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U.S. Science Support Program

U.S. Science Support Program. Jeff Schuffert Director, U.S. Science Support Program Ocean Leadership Board of Trustees Meeting Washington, D.C. 8 February 2012. U.S. Science Support Program. Objective

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U.S. Science Support Program

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  1. U.S. Science Support Program Jeff Schuffert Director, U.S. Science Support Program Ocean Leadership Board of Trustees Meeting Washington, D.C. 8 February 2012

  2. U.S. Science Support Program Objective Facilitate scientific discovery via IODP by supporting widest possible participation by U.S. scientific community.

  3. 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

  4. Platform Participation • Expeditions on Chikyu • Exp 343 Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project • Exp 337 Shimokita Coal Bed Biosphere • Exp 338 NanTroSEIZE Stage 3

  5. 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

  6. Pre-Drilling Activities • 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.

  7. 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: • Online community survey in December 2011 – January 2012; results will guide final development of in-person workshop. • Community workshop on 30 April – 2 May 2012 in Denver;75 participants, selected from survey respondents, will represent broader community.

  8. Who Participated 433 Survey Participants All Responses New to Program (19%)

  9. Who Participated? 39 states + DC

  10. Institutions Number of Participants 117 Institutions

  11. Institutions Number of Participants ~50% of Participants from 13 Institutions

  12. Disciplines Number of Participants

  13. Involvement in Other Initiatives Number of Participants

  14. Education and Outreach

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