U.S. Science Support Program Report

to the

U.S. Advisory Committeefor 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• 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

Work Breakdown Structure

• Task 1: Platform Participation Activities

• Task 2: Program Development and Planning

• Task 3: Education & Outreach

• Task 4: Program Management

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)

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)

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)

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)

Post-expedition Activities

Expedition Proposal Deadline USAC Reviewers

320T RAC 5 Apr 2009 Christensen, Dilek, Lyle

320 PEAT I 5 Jun 2009 Anderson, Christensen, Clement

320 PEAT II 5 Aug 2009 Anderson, Christensen, Pekar

319 NanTroSEIZE 30 Sep 2009 McHargue, Screaton, Summa

323 Bering Sea 4 Oct 2009 Christensen, Lyle, Ellins

322 NanTroSEIZE 10 Nov 2009 Screaton, Summa, Lewis

324 Shatsky Rise 4 Dec 2009 Acton, Straub, Ellins

313 New Jersey early Jan 2010 McHargue, Christensen, Summa

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

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?

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

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 2020

office in Los Angeles, Calif. $800

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.

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.

Schlanger Fellowships

Awards: IODP Theme

Awards: Number of Times Applied

Proposals Awards Success Rate

New 60 17 28%

Repeat 26 4 15%

Overall 86 21 24%

Proposals Awards Success Rate

Deep Biosphere 9 3 33%

Environment 76 16 21%

Solid Earth 21 6 29%

Overall 106 25 24%

Distinguished Lecturer Series

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.

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.

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

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.

Communications

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

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