International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) - FY2019-2023

科学钻探是现代地球科学研究不可或缺的工具，因为它提供了获得有关地球表面以下正在进行的过程的直接信息的唯一手段。 大型国际团队和多来源资金是进行这种规模的钻探项目所必需的。 该奖项将支持美国参与国际大陆科学钻探。自1996年以来，多国在大陆科学钻探方面的努力一直由国际大陆科学钻探计划（ICDP）协调。 该计划的概念是为了响应国际地球科学界对科学钻探的需求而制定的，科学钻探是更好地了解基本地球过程和结构的重要工具。 ICDP通过国际研讨会促进提案，协助研究人员制定完整的钻探提案。 迄今为止，已为86个此类讲习班提供了资金，并促成了总共37个由综合社区发展项目支助并成功执行的钻探项目。 从专题上讲，这些活动涵盖了各种地球科学的关键挑战，重点是古气候调查、地震和火山研究、撞击事件、地球动力学和潜在能源。 在科学计划的保护伞下，ICDP解决了危害，资源和环境方面的关键社会挑战。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Scientific drilling is an indispensable tool of modern Earth Science research because it provides the only means of obtaining direct information about on-going processes below the surface of the Earth. Large international teams and multi-source funding are necessary to conduct drilling projects of this scale. This award will support the United States' involvement in international continental scientific drilling. Multi-national efforts in continental scientific drilling have been coordinated by the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) since 1996. The concept for this program was developed in response to the international geosciences community's need for scientific drilling as an essential tool to achieve a better understanding of fundamental Earth processes and structure. ICDP fosters proposals through international workshops that assist researchers in the development of a full drilling proposal. To date, 86 such workshops have been funded and have resulted in a total of 37 ICDP-supported and successfully executed drilling projects. Thematically, the activities have covered various geoscientific key challenges focused on paleoclimate investigations, earthquake and volcano research, impact events, geodynamics, and potential energy resources. Under the umbrella of the science program, ICDP addresses key societal challenges in hazards, resources, and the environment.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.