Funding Precipice at the Shoreline
Miller to Bruce Malfait (NSF/OCE) 1991:
My main concern with the proposed onshore drilling is that it might fall through "programmatic
cracks". Because the boreholes will be drilled above the high tide line, this may not seem to
be an obvious OCE/ODP program; however, the integration of the onshore and offshore
components directly address OCE/ODP programs and objectives.
Earth Sciences
(EAR)
Ocean Sciences
(OCE)
Joint ICDP-SAG IODP-SEP committee on
amphibious proposals
Kenneth Miller (IODP SEP), chair
Pierre Francus (ICDP EC),
Flavio Anselmetti (ICDP SAG),
Jochen Erbacher (IODP Forum),
Sean Gulick (IODP SEP)
Themes of the ICDP
International Continental Scientific Drilling Program
Definition
•  Amphibious drilling proposals are those in which the
scientific objectives can only be accomplished by drilling
both onshore and offshore. They are differentiated from
proposals where both onshore and offshore drilling is
desirable, but where onshore or offshore drilling is viable
in isolation.
Workshops
All ADP require a workshop to bring together members of the
IODP and ICDP communities and to justify onshore and offshore
sites.
Proposals will be reviewed by the ICDP SAG/EC and the IODP
SEP (e.g., similar to pre-proposals) with the advice of the
MagellanPlus SSC, USSAC, or external reviewers if necessary.
Workshop funds will be provided by ICDP and the IODP national
committees (ECORD, USSAC, and JDESC).
Key: input from drillers (IODP platform operators, ICDP OSP,
commercial drillers) for cost estimates
IODP-ICDP Amphibious Drilling Proposal (ADP) Development Flow chart:
Workshop
Green = ICDP
Blue = IODP
Gray = scientists
Workshop
Proposal
Jan. 15
submission
submission
National
agencies
submission
? Partial funding
IODP
Science
Support
Office
Evaluation
SEP
SAG/EC
ICDP Potsdam
Decision and funding
Fig. 1
Workshop
funding
June
Full Proposals
•  IODP with the advice and consent of SAG will
obtain external reviews for the Full Proposals
•  Following review (to be completed by mid
March), the Full Proposal will be evaluated by
the scientific panels of both programs using the
reviews obtained by; it is up to the chairs of
these two panels to organize a joint evaluation
resulting in one single judgment of the submitted
proposal.
IODP-ICDP Amphibious Drilling Proposal (ADP) Development Flow chart:
Full proposal
IODP Platfom
Operators
Workshop
Cost
estimates
Cost
estimates
Full proposal
Jan. 15? Oct. 1?
submission
IODP
Science
Support
Office
submission
Evaluation
SEP
SAG
Scheduling
Fig. 2
Decision and funding
ICDP Potsdam
Facility
boards
EC &
OSG