Infrastructure Priority Programme “International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP)” (SPP 1006)
Forecasted
Infrastructure Priority Programme “International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP)” (SPP 1006) supports researchers studying drilling data and samples to understand Earth processes.
Funder: German Research Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (New-user registration) | September 2027 (Proposal submission)
Funding Amounts: Project funding for up to three years
Summary: Supports research using continental scientific drilling data and samples, drilling-project preparation, and innovative drilling and measurement technologies.
Key Information: Proposals must have a clear link to a future, ongoing, or past drilling campaign.
Description
The German Research Foundation’s Infrastructure Priority Programme SPP 1006 supports scientific research connected to the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP). Its priorities follow the ICDP Science Plan 2020–2030: geodynamic processes, geohazards, georesources, and environmental change. The programme supports Germany-based researchers’ participation in international drilling campaigns and investigations of Earth processes from deep time to the present.
Supported work includes research on ICDP drilling data and samples, basic studies of core material, drilling-project preparation, pre-site surveys, drilling devices and logging tools, and innovative experimental techniques for long-term measurements. Land-to-sea drilling is an important future direction, including natural hazards, coastal freshwater–seawater interactions, continental–oceanic crust transitions, ice-sheet dynamics, and sustainable georesources.
