Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry
Studying marine ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles in the face of environmental change
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      • Biological Pump
      • Changing Marine Ecosystems
      • Changing Ocean Chemistry
      • Estuarine and Coastal Carbon Fluxes
      • Ocean Carbon Uptake and Storage
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    • Topical Workshops
      • CMIP6 Models Workshop
      • Coastal BGS Obs with Fisheries
      • C-saw extreme events workshop
      • 7th DMS(P) Symposium
      • Expansion of BGC-Argo and Profiling Floats
      • Fish, fisheries and carbon
      • Future BioGeoSCAPES program
      • GO-BCG Scoping Workshop
      • Lateral Carbon Flux in Tidal Wetlands
      • Leaky Deltas Workshop – Spring 2025
      • Marine CDR Workshop
      • Marine Virus Workshop
      • Ocean Nucleic Acids ‘Omics
      • Pathways Connecting Climate Changes to the Deep Ocean
    • Small Group Activities
      • Aquatic Continuum OCB-NACP Focus Group
      • Arctic-COLORS Data Synthesis
      • BECS Benthic Ecosystem and Carbon Synthesis WG
      • Carbon Isotopes in the Ocean Workshop
      • CMIP6 WG
      • Filling the gaps air–sea carbon fluxes WG
      • Fish Carbon WG
      • Metabarcoding intercal WG
      • Meta-eukomics WG
      • mCDR
      • Metaproteomic Intercomparison
      • Mixotrophs & Mixotrophy WG
      • N-Fixation WG
      • Ocean Carbonate System Intercomparison Forum
      • Ocean Carbon Uptake WG
      • OOI BGC sensor WG
      • Operational Phytoplankton Observations WG
      • Phytoplankton Taxonomy WG
      • SedMIP
    • Other Workshops
    • Science Planning
      • Coastal CARbon Synthesis (CCARS)
      • North Atlantic-Arctic
    • Ocean Acidification PI Meetings
    • Training Activities
      • PACE Hackweek 2025
      • PACE Hackweek 2024
      • PACE Training Activity 2022
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      • Ocean Fertilization
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Student Opportunities

  • NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP). Deadline June 1. Office hours: Thursday, May 28 | 3-4 p.m. EDT, Monday, June 8 | 1-2 p.m. EDT
  • Fall Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) Program at Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences. Fully Funded Research Internships. Application deadline May 31
  • PhD opportunity: Carbonate chemistry and alkalinity dynamics in the coastal ocean (Chemical Oceanography/Biogeochemistry) at University of Otago, Department of Marine Science, Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand. Start August 2026 or soon thereafter. Open until filled. Supervisors: Dr. Sebastiaan van de Velde (University of Otago & Earth Sciences New Zealand) and Prof. Christina McGraw (University of Otago). Applications should be sent by email to sebastiaan.vandevelde@otago.ac.nz (subject: candidature RP-PhD) and should include a cover letter specifying the motivation to apply for the position (max. 2 pages), a short CV, including an abstract of the thesis, a copy of your academic transcripts and contact details of 2 referees, closes 27 April 2027.
  • NSF EPSCoR Fellowship Program focusing on Coastal Sciences newly-established coastal-focused Graduate Research Fellowship Program at Louisiana State University
  • POGO-SCOR Fellowship Programme. Apply by May 1
  • PhD opportunity at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Standing Opportunities

  • Summer courses at Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
  • ASLO dissertation registry
  • ROSES-20 Amendment 67: Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) soliciting graduate student research
  • Solutions-focused graduate program the Coastal Science and Policy Program at University of California, Santa Cruz. We seek applications from, or recommendations of, emerging coastal science and policy leaders who are exceptional collaborators, young professionals, recent graduates, or grantees and who show leadership promise and passion to address opportunities and challenges from land to sea. 
  • Sustainable Oceans - From Policy To Science To Decisions  - National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT)
  • List of Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs
  • ASLO Guide for students on international collaboration
  • Ocean Observatories Initiative has opportunities for U.S. graduate students see UNOLS Cruise Opportunity Program and sign up for our Early Career or Cruises of Opportunity mailing lists
  • NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU): Division of Ocean Sciences
  • ATTENTION NEW PHDs! ASLO is showcasing our graduating members through a Dissertation Registry. Members who have recently completed their graduate degree may post their information in this publicly viewable repository

Please send student opportunities to ocb_news@whoi.edu (include title, location, link to full listing and close date).

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Funding for the Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry Project Office is provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The OCB Project Office is housed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.