Australian Membership of the International Ocean Discovery Program 2023-24

This proposal is for a 2 year membership of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), the world’s largest collaborative research program in Earth and ocean sciences. IODP membership delivers access to global- ranging research infrastructure that provides unique enabling capabilities to explore, sample and monitor geological and biological activity deep beneath the seafloor. The IODP facilitates research into past global environmental change on multiple time scales, the deep biosphere, plate tectonics, formation and distribution of resources, and generation of hazards. This research addresses multiple national science and research priorities, and underpins future societal and economic prosperity.