A key objective of OCB is to train the next generation of ocean scientists and engage early career scientists in OCB and partner program meetings and training courses by providing travel and tuition support, networking, and mentoring opportunities.

Recent examples of early career support and engagement include:

Annual OCB summer workshop
OCB scoping workshops
Gordon Conference in Chemical Oceanography
IMBeR IMBIZO Meetings (2017, odd years)
IMBER ClimECO Summer Schools (2018, even years)
SOLAS Summer Schools
International Ocean Colour Coordination Group (IOCCG) Lecture Series
International Ocean Colour Science Meeting (IOCS)
Cornell Satellite Remote Sensing Course
Univ. Maine Ocean Color Remote Sensing Course
Training courses on ocean acidification
Training courses on biogeochemical sensors

While we do not entertain individual requests for travel support, early career support is a high priority of bulk travel support requests submitted to OCB (see below for current opportunities). OCB strives to highlight the work of students and postdocs at its meetings and provide opportunities for interacting with federal agency managers and other scientists. OCB also maintains an early career position on its Scientific Steering Committee (SSC).

Early Career Opportunities & News

Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Young Earth System Scientists community
View our Jobs & Postdocs page for current openings
View our Student Opportunities page for undergraduate, MS and PhD listings

Pathways to Science: Early Career Fellowships & Scholarships

NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdocs
Apply by 10 January 2020 - see https://cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc/annual-recruitment-announcement

US GO-SHIP is looking for early career scientists (high-level scientists/technicians, with PhDs or equivalent experience) with experience in physical or chemical oceanography (hydrography) who would be interested in participating in mid March – late April/early May 2020 on the GO-SHIP decadal re-occupation of the hydrographic section A13.5 in the Atlantic Ocean as co-Chief Scientist. Apply by October 15

OCB supports early career participation in 3rd International Ocean Colour Science Meeting

OCB-sponsored participants of 3rd International Ocean Color Meeting in May 2017. Christiana Ade is a first-year PhD student at North Carolina State University in the Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department. She researches wetlands and coastal environments using satellite remote sensing and field measurements. Her research includes water quality mapping, establishing new environmental indicators, and […]

A Training Course on Marine Radioactivity August 13, 2017

A Training Course on Marine Radioactivity in association with Goldschmidt, August 13, 2017. The event, organized by SCOR 146 WG, will include: An introduction to Radionuclides, Natural, Anthropogenic, and Cosmogenic Radioisotopes and their General Applications in the Marine environment, and Radioecology. Specific lectures will delve more deeply into specific applications and include topics such as […]

OCB Support for the 2017 Cornell Summer Satellite Remote Sensing Training Course (June 5-16, 2017, Ithaca NY)

The Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) Program (www.us-ocb.org) will support five U.S. students or postdocs to participate in this course, including tuition, travel, and housing expenses. If interested, please send your CV and a brief statement of interest (1 page max) to the OCB Project Office (hbenway@whoi.edu) by 15 March 2017. The statement should describe […]

Cornell Satellite Remote Sensing Training Course June 3 – 17, 2016 (Ithaca, NY)

OCB-sponsored participants of the Cornell Satellite Remote Sensing Course held in June 2016 in Ithaca, NY. Emily Bockmon studies carbonate chemistry in the ocean, focusing on best practices for measurement and calibration of instrumentation. In 2014, she completed her PhD at Scripps Institution of Oceanography where she is currently she is working as a researcher. Next […]

Frontiers in Ocean Optics and Ocean Colour Science July 18-30, 2016 (Villefranche-sur-Mer, France)

Third IOCCG Summer Lecture Series 2016: Frontiers in Ocean Optics and Ocean Colour Science July 18-30, 2016 in Villefranche-sur-Mer, France Mike Sayers is a 2nd year PhD student at Michigan Tech University and a research scientist at the Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), where his research has been focused on the use of bio-optical remote […]

IMBER ClimECO5: Towards more resilient oceans: Predicting and projecting future changes in the ocean and their impacts on human societies

OCB-sponsored participants of IMBER ClimECO5 in August 2016. Tayler Clarke completed her MSc at the University of Costa Rica in 2013. Her master’s thesis focused on the spatial distribution and reproduction of shark and ray bycatch in shrimp trawl fisheries. Currently, she is a second year PhD student in William Cheung’s lab at the […]