Call for Participation of Science Communicators on IODP Expeditions Onboard the D/V Chikyu in 2025
The International Ocean Drilling Programme (IODP) has issued a call for applications for science communicators to participate in the following three expeditions onboard the D/V Chikyu in 2025:
- Expedition 502E: Extended Monitoring and Resurveying of Japan Trench Borehole Observatories (17 – 30 October 2025)
- Expedition 502: Impact of Petit-Spot Magmatism on Subduction Zone Seismicity and the Global Geochemical Cycle (31 October – 24 November 2025)
- Expedition 503: Hadal Trench Tsunamigenic Slip History – Buried in Trench (24 November – 11 December 2025)
These expeditions will be run by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and the Institute for Marine-Earth Exploration and Engineering (MarE3) and will operate sequentially with port stops in Shimizu or Sendai, Japan.
The IODP is seeking applications from science communicators of all backgrounds with an interest in Earth Science who will develop outreach projects that will promote the following areas:
- Public understanding of scientific ocean drilling
- Use of scientific ocean drilling data and samples by researchers, students, and interested members of the public
- The nature of international cooperative research
- D/V Chikyu and other scientific ocean drilling platforms
- Promoting public interest in natural hazard research
- Earth Science & STEM learning
Applications are due by September 5th, 2025. For more information, and to apply for this opportunity, please visit this link.
