PALISADES – Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades signed a $35 million, five-year cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation to manage scientific support services for US scientists conducting oceanic research.
Lamont with use the award to establish a US Science Support office to manage scientific support services for the International Ocean Discovery Program, a collaboration of 26 countries to explore the earth’s geologic history and dynamics.
The office will also run an extensive education and outreach program aimed at teachers, students and the general public, promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.
Lamont will help US scientists utilize drilling vessels that retrieve samples of sub-seafloor sediments and rocks, and monitor the seabed.
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