Acronyms
ACEX: Arctic Coring Expedition (Expedition 302)
APLACON - Alternative Platform Conference (Lisbon, May 2001)
AF - Academy of Finland
BCR - Bremen Core Repository
BGS - British Geological Survey (UK)
BoG - IODP-MI Board of Governors
CDC - Conceptual Design Committee (new riser vessel)
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 (German Research Foundation)
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
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)
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
MEC - Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia Y (Spain)
MEXT - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology (Japan)
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)
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)
RANNIS - The Icelandic Centre for Research
SAS - Science Advisory Structure
SASEC - Science Advisory Structure Executive Committee
SciMP - Scientific Measurements Panel
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
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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