International Continental Scientific Drilling Program, ICDP

ICDP是一个国际管理和运作的地球科学研究项目。它解决具有全球意义的基本地球科学问题，由世界各地精心挑选的地点的国际科学家团队承担。ICDP服务于整个地球科学界，并经过同行评审。近年来，在对高度复杂的“地球系统”及其众多子系统的概念理解方面取得了重大进展。因此，很明显，科学钻探是我们了解地球过程和性质的不可或缺的工具。钻井是获取深层作业过程直接信息的唯一手段。它允许确定固体材料和流体的现场特性，并允许测试从地面观测、遥感数据和实验室实验得出的假设和模型。此外，钻孔可用作实验的天然实验室和对正在进行的活动过程进行长期监测的观测站。因此，地球钻探在科学研究中发挥着至关重要的作用，这些研究旨在提高对地球运作的了解，并解决紧迫的社会问题。国际发展方案的支持是基于“混合供资”原则和国际费用分摊。每个钻井项目都以ICDP和主要研究者之间的联合研究企业（JRV）的形式独立组织。该奖项为美国参与ICDP提供了持续的支持。

ICDP is an internationally managed and operated Earth Science research program. It addressesfundamental geoscientific problems of global significance and is undertaken by internationalteams of scientists at carefully selected sites around the world. ICDP serves the entire EarthScience community and is peer-reviewed.Significant progress has been made in recent years in the conceptual understanding of thehighly complex 'System Earth' with its numerous subsystems. As a result, it has become clearthat scientific drilling is an indispensible tool in our understanding of Earth processesand properties. Drilling provides the only means of obtaining direct information on processesoperating at depth. It allows for determination of in situ-properties of solid materials andfluids and permits testing of hypotheses and models derived from surface observations, remotesensing data and laboratory experiments. In addition, drill holes may be used as a natural laboratory for experiments and as an observatory for long term monitoring of ongoing active processes. Earth drilling, therefore, plays a criticalrole both in scientific research directed towards improved understanding of the workings of our planet and in solving urgent societal problems.ICDP support is based on the 'comingled funding' principle and international costsharing. Each drilling project is independently organized in the form of a Joint Research Venture(JRV)between the ICDP and the Principle Investigator(s). This award provides continued support for the U.S. participation in ICDP.