The QECCoRA (Quaternary Environmental Changes in the Corinth Rift Area: the IODP 381 palaeovegetation record) research project aims to create a long and complete record of vegetation and the terrestrial and aquatic environment alternations through successive Quaternary climate cycles using palynological analysis (pollen, spores, algae, fungi, dinoflagellates, microscopic charcoal) of the deposits recovered by IODP Exp. 381. QECCoRA is funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (EL.ID.EK) in the framework of the “1η Προκήρυξη ερευνητικών έργων ΕΛ.ΙΔ.Ε.Κ. για Μέλη ΔΕΠ και ερευνητές/τριες και την προμήθεια ερευνητικού εξοπλισμού μεγάλης αξίας. (1st Announcement of ELIDEK research projects for faculty members and researchers and the supply of research high value equipment)