March 7-8, 2013Edinburgh, UK again!

Structure of the International Ocean Discovery Program

ECORD Facility Board Meeting #1

Elements of New Framework• Three Platforms – Independent funding of platforms – Overseen by Facility Boards

• Advisory Panels– Proposal Evaluation, Site Characterization, Safety/Environment – Available for all Platform Providers

• Support Office– Proposal processing, logistics support for panels, website

• IODP Forum– International body for monitoring/advising Platform Providers

Platform Provider Management• Independent funding for each platform

• National/Consortia funding• Yearly subscription • Project-by-project participation

• Platforms overseen by Facility Boards • Includes Scientists, Funding agencies, Operator• Yearly Scheduling, Long-term planning• Policies and Procedures of Facility

• Core Archives• Core distributed according to current IODP guidelines• Three main repositories : Gulf Coast Repository, Bremen, Kochi Core Center

• Platform Providers responsible for Pubs, Eng dev, Data mgmt, etc

Advisory Panels• Three Panels

• Proposal Evaluation Panel (PEP)• Site Characterization Panel (SCP)• Environmental Assessment Protection and Safety Panel (EPSP)

• Available for use by any Platform Provider

• Internationally Staffed• Membership quotas determined by contributions to JR Consortium• Members selected by Program Member Offices

• Proposals from PEP forwarded directly to Facility Board(s)

• SIPCOM disappears after FY2013• SIPCOM duties move to IODP Forum and Facility Boards

Support Office• Small office

• ~ 5 people

• Funded by JOIDES Resolution Consortium

• Primary Functions:

• Support of Advisory Panels- Proposal handling (drilling and workshop proposals)- Meeting logistics for Advisory Panels, Forum, JR Facility Board- Site Survey Data Bank

• Maintain IODP Website

• 5-Year Cooperative Agreement

IODP Forum• Venue for all IODP entities to meet yearly

• Primary functions• Monitor science plan delivery• Provide advice on Platform Provider activity

• Participants• Active community scientists• Funding agencies• Operators• Program Member Office representatives

• Chaired by well-recognized scientist• Chair: Keir Becker• Support of chair provided by home country

• Terms of Reference developed by SIPCOM, approved by IWG+

International Ocean Discovery Program

MEXT

IODP FORUM

Proposal Evaluation Panel (PEP)

Project basis funding(member, industry, other

countries)

Australia, Brazil, China, India,Korea

Chikyu IODP Board

Support Office

MissionSpecific

Platforms

JOIDESResolution

Chikyu

Annual Funding

Project basisfunding

Environmental Protection and Safety Panel (EPSP)

Site Characterization Panel (SCP)

Chikyu members &

partnersECORD

ECORDFacility Board

Project Partner Office

Site Survey

Data Bank

NSFUS

Facility Board

Fundamentals of new Program • The Science Plan is the guiding scientific document

• Proposals can be submitted for any platform

• Internationally-staffed Advisory Panels

• Scientific community heavily involved in scheduling and long-term planning for all platforms

• Program member offices nominate scientists for platform berths and Advisory Panels