SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON OCEANIC RESEARCH, INC
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The main problem that we aim to address is the lack of knowledge of how ocean biological, chemical, physical, and geological processes work, which hinders our ability to manage human impacts on the ocean and to predict future ocean changes.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
SCOR Capacity Building Program
SCOR supports a comprehensive program for building capacity for ocean science in developing countries. This program includes travel grants for developing country scientists to scientific meetings, grants for training opportunities, and grants to scientists to teach in developing countries for short periods of time.
SCOR Science Program
SCOR provides support for six international scientific committees that manage projects on topics ranging across ocean biology, chemistry, and acoustics. The organization also supports projects that promote international infrastructural support in the areas of Southern Ocean science, ocean carbon, and harmful algal blooms. Finally, SCOR current supports 20 international working groups that focus on advancing focused areas of ocean science that are at the cutting edge of knowledge.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The goals of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research are the following:
1. Increase knowledge of the ocean, its resources, its processes, and how the ocean interacts with the land, atmosphere, and sea ice to increase the ability of society to protect and ocean and use its resources sustainably.
2. Foster international cooperation in ocean science to increase the intellectual resources that can be applied to knowledge generation and problem solving.
3. Build capacity for ocean science in developing countries and help scientists from these countries network with their developed country colleagues.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) achieves its goals by harnessing the knowledge, ideas, enthusiasm, and efforts of the global ocean science community to continuously generate new activities and see them through to completion. SCOR issues an annual call for proposals for new working groups and is able to help the scientific community to develop new ocean research projects that take shape through discussions among scientists worldwide. SCOR maintains a small office to manage the organization and its strategic processes, consisting of one full-time Executive Director. SCOR receives annual dues from 31 national SCOR committees and grants from national funding agencies and foundations to support its work.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research was formed in 1957 and has proven itself as efficient and effective in serving as a mechanism for the global ocean science community to increase knowledge of the ocean since then. SCOR achieves its goals primarily through the efforts of scientists from around the world working together. SCOR provides funding, logistical support, and other mechanisms to help these scientists work together.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Scientific output—Since 2000, SCOR working groups have produced many peer-reviewed publications, of which 34 have exceeded 100 citations each. In the past 15 years, three large-scale SCOR-sponsored projects have finished their work: (1) a project on the role of the ocean in the global carbon cycle, (2) a project on how climate affects ocean fisheries, and (3) a project on how harmful algal blooms in the ocean start and develop. Five additional projects are currently running: (1) a project on how ocean chemistry affects ocean biology, (2) a project on interactions of the ocean and atmosphere, especially in terms of transfer of "greenhouse gases", (3) a project that is documenting the worldwide concentrations of trace elements and isotopes in the ocean, (4) a project to document sound levels in the ocean and the effects of sound on marine organisms, and (5) a project to study the Indian Ocean.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON OCEANIC RESEARCH, INC
Board of directorsas of 03/07/2024
Dr. Sinjae Yoo
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
Term: 2020 - 2024
Peter Croot
University of Galway, Ireland
Marie Alexandrine Sicre
(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Ilka Peeken
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany
Wee Cheah
University of Malaya, Malaysia
Stefano Aliani
National Research Council of Italy
S. Bradley Moran
University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
Johannes van Haren
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Judith Gobin
University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Andrea Flossmann
University Clermont Auvergne, France
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.