We use cookies to make your experience of our website better. To comply with EU regulations we need to ask for your consent to set these cookies. I agree | No thanks | Find out more

Natural Environment Research Council Home
Skip to content

UK IODP

Announcement of opportunity - Site Survey Investigations (SSIs)

Closing date for full bids: Thursday 9 June 2011

Closing date for outline bids (Heading A only): Thursday 14 April 2011

To support UK membership in the international Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), NERC runs a UK research programme to enable:

  1. UK scientists to ensure that IODP carries out the best and highest priority science;
  2. UK scientists to participate in and obtain material from drilling legs; and
  3. UK scientists to capitalise on the results of IODP drilling and UK technologies, allowing them to benefit from technological advances in deep sea drilling.

The aim of this round of Site Survey Investigations is to maximise funding from the second phase of UK IODP (2008-2013) to deliver useful research information to aid UK scientists in a new programme of research drilling.

In this Announcement of Opportunity funding applications are sought under two headings:

  1. Outline Bids for Ship-Borne Site Survey Investigations (full bids to be invited following Outline Bid evaluation)
  2. Full proposals for 'Virtual' Site Surveys (land-based site survey investigations using already collected seismic data with no ship-time)

Any proposed project will be expected to build on existing research efforts within IODP and expected outputs should include high profile scientific paper(s) and/or further proposals.

Applications must be associated with an IODP drilling proposal which has already been submitted to IODP and which has high-level UK involvement, particularly those with a UK Lead Proponent.

The total funding available under this round is £2·5m (this being NERC's 80% contribution to full economic costs, and including indexation). Applicants should contact Amy Vitale for details.

Applicants should be aware of the revised arrangements for requests for equipment purchase in line with new RCUK guidance Link to external site. The revised guidance and procedures are also detailed in the NERC Research Grants Handbook.

How to apply

The closing date for outline bids for ship-borne site surveys is 14 April 2011 and for full 'virtual' site surveys and invited ship-borne site surveys is 9 June 2011.

Proposals should be submitted at full economic cost via the research councils' Joint electronic-Submission system (Je-S).

For full detail, please see the Announcement of Opportunity below.

Announcement of Opportunity (150KB)

Contacts

Scientific queries regarding this Announcement of Opportunity should be directed to the Programme Science Co-ordinator, Dayton Dove.

Advice on application and administrative arrangements is available from the Programme Administrator, Amy Vitale.

Any queries regarding the Je-S system and submission of applications should be directed to the dedicated Je-S Helpdesk.

For further information please contact:

Amy Vitale
Tel: 01793 442594

About the programme

 

Joint electronic-Submission (Je-S)