Scholarships & Grants

ECORD Summer School Scholarships

The European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) will sponsor 10 to 15 scholarships to allow outstanding young scientists to attend one of the ECORD Summer Schools. The scholarships will contribute to costs of registration, travel, subsistence and/or accommodation at the schools. The scholarships are open to young scientists based in ECORD countries. Preference will be given to PhD students or early career post-doctoral research scientists.

Application deadline: 30 April 2018

Please see the ESSAC website for more information and application instructions/templates.

IMPORTANT: Application for an ECORD Scholarship is independent of the application and registration process to an ECORD Summer School.

ECORD Research Grants

The European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) is sponsoring merit-based awards for outstanding young scientists to conduct innovative research related to the International Ocean Discovery Program.The research may be directed toward the objectives of upcoming or past DSDP/ODP/IODP expeditions, using core material and/or data.

The ECORD Grants will cover travel and lab expenses or other approved costs related to the study. Studies should be conducted in a laboratory/institution other than the applicant’s home institution and should promote new collaborations and/or the acquisition of new scientific expertise. Grants will not typically exceed 3000 €. Applicants should be enrolled in either a PhD or “early-career”, post-doctoral research programme at any institution from an ECORD country.

Deadline to apply: The 2018 deadline is 30 January 2018. 

Please see the ESSAC website for more information.

Recent CCOD Award Winners:

The Canadian Consortium for Ocean Drilling (CCOD) often sponsors summer school scholarships, travel grants, and research awards to allow outstanding young scientists to participate in ECORD summer schools, attend conferences, and conduct IODP-related research.

CCOD Summer School Scholarships 2015

  • Anna Phillips (PhD student, University of Toronto) – Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology
  • Minasadat Seyedali (PhD student, University of Victoria) – Ocean Crust Processes: Magma, Faults, Fluxes and Life
  • Man-Yin Tsang (PhD student, University of Toronto) – Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology
  • Khalhela Zoeller (PhD student, University of Ottawa) – Ocean Crust Processes: Magma, Faults, Fluxes and Life

CCOD Summer School Scholarships 2014

  • Diksha Bista (MSc student, Dalhousie University) – Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology
  • Katherine Schmidt (MASc student, University of Toronto) – Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology

CCOD Graduate Student Travel Grants 2012

  • Lauren Harrison (MSc student, University of British Columbia) – Li Isotopes of Hawaiian Lavas: Kea vs. Loa Source Variation
  • Fernando Mantilla-Duran (MSc student, Brock University) – Central North Atlantic paleoceanography during Marine Isotope Stage 16 (ca. 640 ka, Middle Pleistocene): insights from a centennial-scale dinoflagellate cyst record at IODP Site U1313

CCOD Research Awards 2012

  • Matthew Izawa (PhD student, University of Western Ontario) – Integrated mineral, chemical and isotopic study of microbial ichnofossil preservation in basaltic glass
  • John Evangelatos (PhD student, Dalhousie University) – The origin and evolution of the Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean
  • Olivia Gibb (PhD student, Université du Québec à Montréal) – The paleoceanographic conditions of Baffin Bay during the interglacials of MIS 5e and 11

CCOD Summer School Scholarships 2012

  • Elissa Barris (MSc student, Université du Québec à Rimouski) – Impacts of Cryosphere Dynamics from Land to Ocean
  • Phoebe Chan (PhD student, University of Toronto) – Impacts of Cryosphere Dynamics from Land to Ocean
  • Gabriel Joyal (MSc student, Laval University) – Submarine Landslides, Earthquakes and Tsunamis
  • Rosie Oakes (MSc student, University of Toronto) – Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology
  • Nastasja Scholz (PhD student, University of Victoria) – Submarine Landslides, Earthquakes and Tsunamis
  • Cooper Stacey (MSc student, University of Victoria) – Submarine Landslides, Earthquakes and Tsunamis