ANZIC IODP Legacy Analytical Funding (AILAF)
Members of the Australian and New Zealand International Ocean Discovery Program Consortium (ANZIC) have the opportunity to apply for grants of up to $20,000 (or $30,000 if leveraged) to support studies of legacy scientific ocean drilling (DSDP, ODP, IODP) material and/or data, through the ANZIC IODP Legacy Analytical Funding (AILAF) program. This successful program has supported many legacy grant projects centred on the analysis of previously collected DSDP/ODP/IODP samples and has facilitated the rapid production of high-quality publications, conference presentations and/or outreach activities.
Current Call:
In 2020, ANZIC will provide a pool of up to AUD$200K worth of funding (and a separate pool of NZD$50K for New Zealand applicants), to be distributed to appropriate projects that can be completed by 15th November 2021. Applications should be proposed that seek analytical fund support of up to $20K, whether these are for sample or data projects. Proposals focussed specifically on data and data product projects that can demonstrate additional leverage towards a project, can apply for up to $30K. In 2020, the AILAF program is being expanded to also include a call for projects that are specifically designed to utilise the wealth of data and data products that have been generated through 50+ years of ocean drilling. Projects with a clear scientific focus, but that require support to make use of these datasets and translate the data into knowledge, are being sought. We expect this will open the call to sections of the scientific community (i.e. data analysts/mathematicians/visual data scientists/ molecular/ genetic analysts) who may not traditionally work in or with the geosciences and therefore not normally apply for ANZIC support. Expected outputs are high-quality publications and/or products, adhering to the FAIR data principles (https:// www.ands.org.au/working-with-data/fairdata).
For further information, proposal templates, etc., please contact Ingo (i.pecher@auckland.ac.nz).