The European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) is the European consortium that establishes a European infrastructure for ocean drilling/surveying research. Currently, this management structure is composed of 15 members (14 European countries and Canada) and is part of the international IODP program for the same purpose.
Drilling and sampling research is essential to ocean science as it collects material that allows us to study climate and environmental change, the deep-sea biosphere, and the geophysics and geodynamics of the Earth.
Participation in this consortium is essential to ensure Portuguese scientists' access to the international IODP program, the world's largest in Ocean Drilling, which allows, among other benefits, access to specific research platforms, such as the US vessel JOIDES Resolution and the Japanese vessel Chikyu, equipped with permanent drilling facilities, laboratories, and offshore core repositories, as well as more specific platforms depending on the type of expedition, through ECORD's Mission-Specific Platforms (MSPs).
Representatives
– ECORD Council
National delegate: Vitor Magalhães (vitor.magalhaes@ipma.pt), Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA); Dom Luiz Institute (IDL).
National sub-delegate: Ana Amorim (ana.amorim@fct.pt), FCT.
– ECORD Science Support and Advisory Committee (ESSAC)
National delegate: Davide Gamboa (dgamboa@ua.pt), University of Aveiro.
National sub-delegate: João C. Duarte (jdduarte@ciencias.ulisboa.pt), University of Lisbon; Dom Luiz Institute (IDL).
FCT involvement
- Annual financial contribution, which allows for the involvement of Portuguese researchers:
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- access to ships and multiple specific drilling platforms (IODP expeditions);
- in the research and use of IODP material (samples, data, outreach material);
- when submitting proposals for new sites to be drilled;
- participation in IODP Program panels (such as the Science Evaluation Panel);
- access to summer schools, courses, and workshops organized by ECORD/IODP;
- in Studentships for young researchers;
- in targeted research with the IODP (ECORD Research Grants);
- the possibility of inviting a Distinguished Lecturer.
- Support for national delegates to participate in meetings.
Useful links
- ECORD website
- IODP website
- ECORD/IODP database
- Access to ships and multiple specific drilling platforms (IODP Expeditions)
- Research and use of IODP material: core replicas and samples, data, outreach material
- MagellanPlus Workshop Series Program
- Studentships for young researchers
- ECORD Summer Schools
Initiative supported by the FCTOcean Program.
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