SCOR is the leading non-governmental organization for the promotion and coordination of international oceanographic activities. SCOR does not have the resources to fund research directly; therefore, SCOR science activities focus on promoting international cooperation in planning and conducting oceanographic research, and solving methodological and conceptual problems that hinder research. Scientists from the thirty-five nations participate in SCOR working groups and scientific steering committees for the large-scale ocean research projects.
SCOR promotes capacity building for marine scientists in developing countries and countries with economies in transition through special efforts to include such scientists in SCOR activities, through travel grants to as many as 75 individuals each year, and through a new activity on Regional Graduate Schools of Oceanography and Marine Environmental Sciences.
As a non-governmental organization, individuals representing national SCOR committees, not national governments, are the members of SCOR. Each national committee can be represented by as many as three individual ocean scientists. The biennial General Meetings elect an Executive Committee and review the progress of SCOR activities. Executive Committee meetings are held in years between General Meetings. Annual meetings of SCOR have been held in all parts of the world in order to help broaden participation of member nations in SCOR activities. Annual meetings are usually held in conjunction with a major scientific meeting or workshop of a SCOR subsidiary group.
SCOR was established in 1957 and since then has promoted international cooperation in ocean sciences through a variety of activities.
SCOR receives funds from a large number of sources and their support is gratefully acknowledged.
The SCOR Constitution was first adopted in 1970 and has been modified numerous times since then. Modifications can be made only at the biennial General Meetings of SCOR.
SCOR was incorporated as a non-profit corporation in the State of Maryland, USA in 2004, at the request of the International Council for Science.
A list of upcoming SCOR-related meetings is provided on the linked page.
SCOR conducts many of its projects with other international non-governmental organizations and with intergovernmental organizations. Current partners include
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