LacCore and the Continental Scientific Drilling Coordination Office are a joint NSF-funded facility at the U of Minnesota supporting all activities of the continental coring and drilling communities, worldwide, including outreach and diversity work.
Whether it's soft or hard sediment paleorecords, drilling into magma chambers or the Critical Zone, understanding the deep biosphere or early life, furthering reach on tectonics, seismicity, or volcanism, we can turn your next great scientific idea into reality!
Stop by to learn how we support researchers and students throughout the process: from planning/workshop/budgeting through proposal writing, logistics, project execution, broader impacts, data management, core curation, and reporting.