GCR CORE School
July 14–18, 2025
Gulf Coast Repository
College Station, TX, USA
CORE (COres for Research and Education) School is a five-day workshop hosted by the Gulf Coast Repository (GCR). The overarching goal of CORE School is to provide a mechanism to maintain expertise in scientific ocean drilling methods and subseafloor core analysis.
Additional goals of the workshop include:
- Improving knowledge in scientific ocean drilling methods,
- Increasing awareness of the scientific potential of legacy cores,
- Training a new generation of scientists in the analytical techniques available,
- Providing training on data analysis and correlation of different data sets,
- Providing networking opportunities for early career scientists and geosciences faculty, and
- Possibly identifying potential topics for legacy projects and drilling proposals.
The workshop will include the collection of new data using the instrumentation of the GCR and the exploration of related legacy data and the integration of legacy and newly collected data.
If you are interested in participating in this workshop, please complete the application.
We welcome applications from a wide range of specialties (e.g., sedimentology, physical properties, paleomagnetism), and we encourage graduate students, early career scientists, and faculty from non-R1 institutions, including two-year colleges, to apply.
Funding (including travel, meals, and incidentals) is provided for all U.S. participants.
Applications will close at the end of the day on April 21, 2025.
If you have any questions about the workshop or the application process, please contact Laurel Childress.
Workshops
The GCR will offer training on core measurements and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) scanning. Details will follow.