#RV Investigator

Primary Application call for sea time on RV Investigator is now open

A Primary Application call is now open for fully funded grants of sea time on RV Investigator in the 2025-26 […]

A batfish and a blind eel: Deep sea creatures discovered by researchers in remote ocean

Daily Magazine, Other, 05/12/2022 Hair-raising photos of newly discovered sea creatures that evolved to survive the world’s deepest depths reveal […]

CSIRO biodiversity and sea-floor mapping mission finds weird, wonderful fish species

ABC Online, Other, 29/10/2022, Alexandra Alvaro From fish that resemble dumplings to those that stand on their own “stilts” deep […]

Highlights of our research delivered by RV Investigator

Find out how we’re working with our partners to tackle Australia’s greatest challenges through the collaborative research delivered by RV […]

Voyage schedules published for 2022-23 and 2023-24

The complete voyage schedules for 2022-23 and 2023-24 have now been published to the MNF website. Release of these schedules […]

Supplementary Application call open for 2023-24 schedule

Supplementary Applications are now invited to fill available capacity in the 2023‑24 Granted Voyage schedule on research vessel (RV) Investigator. Seven […]

We’ve discovered an undersea volcano near Christmas Island that looks like the Eye of Sauron

The Conversation, Other, 22/07/2021, Tim O’Hara Looking like the Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, an […]

What a ‘towering string of instruments’ on the ocean floor is telling scientists about our climate

ABC Online, Other, 04/06/2021 For more than three weeks, the CSIRO’s leading ocean research vessel RV Investigator has trawled the […]

Applications for sea time are now open!

Open: 15 February 2021 Close: 30 June 2021 The Marine National Facility (MNF) invites Australian researchers and their international collaborators […]