ACEX: Arctic Coring Expedition, Expedition 302 ANDRILL - Antarctic Geological DRILLing ANZIC - Australia New Zealand IODP Consortium APLACON - Alternative Platform Conference AF - Academy of Finland BCR - Bremen Core Repository
BGS - British Geological Survey BoG - IODP-MI Board ofGovernors CDEX - Center for Deep Earth EXploration, Japan CoNISMa - Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, Italy CDP - Complex Drilling Project CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France DASTI - Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation DFG - Deutsche ForschungsGemeinschaft EC - European Commission ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling EDP - Engineering Development Panel EPC - European Petrophysics Consortium EMA - ECORD Managing Agency ERA-Net - European Research Area Network ESF - European Science Foundation EPSP - Environmental Protection & Safety Panel ESO - ECORD Science Operator ESSAC - ECORD Science Support and Advisory Committee FWO-Vlaanderen - Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders, Belgium FWF - Austrian Science Fund GBREC - Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes, Expedition 325 GRICES - Gabineta de Relacoes Internacionais da Ciencias e do Ensino Superior, Portugal GSI - The Geological Survey of Ireland ICDP - International Continental Scientific Drilling Program IIS-PPG - Industry - IODP Science Program Planning Group INGV - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy INSU - Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers, France INVEST - IODP New Ventures in Exploring Scientific Targets IOs - Implementing Organizations IODP - Integrated Ocean Drilling Program IODP-MI - IODPManagement International, Inc. ISP - Initial Science Plan for the IODP IWG+ - International Working Group + JAMSTEC - JApan Marine Science & TEchnology Center J-DESC - Japanese Earth Drilling Science Consortium JEODI - Joint European Ocean Drilling Initiative JOI - Joint Oceanographic Institutions JR - JOIDES Resolution LDEO - Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
MEXT - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology, Japan MICINN - MInisterio de Ciencia y INNovacion, Spain MOES - Ministry Of Earth Sciences, India MoU - Memorandum of Understanding MOST - People's Republic of China Ministry Of Science and Technology MSP - Mission-specific platform
NanTroSEIZE - Nankai Trough SEIsmogenic Zone Experiment NCMR - National Center for Marine Research, Greece NERC - Natural Environment Research Council, UK NJSS - New Jersey Shallow Shelf, Expedition 313 NSF : National Science Foundation, USA NWO - Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research OD21 - Ocean Drilling in the 21st Century, Japan ODP - Ocean Drilling Program OEAW - Austrian Academy of Sciences OGS - Istituto Nazionale di Oceanograpfiae di Geofisica Sperimentale (Italy) OSP - Onshore Science Party
RANNIS - The Icelandic Centre for Research SAS - Science Advisory Structure SASEC - Science Advisory Structure Executive Committee SciMP - Scientific Measurements Panel
SEDIS - Scientific Earth Drilling Information Service
SNF - Swiss National Science Foundation SODV - Scientific Ocean Drilling Vessel SPC - Science Planning Committee SPWG - Science Plan Writing Committee SSEP - Science Steering & Evaluation Panel
SSP - Site Survey Panel STP - Site Technology Panel TAMU : Texas A & MUniversity ToR - Terms of Reference USIO - US Implementing Organization USSAC - United States Science Advisory Committee USSSP - United States Science Support Program UVic - University of Victoria, Canada VR - Swedish Research Council Top of the page