tracks, build collaborations and synergies, etc.).

Process:

1. Online community survey in December 2011 – January 2012; results will guide final development of in-person workshop.

2. Community workshop on 30 April – 2 May 2012 in Denver;75 participants, selected from survey respondents, will represent broader community.

Who Participated

433 Survey Participants

All Responses New to Program (19%)

Who Participated?

39 states + DC

Institutions

117 Institutions

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Education and Outreach