IRIS Consortium

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| name = Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

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| founded_date = {{Start date and age|1984|10}}

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| location = William T. Golden Center for Science and Engineering
Washington, D.C.

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| key_people = Robert Woodward, President; Richard C. Aster, Chair of the Board of Directors

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| services = Research, education

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| num_members = 290 (2018)

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| languages = English

| website = {{URL|https://www.iris.edu/}}

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IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) was a university research consortium dedicated to exploring the Earth's interior through the collection and distribution of seismographic data. It operated the U.S. National Science Foundation's Seismological Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (SAGE Facility) until 2023. IRIS programs contributed to scholarly research, education, earthquake hazard mitigation, and the verification of a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. Support for IRIS came from the National Science Foundation, other federal agencies, universities, and private foundations. IRIS supported five major components:

• The Data Management Center (DMC{{Cite web|url=http://ds.iris.edu/ds/nodes/dmc/|title=IRIS: Data Management Center|website=ds.iris.edu|access-date=2019-12-24}})
• The Portable Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere (PASSCAL{{Cite web|url=https://www.iris.edu/hq/programs/passcal|title=Portable Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere {{!}} IRIS|publisher=IRIS Consortium|access-date=2019-12-24}})
• The Global Seismographic Network (GSN{{Cite web|url=https://www.iris.edu/hq/programs/gsn|title=Global Seismographic Network {{!}} IRIS|publisher=IRIS Consortium|access-date=2019-12-24}})
• The Transportable Array (USARRAY{{Cite web|url=http://www.usarray.org/|title=USArray|website=usarray.org|access-date=2019-12-24}})
• Education and Public Outreach Program (EPO{{Cite web|url=https://www.iris.edu/hq/programs/epo|title=Education and Public Outreach {{!}} IRIS|publisher=IRIS Consortium|access-date=2019-12-24}})

IRIS maintained a corporate office in Washington, D.C.

IRIS's Education and Public Outreach Program offered animations, videos, lessons, software, posters, and fact sheets to help teachers and the general public learn more about seismology and earth science and understand it better. The goal is to get more people interested in careers in geophysics.

IRIS is listed in the Registry of Research Data Repositories re3data.org.{{cite web|title=IRIS Entry in re3data.org|url=http://service.re3data.org/repository/r3d100010268|website=re3data.org|access-date=21 August 2014}}

On January 1, 2023, IRIS merged with UNAVCO to form the EarthScope Consortium that now operates both the U.S. National Science Foundation's SAGE and GAGE Facilities through 2025.{{Cite web|title=Joining Forces|url=https://sites.google.com/iris.edu/united/home|access-date=2023-08-08|website=sites.google.com}}