The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
(Founding Sponsor)

ABB

Academia Sinica Institute of Zoology

ad2, Inc.

African Coelacanth Ecosystem Programme (ACEP)

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)

Agulhas-Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ASCLME)

Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS)

Alaska Sea Grant

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

AMIRIX Systems Inc.

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Applied Biosystems, Inc.

Arafura and Timor Seas Experts Forum (ATSEF)

ARB Project

Arctic Coastal Biodiversity (ACBio)

Arcus Kjemi AS

Argyll and Islands Enterprise

Argus Remote Systems AS

ASEAN Regional Center for Biodiversity Conservation

Atlantic Frontier Environmental Forum

Atlantic Salmon Federation Research Grant

Australia Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Center (ACE CRC)

Australian Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS)
National Oceans Office

Australian Government Antarctic Division

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)

Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

BASICS (Bacterial single-cell approaches to the relationship between diversity and function in the Sea)

Belgian Biodiversity Platform

BENEFIT

Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME)

Bergen Museum

BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd

BiodivERsA

BIOMARE/MARS

BirdLife International

Bishop Museum

Blue Water Fishing Institute, New Zealand

Bonneville Power Administration

Braathens ASA

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), Philippines

California Sea Grant

Canadian Federation of University Women

Canadian Foundation for Innovation

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)

Centre for Marine Biodiversity

Centro Nacional Patagónico-CONICET

Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental

Chevron

Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Oceanology

Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration

Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO)

Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Wealth from Oceans Flagship

Conoco Phillips

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia Mexico (CONACYT)

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (Spain)
Institut Ciències del Mar

Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL)

CONWOY Project

The Cousteau Society (Equipe Cousteau)

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) (South Africa)

CRC Reef Research Centre

Dalhousie University

Danish Centre for Black Sea Studies

Danish Institute for Fisheries Research

Danish Research Agency

David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Davis Conservation Foundation

Department of Ocean Development, Ministry of Earth Sciences (India)

DIVERSA

DIVERSITAS
DIVERSITAS in Western Pacific and Asia (DIWPA) project

Dyrkorn AS

Economic and Social Research Council

Encyclopedia of Life

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu

European Commission

European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)

European Federation of Marine Science and Technology Societies (EFMS)

European Network of Excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis (EurOceans)

European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS)

European Science Foundation
Ecosystem Functioning and Biodiversity in the Deep Sea (EuroDEEP)

European Union Structural Funds

EWE-Stiftung

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring Program (GEM)

FishAmerica Foundation

Fisheries & Oceans Canada
Integrated Science Data Management

Fisheries Research Agency of Japan

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC)

Fisheries Research Services (FRS), Marine Laboratory (Scotland)

Fiskebåtredernes Forbund

Fiskeri- og Havbruksnaeringens Forskningsfond

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco

Fondation Total pour la Biodiversité et la Mer

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

Foundation Malpelo

Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy, Manila
Embassy, Singapore
Fonds Pacifique

French Ministry of Research

French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer)

Fulbright Fellowship

Fulbright Memorial Fund

Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnología

Geo-Connections

Genomic Standards Consortium

Genoscope

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

German Science Foundation (DFG)

Global Ballast Water Management Programme (GloBallast Partnerships)

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)

Global Taxonomic Initiative

Google

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Government of Brazil

Government of Chile

Great Barrier Reef Seabed Biodiversity Project

Grieg Foundation

Group on Earth Observations (GEO) / Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)

Gruss-Lipper Foundation Fellowship

Gulf of Maine Ocean Data Partnership

Gulf of Maine Mapping Initiative (GOMMI)

Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS)

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution

Harte Research Institute (HRI) for Gulf of Mexico Studies

Hokkaido University

Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas (HERMES)

Hudson River Foundation

INCOFISH

Indonesian Institute of Sciences - Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI)

Institut Océanographique (France)

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam

Institute of Marine Research (Norway)
Norwegian Foreign Office through IMR

Institute of Marine Sciences (Turkey)

Instituto de Ciencias do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceara

Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras José Benito Viveis de Andreis (INVEMAR)

Instituto del Mar del Perú (IMARPE)

Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP)

Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada (INOCAR)

Instituto de Tecnología y Ciencias Marinas (INTECMAR)

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)

Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN)

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)

International Association for Biological Oceanography (IABO)

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)

International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE)

International Polar Foundation

International Polar Year (IPY)

International Seabed Authority (ISA)

International Whaling Commission

InterRidge

Island Institute

Italian Ministry of University Research and Education

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS)

Kansas Geological Survey

Kaplan Fund

Karl Ernst von Baer Museum

Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute (KEMFRI)

Khaled Bin-Sultan Living Oceans Foundation

Killam Fellowship

Kintama Research Corporation

Kongsberg/SIMRAD

Kyoto University

Latvian Fish Resources Agency

Lenfest Ocean Program at The Pew Charitable Trusts

Leo Model Foundation

Leverhulme Trust

Lighthouse Foundation

Louisiana State University

Malaspina University

Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning EU Network of Excellence (MarBEF)

MARBENA

Marine Biological Institute, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) (Woods Hole)

Marine Metadata Interoperability (MMI)

Marine Research Institute (Iceland)

Max Planck Society

Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM)

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Mia Tegner Grant

Micro-Mar

Minerals Management Service (MMS)

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) (Japan)

Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Republic of Indonesia

Ministry of Science and Technology of China

MIRACLE (Microbial Marine Community Diversity: from Culture to Function)

Moere and Romsdal County (Norway)

MOMARnet Marie Curie Research Training Network

Monitoring the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MOMAR)

Monterey Bay Aquarium & Foundation

Murdoch University

Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Chile)

Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris)

Mustad

Museum Victoria (Australia)

Namibian Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Astrobiology Institute
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

The National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP)

National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML)

National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)

National Environmental Research Council (NERC)

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

National Geographic Society

National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan)

National Institute of Oceanography of India

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Marine Research Institute of Angola

National Museum of the Philippines

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Arctic Research Office
Coral Reef Conservation Program
Environmental Research Division
Fisheries Service
National Marine Sanctuaries
National Undersea Research Program
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Ocean Exploration
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Southwest Fisheries Science Center

National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP)

National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Biological Oceanography
Information Technology Research for National Priorities (ITR)
Office of Polar Programs

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung

NatureServe

Nautilus Minerals Inc.

Netherlands Department of Nature, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

New Bedford Whaling Museum

New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund

New Hampshire Sea Grant

New Zealand Department of Conservation

New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology

New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries

New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)

Nippon Foundation

Nordic Council of Ministers

Normarine AS (Norwegian Marine Foods)

North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)

North Pacific Research Board

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument

Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

Norwegian American Foundation

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation

Norway-Portugal Exchange cultural programme

Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries

Norwegian Embassy in Portugal

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Norwegian Polish Research Fund

Norwegian Whaling Museum

OASIS (Oceanic Seamounts Integrated Study)

Ocean Genome Legacy

Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo

Ocean Tracking Network (OTN)

The Oceanographic Society of Japan

Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Oregon State University

OSPAR Commission

Otto Kinne Foundation

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO)

Pew Charitable Trust

Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology

Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education

Prince William Sound Science Center

Pro Natura International

Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton

Province of British Columbia

Proyecto Modelo del Mar (Argentina)

Puget Sound Telemetry Group

Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries (QDPI&F)

Queensland Museum

Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research (Singapore)

Regione Veneto

The Research Council of Norway

REVIZEE Program

Richard Lounsbery Foundation

Ridge 2000

Ripley's Aquarium Research Grant

Roskilde University

Roscoff Marine Station

The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)

Russian Academy of Sciences
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology

Russian Foundation for Basic Research

Rutgers University
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences

San Diego Supercomputer Center

Sapelo Island Microbial Observatory (SIMO)

SCALA Broadcast Multimedia

SCANMAR AS

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Marine Biodiversity Information Network (SCAR-MarBIN)

Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)

Scottish Association for Marine Science

Sea Education Association

Sea Grant

Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), University of St. Andrews

Seacoast Science Center

SeaLifeBase Project

Seamount Biogeosciences Network (SBN)

SeaweedAfrica

Senckenberg Research Institute

SERPENT Project

Shin Pro

Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Sciences (SAHFOS)

Skipsteknisk AS

Smithsonian Institution

SonarData

Sogn and Fjordane County (Norway)

Southern African Data Centre for Oceanography

South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marine and Coastal Management
Marine Living Resources Fund
South African Department of Science and Technology

South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON)

South African National Research Foundation

Stanford University

State of Hawaii

Statoil ASA

Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Stiftung Alfred-Wegener Institut

Suffolk University

Sunnmøre and Romsdal Fiskesalslag

Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)

Svalbard Environmental Protection Fund

Swedish Museum of Natural History

Tag-A-Giant

TAMRO AB

Tamro MedLab AS

Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG)

Techno-Ocean Network

TELENOR AS

Texas A&M University

The Evergreen State College

The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR)

Tokai University

TreeBASE

uBio (Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer)

UK Economic & Social Research Council

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Universidad Arturo Prat

Universidad Austral de Chile

Universidad de Antofagasta

Universidad de Buenos Aires

Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

Universidad de Concepcion
Centro de Investigación Oceanográfica en el Pacífico Sur-Oriental (COPAS)

Universidad de La Habana

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Universidad Simón Bolívar

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Universidade de Sao Paulo

Université du Littoral

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Coastal Marine Institute
Cooperative Institute For Arctic Research

University of Auckland

University of the Azores

University of Bergen

University of Bergen Meltzer Foundation

University of British Columbia

University of California, Berkeley Moorea Biocode Project

University of California Coastal Ocean Health Initiative

University of California, Merced

University of California, San Diego
Scripps Institution of Oceanography

University of California, Santa Cruz
Center for Integrated Marine Technology
Institute of Marine Sciences

University of Cape Town

University of Connecticut - Avery Point

University of Galway

University of Ghent, Belgium

University of Hamburg

University of Hawaii
Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative (HCRI)
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB)
Pacific Region Integrated Data Enterprise
Pelagic Fisheries Research Program

University of Hull

University of Latvia

University of New Hampshire

Universite Pierre et Marie Curie

University of Pisa

University of Puerto Rico

University of Rhode Island Office of Marine Programs

University of San Carlos

University of Southern Denmark

University of Southern Maine

University of the Sunshine Coast

University of Tasmania

University of Toronto
National Program on Complex Data Structures

University of Victoria

University of Washington

The University of the West Indies

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Department of Energy
Joint Genome Institute

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)

U.S. National Park Service

Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre

Venezuelan Ministry of Science and Technology

Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea (VENUS)

W. M. Keck Foundation

Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)

Widecast/Earth Watch

Wildlife Conservation Society

Wildlife Trust of India

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS)

World Wildlife Fund - Canada

Worldwide Universities Network

Zoological Society of London