NCAOR CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS TO 30TH INDIAN SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO ANTARCTICA

What is this all about?
RESEARCH PROPOSALS CALL FOR 30TH INDIAN SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO ANTARCTICA (InSEA)
The National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, an autonomous R&D institution under the
Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India is the nodal agency responsible for the
planning, co-ordination and implementation of Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica. The Thirtieth
(30th) Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (InSEA) will be launched in October/November 2010.
The summer team component of 30th InSEA shall return to India in March 2011 whereas the winter
team of 30th InSEA would return to India in March 2012.

The thrust area of the 30th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica shall be related to ‘Climate
Change’. Apart from the proposals for continuing the ongoing projects, NCAOR welcomes scientific
proposals which have linkages to climate change. NCAOR also welcomes other scientific projects in
different areas of science (please refer website).

Proposal/s along with all essential endorsement and certificates in the prescribed formats (available
on our website) should be forwarded through proper channel and must reach the Director, National
Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Headland Sada, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa 403 804 by
15 April 2010. The envelope should be clearly superscribed ‘InSEA PROPOSAL’. Soft copy version
of the same to be forwarded at insea@ncaor.org

Complete details, eligibility and application information are available at: http://www.ncaor.gov.in/

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