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  • XXI INQUA Congress July 2023 Abstract Book
    XXI INQUA Congress July 2023 Abstract Book

    There is a publication with *all of the Abstracts* presented at INQUA Roma 2023!! The abstracts are presented in a clickable form in a book published by the Sapienza University of Rome! The DOI for…

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  • 16th International Geochronology Summer School 2025
    16th International Geochronology Summer School 2025

    The 16th International Geochronology Summer School 2025 – Dating Techniques in Environmental Research will be held between 31 August to 4 September 2025 in Morteratsch (Pontresina, Engadine, Switzerland). For more details visit the website.

  • Paleopedology Newsletter Issue 35 is now out!
    Paleopedology Newsletter Issue 35 is now out!

      The Paleopedology Newsletter is a collaborative initiative of the IUSS Commission 1.6 – Paleopedology and the INQUA Paleopedology Working Group. Stay updated on the latest events, research advances, and upcoming opportunities in paleopedology. For…

Call for projects

INQUA financial support is provided to stimulate the development of research networks, and is divided into two categories:

INQUA funding for International Research Network (IRN): Multi-year IRN (1 workshop/year); Single-year IRN (1 stand-alone meeting/conference)

INQUA funding for International Skill Activity (ISA): Single-year ISA (1 workshop)

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2025 IRN/ISA Project Call Results

CMP
WHoRLS – Workshop on Holocene relative sea-level change in the Southern Hemisphere, P.I. Ed Garrett, Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK

HABCOM
PyPEN-REPThe Paraguay Past Ecology Network – Red de la Ecología del Pasado de Paraguay, P.I. Oliver Wilson, Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, UK

PALCOM

TRAC-XSA – Training Researchers in Core Analysis with Scanner XRF for South America, P.I. Denisse Álvarez, Universidad Santo Tomás, Columbia
S4Summer School on Speleothem Science, P.I. Yassine Ait Brahim, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, Marroco

TERPRO

DatOI – Earthquake, Quaternary dating, Seismic Hazard, Paleoseismology, Morphotectonic, P.I. Lea Pousse Beltran, ISTerre laboratory in Université Grenoble
Alpes, Grenoble, France
PAST – Palaeosoil Analysis in Late Glacial Sandy Terrains Across Europe, P.I. Lidija Galović, Croatian Geological Survey, Zagreb, Croatia

Current Call for Applications

30 September 2025: Deadline submission for finalized INQUA 2024 Funding proposals. Applicants will be notified whether their application has been successful and any conditions attached to the funding by the INQUA Secretariat by 1 December 2024.

Funding is provided on an annual basis. If you are applying to continue your activity (e.g., a multi-year project), you must complete and submit the application form again each year to guarantee continued funding from INQUA.

31 December: Deadline for project reports for ongoing projects (for reporting on activities from the ongoing year).

Running projects