IODP is a large program that is full of acronyms. We’ve compiled this index to help decipher some of our materials.

AGU	American Geophysical Union
ANZIC	Australia-New Zealand IODP Consortium
APC	Advanced Piston Corer
APL	Ancillary Project Letter
ASLO	American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
BHA	Bottom-Hole Assembly
CCP	Complementary Project Proposal
CDEX	Center for Deep Earth Exploration
CDP	Complex Drilling Project
CIB	Chikyu IODP Board
CORK	Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kit
DLS	Distinguished Lecturer Series
DOE	Department of Energy
DPG	Detailed Planning Group
DSDP	Deep Sea Drilling Project
ECORD	European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling
EFB	ECORD Facility Board
EOR	Expedition Objective Research
EPSP	Environmental Protection and Safety Panel
ESO	ECORD Science Operator
ESSAC	ECORD Science Support and Advisory Committee
GCR	Gulf Coast Repository
ICDP	International Continental Scientific Drilling Program
IFREE	Institute for Frontier Research on Earth Evolution
IO	Implementing Organization
IODP	Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
IODP	International Ocean Discovery Program
IODP-MI	IODP Management International, Inc.
J-DESC	Japan Drilling Earth Science Consortium
JAMSTEC	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
JOIDES	Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling
JRFB	JOIDES Resolution Facility Board
KCC	Kochi Core Center
LDEO	Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
MDP	Multi-phase Drilling Project
MEXT	Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
MOST	Ministry of Science and Technology (China)
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MSP	Mission-Specific Platform
NanTroSEIZE	Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment
NSF	National Science Foundation
OCE	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
ODP	Ocean Drilling Program
OTF	Operations Task Force
PEP	Proposal Evaluation Committee
PMO	Program Member Office
PMT	Project Management Team
POC	Platform Operating Costs
PPG	Program Planning Group
SAS	IODP Science Advisory Structure
SCP	Site Characterization Panel
SOC	Special Operating Costs
SODV	Scientific Ocean Drilling Vessel
SSDB	Site Survey Data Bank
SSDP	Site Survey Data Package
SSO	Science Support Office
TAMU	Texas A&M University
USAC	U.S. Advisory Committee for Scientific Ocean Drilling
USGS	U.S. Geological Survey
USIO	U.S. Implementing Organization
USSSP	U.S. Science Support Program
XCB	Extended Core Barrel