Goudge Leads CIFAR Research Group 

December 13, 2025

Tim Goudge has been named a co-director of a geosciences research group at CIFAR, a private research foundation based in Canada. 

The group — called Earth 4D: Subsurface Science & Exploration — is made up of 17 interdisciplinary researchers studying Earth’s subsurface, the water cycle, the energy transition, planetary exploration, and space and time on a changing planet. They meet twice a year to present and discuss new findings. 

As co-director, Goudge will help set the intellectual direction of the program, make research project recommendations, and bring in guests to help bridge gaps and catalyze discussions among researchers. 

“It’s a really exciting opportunity to get to implement a scientific vision in a way that’s not often afforded to us,” Goudge said.  

Through his involvement with Earth 4D, Goudge has also received seed funding to study the Mackenzie River delta in the Canadian Arctic, which could serve as an analog for how similar features on Mars were formed.