A major focus of the IOCCG is to broaden the user community for ocean-colour data, particularly in developing countries, through the coordination and sponsoring of training courses and capacity-building activities. The IOCCG Project Office regularly announces new training opportunities from IOCCG and other agencies by email. Subscribe to the IOCCG mailing list to get these announcements.
IOCCG Training Initiatives
The IOCCG has sponsored and coordinated a number of specialized ocean-colour training courses. These have provided comprehensive training to a large number of students from around 60 different countries. Courses are generally aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students, university lecturers and researchers. See current opportunities below.
IOCCG Platt Scholarship
Applications open from 12 August – 12 November every year.
IOCCG Summer Lecture Series
Occurs every other year (during even years: 2022, 2024, 2026 etc). Applications typically open in January of the year in which it is hosted.
If you have material that you would like added to these resources, please contact the Project Scientist, Dr. Raisha Lovindeer.
The sixth International Ocean Colour Science (IOCS) meeting will take place in Darmstadt, Germany from 1 – 4 December 2025, hosted by EUMETSAT and ESA with support from other agencies.