Acronyms

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 of Governors
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 Project
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 Organisations
IODP - Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
IODP-MI - IODP Management International, Inc.
ISP - Initial Science Plan for the IODP
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
SSEP - Science Steering & Evaluation Panel
SSP
- Site Survey Panel
STP - Site Technology Panel
TAMU : Texas A & M University
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
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