With the introduction of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) in 2013 came a new advisory structure that is designed to be more agile, allow for regional planning while maintaining a global focus, and speed up the proposal submission and review cycle. Each drilling platform is now overseen by both a Platform Provider (e.g., a funding agency) and a Facility Board that determines scheduling of expeditions and oversees operations (see the chart below). The two are tightly connected through international collaborations under the auspices of the IODP Forum, which provides a venue for exchanging ideas and views on the scientific progress of the IODP.

Koppers, A.A.P., and J.A. Austin Jr. 2019. The new IODP advisory structure. Oceanography 32(1):47, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.118.

This is an open access article made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format as long as users cite the materials appropriately, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate the changes that were made to the original content. Images, animations, videos, or other third-party material used in articles are included in the Creative Commons license unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If the material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission directly from the license holder to reproduce the material.