Ahoy!

When we first proposed Scientists Ashore on E/V Nautilus in 2010, connecting scientists with high-resolution real-time video and data ship to shore from anywhere in the world sounded more like science fiction than reality. Since then, telepresence has revolutionized how we conduct ocean exploration.

This week, I participated in the 2024 National Ocean Exploration Forum, workshopping the best path forward to moving ocean exploration even more toward teleoperations. We worked in groups discussing four key components of teleoperations: interoperability, AI/ML and situational awareness, remote operational task analysis, and cost benefits. The results will be shared in the coming months.

Increasing teleoperations for mapping, exploring, and characterizing the ocean can not only increase efficiency and reduce the cost per area mapped or explored, it can open the field to a much broader community of practice. From those who physically cannot sail to communities that have not historically participated, telepresence continues to be an essential tool in broadening the community of ocean explorers.

This month, the first cohort of our deep ocean training program, Accessing the Deep, moved into the mentoring phase, pairing each participant with deep ocean experts to continue to shape their research proposals. We're incredibly excited to see what plans emerge for their communities!
 

Dr. Katy Croff Bell
Founder & President
Ocean Discovery League

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2025 E/V Nautilus Expedition Opportunities
In 2025, E/V Nautilus and the Ocean Exploration Trust will conduct several expeditions to explore the deep sea throughout the Western Pacific. Expeditions will target priority areas in Guam, the Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji. There are multiple opportunities for participation in these expeditions.

• Nautilus Science Communication Fellowship
  • The Science Communication Fellowship immerses formal and informal educators in the Nautilus Corps of Exploration as communicators for exploration and empowers them to bring the excitement of ocean exploration to students and public audiences around the world. Learn More and Apply
  • Deadline: January 3, 2025 
• Nautilus Science & Engineering Internships
  • The Nautilus Science and Engineering Internship Program (SEIP) aims to train and provide real-world experience for community college, undergraduate, and graduate students studying ocean sciences, technology, engineering, and video in the at-sea environment. Learn More and Apply
  • Deadline: January 3, 2025 
• Nautilus Call for Science Input
  • Nautilus invites members of the science and resource management community, particularly from the geographies where expeditions will take place, to submit science priorities for these expeditions, including specific requests for seafloor mapping, remotely operated vehicle dives, physical samples, and technology integrations. Information received will be used to develop expedition plans and opportunities for collaboration. Learn More
  • Deadline: January 15, 2025

R/V Marcus G. Langseth: Call for Participation in Research Cruise, Southern Mexico
May 24 - June 18, 2025 
Applications are now being accepted from undergraduate students, graduate students, post-docs, and early-career scientists to participate in an NSF-funded research cruise aboard the R/V Marcus G. Langseth focused on understanding hydrothermal circulation in oceanic crust approaching the southern Mexico subduction zone. Funds are available to cover travel and subsistence costs for U.S. or Mexico-based scientists for both the pre-cruise workshop and the research cruise. Learn More and Apply
Deadline: November 1, 2024

Other Opportunities

Women in Blue Training Opportunities
The Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) is inviting interested candidates to apply to the initiative Women in Blue: training opportunities in ocean science, organized in partnership with the Italian National Research Council (CNR) within the framework of the ISA-Egypt Joint Training and Research Centre to celebrate the 30th anniversary of ISA. Learn More
Deadline: November 3, 2024

NOAA Federal Register Notice on Strategic Priorities for Ocean Exploration and Characterization in the Pacific Islands
The NOAA Interagency Working Group on Ocean Exploration and Characterization (IWG-OEC) is soliciting public input through a Federal Register Notice on Strategic Priorities for Ocean Exploration and Characterization in the Pacific Islands within the United States Exclusive Economic Zone and Outer Continental Shelf (Pacific Islands Priorities Report). Public input in response to this notice will inform future prioritization efforts in the Pacific Islands region, which will build on IWG-OEC’s previous national Strategic Priorities report that was published in October 2022. Learn More
Deadline: November 4, 2024

Call for Mário Ruivo Memorial Lecture Series Participants
UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC), Portugal, and EurOcean Foundation are inviting Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPs) to apply to the 2nd edition of the Mário Ruivo Memorial Lecture Series. Learn More
Deadline: February 2, 2025

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