GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Division

ICDP Workshop FlankED now on in Catania (Italy)👉 >50 international scientists exploring our understanding on how deep scientific drilling can reveal the physical mechanisms & triggers of volcano flank sliding 🌋
ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

We are busy in Finland🌏: now at the DEEP EGS workshop (Espoo, Finland) aiming at deep geothermal energy exploration in crystalline rock 🪨 + post-drilling assessment & experiments in the St1 Deep Heat Reservoir, Finland👍
ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

📢 @icdpdrilling.bsky.social Proposal Call for Pre-, Workshop, Full and our NEW ❗Fast-track Proposals is now open

📅 Deadline: 15 January 2026
📧 Submit via: proposal.submission@icdp-online.org

ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/all-events/d...

Congrats 🎉 BVDP project (South Africa) finalized! Final depth: 1877.2 m depth on 23rd August 25. Congratulations to the successful team! 👍 Important goals achieved⚡now preparing for sampling and for publishing exciting new insights into the Bushveld Complex! ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

And another project finalized 🎉! Congratulations to GOE-DEEP (Gabon)- End of Phase 01!
Final depth of 459.6 meters at the final (8th) Lebaye hole.
Core recovery of 96% ⚡ 2717 m of precious core in only 3 months👍
ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

The CSD Division is excited to announce our 2025-2026 Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Kristine Pankow of the University of Utah!

You are welcome to invite her to talk at your colloquia by contacting kris.pankow@utah.edu or looking at the CSDD website (community.geosociety.org/%20continent...)

Reminder: we are still seeking nominations and self-nominations for our CSD Distinguished Lectureship for the 2025-2026 academic year!

The Continental Scientific Drilling (CSD) Division of the Geological Society of America will offer a new grant-making program designed specifically to support early career scientists conducting research in areas that touch the Continental Scientific Drilling division’s mission. Applications are due July 21st!

We aim to provide bridge support for post-doctoral scholars and pre-tenure faculty at institutions of higher education in the USA to bolster scholarship and expand opportunities in an otherwise challenging federal funding ecosystem. This program may be renewed in future years depending on circumstances to be evaluated annually. Each grant will be valued at $12,500. Grants will be awarded competitively through an application process. Funds are reserved for research activities and may include costs associated with: fieldwork-related travel, fieldwork permitting, laboratory-related travel, laboratory analyses, student/technician salary support, field or lab consumables/supplies, conference/workshop travel, or similar.

Applications should send the following as a single pdf document to michael.mcglue@uky.edu: (1) Name, Address, Current Position, Contact Info (2) Research Proposal, with emphasis on relevance and benefit of the proposed work to the CSD community (1 page max, single spaced, 12-pt font) (3) Statement of Need, including the identification and limitations of existing funding (1 page max, single spaced, 12-pt font) (4) Budget and Budget Justification (5) NSF-style Biographical Sketch (6) Letter of endorsement from department chair, affirming need Eligibility: (1) Post doctoral scholar or pre-tenure faculty in geoscience, geology, geophysics, earth science (or closely allied discipline) in U.S.-based higher education (2) Member of the Geological Society of America (3) Member of the Continental Scientific Drilling Division (4) Demonstration of need

We are seeking applications for the CSD Research Support Grants!

The Continental Scientific Drilling Division of the Geological Society of America will offer a new grant-making program specifically to support early career scientists conducting research in areas that touch the CSD's mission.

Reminder that we are looking for a new student representative! Any student member of @geosociety.bsky.social with an interest in continental drilling can apply!

BVDP Drilling Project (South Africa):approaching 1800 m👍 Microbiological sampling every 100 m with emphasis on peridotites at these depths, coordinated with additional noble gas sampling ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

GOE-DEEP borehole 3 finalized👍: 333m depth & cored in 7-day record time by the GOE-DEEP drilling project team🚀. Before moving to site 4, the team welcomes geology students 🎓 from the Masuku University of Science and Technology (Gabun) ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

KIND workshop last week in Potsdam (Germany): 65 scientists from all over the world gathered in Potsdam discussing ideas for scientific drilling of Lake Kinneret to address question of paleoclimate variability and its link to human evolution ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

ICDP GOE-DEEP drilling project in Gabon on the go: 👍 half-way down in 2nd hole on Okouma Plateau (Francevillian Basin, Gabon) intersecting gray shales/mudstones of FB1b, 142m reached ℹ️ More info: www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

Careers About the Job

We're hiring! We're looking for more lab technicians to join our team. Please share this posting with anyone in the Twin Cities area who may be interested!

Workshop Call PROTEA (South Africa):
Probing the heart of an earthquake and life in the deep subsurface
WHEN 📆 16-17 October 2025 (Klerksdorp, South Africa)
CALL ▶️ tinyurl.com/2byy548c
MORE INFO ℹ️ tinyurl.com/5463nfsd
APPLY👉: forms.gle/Qzo7sebgGHve...

Workshop Call 👉 DEEP EGS (Finland): Deep geothermal energy exploration in crystalline rock

📆 Sept 30 – Oct 2, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland

▶️ www.icdp-online.org/fileadmin/Ne...

ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

🌋Hot news: Workshop Call 👉 FlankEd: Drilling the Deforming Eastern Flank of Mount Etna

WHEN 📆 24-27 September 2025 (Catania, Italy)

CALL ▶️ tinyurl.com/4fhhhj6m

MORE INFO ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

Application until 31 July 2025

ICDP M-JET workshop successfully finalized last week 👍 @ @ucoimbra.bsky.social in Figueira da Foz (Portugal): > 40 scientists discussing Middle Jurassic Earth System and Timescale research ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/all-events/d...

Dive in! 👉 DIVE 2 WORKSHOP online: Drilling the continental crust–mantle transition zone (Val Sesia, Italy)

WHEN 📆 10 July 2025,14h-17h (CEST) online
CALL ▶️ tinyurl.com/mrt4692r
MORE INFO ℹ️ www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-...

👉Application by 6 July for ZOOM meeting link

We are seeking a new Student Representative for the GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Division! Applications are now open for the 2025-2027 position!

We are looking for a Student Member Representative for the CSD Division! You do not have to be a member of the division at this time in order to apply-- this is open to any student member of GSA, regardless of division affiliation. This is a two-year commitment (10/2025 - 10/2027) and your primary responsibility will be to ensure that students' interests are well represented within the Division and to help promote the Division activities. Main responsibilities as a student representative include: Managing the CSD Division website and social media accounts (BlueSky/X, Instagram, etc). Helping to organize or propose field trips or short courses for the GSA annual meeting. Organizing and leading student social events, symposia, workshops, and other activities.

Students can apply directly or can nominate another student. Faculty, please encourage your students to apply for this opportunity! To apply, please email Mike McGlue (mmmc234@g.uky.edu) or Lisa Park Boush (lisa.park_boush@uconn.edu) the following two items: Brief statement (max. 100 words) explaining your interests in the position and what you would like to contribute to the Division. Short CV indicating your past work/education, research/publication history, and any prior leadership and/or organizational experiences. To nominate someone else, email Mike McGlue (mmmc234@g.uky.edu) or Lisa Park Boush (lisa.park_boush@uconn.edu) with a brief statement about why the nominee should be considered.

We're looking for a new student representative! Any student member of @geosociety.bsky.social with an interest in continental drilling can apply!

Behind the Core: A Day in the Life of Offshore Science and Drilling There are days in offshore research that stand out, days that go beyond the routine of shifts, sample handling, and logging. One such day was recently hosted by Matrix’s Chris Delahunty and his tea…

Behind the Core: A Day in the Life of Offshore Science and Drilling ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2025/05/27/b...
#ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #NewEngland #ScientificOceanDrilling @epc-research.bsky.social

First water sample taken from offshore. Photo: LeBer@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

ESO Colleague fixes expedition logo on one of the ESO containers. Photo: LeBer@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

First supply and transfer vessel arrives at L/B Robert. Photo: Stewart@ECORD_IODP3_NSF

First samples, first cores, first transfer to L/B Robert - #IODP3NSF #Exp501 has successfully started 🌊 🚢 🔬

📷LeBer@ECORD_IODP3_NSF , Stewart@ECORD_IODP3_NSF
#picsoftheweek
#ECORDScienceOperator #Exp501 #ScientificOceanDrilling

We're seeking nominations and self-nominations for our CSD Distinguished Lectureship for the 2025-2026 academic year!