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U.S. Science Support Program Report to the

U.S. Science Support Program Report to the. U.S. Advisory Committee for Scientific Ocean Drilling 13-15 July 2009 Consortium for Ocean Leadership Washington, D.C. Program and Budget Status. Cooperative agreement for Years 1-3 Closed out after Feb 2009 Cooperative agreement for Years 4-10

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  1. U.S. Science Support Program Reportto the U.S. Advisory Committeefor Scientific Ocean Drilling 13-15 July 2009Consortium for Ocean LeadershipWashington, D.C.

  2. Program and Budget Status Cooperative agreement for Years 1-3 • Closed out after Feb 2009 Cooperative agreement for Years 4-10 • Year 5: Mar 2008 – Feb 2009 • Program plan budget $4.86M • Operating budget $5.20M • Expenditures $2.12M • Uncommitted funds $0.10M • Year 6: Mar 2009 – Feb 2010 • Program plan budget $6.95M • Operating budget $10.04M

  3. Work Breakdown Structure • Task 1: Platform Participation Activities • Task 2: Program Development and Planning • Task 3: Education & Outreach • Task 4: Program Management

  4. Expedition Staffing - USIO 320 Pacific Equatorial Age Transect I • U.S. co-chief: none • Expedition complete (8 participants) 321 Pacific Equatorial Age Transect II • U.S. co-chief: Mitch Lyle • Expedition complete (8 participants) 323 Bering Sea Paleoceanography • U.S. co-chief: Christina Ravelo • Expedition underway (9 participants)

  5. Expedition Staffing - USIO 324 Shatsky Rise Formation • U.S. co-chief: Will Sager • Scheduled: 4 Sept - 4 Nov 2009 • 1 or 2 new U.S. vacancies 317 Canterbury Basin Sea Level • U.S. co-chief: Craig Fulthorpe • Scheduled: 4 Nov 2009 - 4 Jan 2010 • 1 new U.S. vacancy 318 Wilkes Land Glacial History • U.S. co-chief: none • Scheduled: 4 Jan - 9 Mar 2010 • Staffing currently complete(8 participants)

  6. Expedition Staffing - CDEX 319 NanTroSEIZE Riser/Riserless Observatory 1 • U.S. co-chiefs: Demian Saffer, Tim Byrne • Expedition underway (8 participants) 322 NanTroSEIZE Subduction Inputs • U.S. co-chief: Mike Underwood • Scheduled: 5 Sept - 10 Oct 2009 • Staffing currently complete(8 participants)

  7. Expedition Staffing - ESO 313 New Jersey Shallow Shelf • U.S. co-chief: Greg Mountain • Expedition underway (8 participants, 4 offshore) • Onshore party begins 6 Nov 2009 325 Great Barrier Reef • U.S. co-chief: none • Scheduled: ~45 days beginning late Oct 2009 • Onshore party begins mid April 2010 • Staffing currently complete (8 participants,2 offshore)

  8. Post-expedition Activities

  9. Program Development and Planning U.S. Scientific Advisory Committee • USAC Chair Brad Clement named as IODP-TAMU Director • Terms ending Sept 2009: Anderson, Cowen, Dilek, Screaton • USAC must appoint new chair and new members at this meeting Science Advisory Structure • USAC must appoint new panel and committee members at this meeting – 32 nominees to fill 13 or 14 vacancies Chief Project Scientist • Harold Tobin (U. Wisconsin) • Partial salary support to manageNanTroSEIZE Complex Drilling Project$34,724

  10. Thematic Working Groups Ocean Acidification • Led by USAC member Dave Anderson; met 7-9 January 2009, Miami, Florida. • To define and examine key scientific problems in ocean acidification and marine carbon cycling and develop multidisciplinary approaches for addressing those problems. • Report released in June 2009 – identifies past ODP/IODP discoveries, future research directions, opportunities for immediate progress, and potential partnerships. New Groups in Year 6?

  11. Workshops Abrupt Climate Change • 15-19 June 2009, Columbus, Oh. • AGU Chapman Conference convened by Harunur Rashid (Ohio St. U.) • USSSP supported 21 students and post-docs. $15,000 Melting, Magma, Fluids, and Life Workshop • 27-29 July 2009, Southampton, U.K. • Convened by Donna Blackman (U.C. San Diego, Scripps Inst. Oceanography) and InterRidge • USSSP supporting 12 scientists, including two post-docs. $15,000 Mid-ocean Ridge and Ridge-flank Settings • 27-28 August 2009, Austin, Tex. • Convened by Nick Hayman and Gail Christeson (U.T. Austin) • USSSP managed application process, is providing logistical support, and is funding 32 of 37 participants. $39,950

  12. Pre-drilling Activities Gulf of Alaska • John Jaeger (U. Florida) and Sean Gulick (U.T. Austin) • Evaluation of Neogene sedimentation on Surveyor Fan. $31,748 Hess Deep • Donna Shillington and Vicki Ferrini (Columbia U., LDEO) • Processing of site-survey data from Hess Deep. $35,547 Tanzania • Bridget Wade (Texas A&M U.) • Travel expenses for two scientists to participate on Feb 2009 site-survey cruise off Tanzania. $5,000 NanTroSEIZE • Roland von Huene (U.C. Davis) • Travel expenses for VSP modeling study at Seismic 2020office in Los Angeles, Calif. $800

  13. CHART Workshop CHARTing the Future Course of Scientific Ocean Drilling • Six-week, online workshop to maximize and broaden U.S. community input to planning process for next drilling program. • Steering committee led by Christina Ravelo (U.C. Santa Cruz), overlapped with INVEST steering committee. • 2,242 visits by 695 individuals. • 535 posts by 186 registered users from 79 institutions. • Workshop report summarizes comments and presents vision for new science plan.

  14. INVEST Conference IODP New Ventures in Exploring Scientific Targets • 23-25 September 2009, Bremen, Germany. • To define scientific research goals of next scientific ocean drilling program. • $205,000 in travel support for U.S.-affiliated researchers. • First call: 78 participants funded. • Second call: 56 applicants, including many students and early career researchers; expect to support 42 more participants.

  15. Schlanger Fellowships Awards: IODP Theme Awards: Number of Times Applied

  16. Distinguished Lecturer Series

  17. Diversity Initiatives MS PHD’S Program • Supported 5 students and 1 administrator to attend May 2009 SSEPmeeting in Utrecht, Netherlands. • Planning underway to provide travel support for 2009-2011 cohort of students to visit Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and sail aboard research vessel before December 2009 AGU Meeting. Other Activities • Awaiting proposal from HBCU educator-at-sea for post-cruise outreach activity award of up to $6,000. Deadline: 1 August 2009. • IODP exhibit at SACNAS meeting– focus on interdisciplinary science.

  18. New Education Initiative How to broaden participation in IODP? • Mentoring Program • Formalized mentoring program to provide personal connections for new participants • IODP Short Course - Thematic Model • Yearly short courses centered on IODP related themes, similar to ECORD Summer Schools. • Would focus on science and include programmatic information. • IODP Short Course - Programmatic Model • Yearly short course based on “nuts and bolts” of IODP (how to fund a site-survey cruise, how to sail, how to request samples) • Open to all scientific disciplines.

  19. Communications American Association for the Advancement of Science February 2009 Meeting Sessions • Life in the Extreme: The Deep Biosphere's Influence on Global Processes • presenters Jim Cowen (U. Hawaii), Katrina Edwards (U. Southern California), Jennifer Biddle (U. North Carolina), and Rick Colwell (Oregon St. U.) • Crossing the Plate Boundary: ProbingEarthquakes at the Source • presenters Harold Tobin (U. Wisconsin),James Evans (Utah St. U.), and SusanSchwartz (U.C. Santa Cruz) • Press briefing on earthquake hazards with“Crossing the Plate Boundary” and“Wenchuan Earthquake” panelists

  20. Communications Coalition for National Science Funding:15th Annual Exhibition & Reception • 24 March 2009, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. • Annual event showcases research and education projects funded by NSF. • Draws Congressional staff, membersof Congress, and White House leaders. • USSSP and USIO supported presenceof Jim Channell (U. Florida) and RoyWilkens (U. Hawaii) to help representand discuss IODP.

  21. ORPP and IODP White Paper • Ocean Research Priorities Plan – meant to set science priorities for ocean research over next 10 years • ORPP currently under review by Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (JSOST) • USAC white paper links scientific ocean drilling to themes in ORPP • USAC members to meet with JSOST co-chair at OSTP • Deadline for comments: 17 July

  22. Program Management Personnel Changes • Communications associate Jon Corsiglia has left the organization • Responsibilities assigned temporarily to Gregg Schmidt • Currently recruiting two new communications staff to serve USSSP and USIO • Also recruiting new champion to promote scientific ocean drilling Management Assessment Committee • Obligated Year 6 activity under USSSP cooperative agreement • USAC recommended potential committee members in Jan 2009 • Now seeking USAC input to develop terms of assessment

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