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SCOR is the leading international 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-six 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, travel grants to as many as |
75 individuals each year, SCOR Visiting Scholars,
and joint activities with other organizations.
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 who serve as Nominated Members. The biennial General Meetings elect an Executive Committee and review the progress of SCOR activities. Executive Committee meetings are held in odd-numbered years and General Meetings in even-numbered years. 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. |
Cooperating OrganizationsSCOR conducts many of its projects with other international non-governmental organizations and with intergovernmental organizations. Current partners include
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