The Ocean Research Project 2022 Expedition - GO-MARIE- will be the maiden voyage of the organization’s flagship, the R/V Marie Tharp, a 22m overall Bruce Roberts steel schooner. The namesake honors an often widely under-recognized woman scientist for her great efforts to develop the first detailed maps of the ocean seafloor. Matt Rutherford, ORP Director, is custom preparing the steel schooner for the ambitious expedition while Nicole Trenholm, ORP Science Director coordinates the multi-objective collaborative international science mission of higher latitudes. There will be a base crew of 6 and 5 rotating ocean science experts during the voyage.

Map the Gaps partnered with Fabien Cousteau, the Fabien Cousteau Learning Center, PROTEUS Ocean Group, R2 Sonic and QPS to map the entire marine protected area in high resolution in preparation for the world’s largest underwater human habitat.

The GEBCO-Nippon Foundation Team registered as participants for the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE on 15 July 2016 following discussions amongst alumni at the Forum for Ocean Floor Mapping held in Monaco in June 2016.

Alumni from seven countries from six different years of the training program were funded for transit and dive legs of the Five Deeps expedition as Ocean Mappers.

SEA-KIT International conducted an uncrewed over-the-horizon survey from 28 July to 14 August 2020, using USV Maxlimer.