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Student Opportunities

  • Calling all grad school applicants! Not sure how to prepare for interviews and virtual open houses? Check out these resources
  • UNOLS Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) program - Fall 2021 application coming soon
  • Scripps Undergraduate Research Fellowship program - apply by March 15
  • Shoals Marine Laboratory undergraduate course on Integrated Ecosystem Research and Management - summer 2021 in the Gulf of Maine, teachers: Michael F. Sigler, Ebett Siddon, Chris Siddon, Jennifer Seavey. Financial aid is available.
  • GMRI NSF REU program apply by February 15, and see the many other sites in the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates program!
  • 2 graduate students beginning summer 2021: 1) coastal wetland restoration / biogeochemistry and 2) in watershed land use legacies / stream ecosystem function with Dr Ashley Helton at the University of Connecticut
  • Research Internships in Ocean Sciences (RIOS) at Rutgers. Applications and supporting materials are due by 11:59PM EST on February 7
  • Ph.D. position on Ocean Biogeochemistry and Microbiology at Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, apply by February 14
  • Seeking students interested in coastal ecosystems! Plum Island Sound LTER has 2 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) opportunities for Summer '21, options for a range of research topics
  • Human-induced effects on long-term water quality changes in Narragansett Bay - RI undergrads apply by February 4
  • 2021 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at URI - engage in ongoing STEM research on coastal change - apply by February 4
  • Dr. Nancy Williams is recruiting students for Fall 2021! Please e-mail if you're interested in studying the ocean's role in the carbon cycle using autonomous platforms.
  • Undergraduate internships (summer, paid) at Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, University of Georgia
  • 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
  • Apply now for 2021 CA State Univ Monterey Bay REU - deadline is February 7, 2021 11:59pm PST
  • Modeling the Ocean Distribution of Neodymium Isotopes: Testing the Bottom-Up Hypothesis project - grad student opportunity with Dr Andreas Schmittner OSU
  • MIT-WHOI PhD positions in chemical oceanography and other areas
  • New DOE-funded coastal hydro-biogeochemistry project is hiring two PhD students at the University of California, Santa Cruz in Margaret Zimmer’s Watershed Hydrology Lab, to start summer or fall 2021
  • Two PhD students to join Dr Nagissa Mahmoudi lab in fall 2021 at McGill. One student will study deep subsurface microbes. The other will study microbial degradation of deep ocean DOC. Experience in microbiology would be asset for both projects.
  • Graduate student to join an NSF funded, multi-institutional effort to study ocean carbon cycling in the North Atlantic Ocean using observations from biogeochemical profiling floats and satellites, based at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • Spreadsheet of Oceanography MS/PhD Positions for Fall 2021
  • Smithsonian Institution intern to assist with developing an iNaturalist project to collect and serve to the public information on marine organisms observed at sites in the MarineGEO network.
  • Two PhD positions available in the Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Lab at Boston College. The research projects will use cutting-edge stable isotope analyses to study modern and past ocean biogeochemical cycles and their interactions with climate. Prospective students are encouraged to contact Dr. Tony Wang (wangvt@bc.edu) to discuss specific research interests.
  • The University of Massachusetts Intercampus Marine Science Graduate Program invites applications for an PhD-level graduate research assistantship to study ocean turbulence and biogeochemical fluxes in ocean oxygen deficient zones -- to examine the use of sustained autonomous observations for estimating the regional horizontal and vertical fluxes required by biogeochemical budgets--starting Fall 2021 at UMass Dartmouth.
  • ROSES-20 Amendment 67: Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) soliciting graduate student research
  • Smithsonian Institution intern to assist with developing an iNaturalist project to collect and serve to the public information on marine organisms observed at sites in the MarineGEO network.
  • 2 PhD projects on ocean alkalinity enhancement at Univ Tasmania with Dr Lennart Bach
  • Mystic Aquarium summer REU 2021, 2022, 2023
  • ASLO dissertation registry
  • LatinX has compiled active recruitment efforts in the Marine Sciences (from grad to PostDoc/Professional, and marine labs)
  • Graduate student tin Dr Natalie Cohen's lab at UGA in Fall 2021. Potential projects: evaluating the role of trace metals in shaping microbial communities, characterizing coastal phytoplankton physiology in response to micronutrient availability and investigating shifts in protistan metabolism across geochemical gradients through ’omic techniques.
  • PhD opportunities with Dr K E Lotterhos lab at Northeastern Univ
  • PhD: Global space-time variability in primary production and carbon flux using the Argo float network at NOC with Dr Stephanie Henson
  • PhD: Abyssal megafaunal resilience to deep-sea mining at NOC with Daniel Jones, Erik Simon Lledo, Jon Copley
  • PhD in the biogeochemistry of the enigmatic Twilight Zone in project OPERA: Organic Particle Export, Remineralization and Advection in the North Atlantic mesopelagic layer
  • PhD project on viral ecology and single cell genomics. At the Institute of Marine Sciences under the supervision of Dolors Vaqué and Ramon Massana
  • 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. 
  • Two PhD positions available in the Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Lab at Boston College - research projects will use cutting-edge stable isotope analyses to study modern and past ocean biogeochemical cycles and their interactions with climate. Prospective students are encouraged to contact Dr. Tony Wang (wangvt@bc.edu) to discuss specific research interests.
  • MSc/PhD position in ecological responses to climate change starting in Fall 2021 at the University of Delaware, working under the direction of Dr. Miling Li. The student will develop geochemical tools (e.g., isotopes) to assess the ecological responses of the marine ecosystem to rapid climate change in the Arctic. Contact Dr. Miling Li for more info, to apply include a copy of CV and a brief (1-2 paragraphs) description of research interests and relevant skills.
  • PhD position with Dr Amanda Spivak to study marsh carbon biogeochemistry following tidal restoration! Starting Spring or Fall 2021. A collaboration with USGS and supported by US Coastal Research Program and American Beaches
  • PhD Project, NSF funded: Nutritional ecology of climate change: Impacts on Northwest Atlantic fishes primarily with Nathan Furey (UNH) and additional supervision by Kathy Mills (GMRI) - distribution shifts and diets of Northeast Shelf fishes and potential marine food web impacts of climate change, interested in similar topics or in building skills in spatial analyses, food web models. Emaild Nathan (Nathan.Furey@unh.edu) and Kathy (kmills@gmri.org) a letter of interest (describing why specifically you are interested in the project, how your qualifications could contribute, and your current professional goals), current CV, contact for three references, and unofficial transcripts from degrees completed. The start date is flexible, but January or summer 2021 is ideal.
  • Sustainable Oceans - From Policy To Science To Decisions - National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT)
  • PhD Project, NSF funded: Nutritional ecology of climate change: Impacts on Northwest Atlantic fishes primarily with Nathan Furey (UNH) and additional supervision by Kathy Mills (GMRI) - distribution shifts and diets of Northeast Shelf fishes and potential marine food web impacts of climate change, interested in similar topics or in building skills in spatial analyses, food web models. Email Nathan (Nathan.Furey@unh.edu) and Kathy (kmills@gmri.org) a letter of interest (describing why specifically you are interested in the project, how your qualifications could contribute, and your current professional goals), current CV, contact for three references, and unofficial transcripts from degrees completed. The start date is flexible, but January or summer 2021 is ideal.
  • PhD project based at MIO Laboratory (Marseille, France) to study the formation, occurrence and variability of ocean fronts both in contemporary and future climates, and how they contribute to the structuring of marine life, focusing on the Mozambique Channel. Fully funded for three years, starting in January 2021 ideally (no later than April 1, 2021). There is no nationality restriction.
  • Sustainable Oceans - From Policy To Science To Decisions  - National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT)
  • PhD position available in the Neuer lab https://www.neuer.lab.asu.edu/ at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ, in the context of a recent NSF award “Zooplankton mediation of particle flux” in collaboration with Leocadio Blanco-Bercial and Amy Maas, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences. Contact Susanne Neuer Susanne.neuer@asu.edu.
  • List of Funded Organismal Biology MS Programs
  • Fully-supported graduate student (MS & PhD) opportunities in Dr Scott Doney's group at U. Virginia in ocean ecosystems, biogeochemistry & global carbon cycle with emphasis on computational approaches (data analysis, remote sensing & numerical models)
  • Funded PhD Opportunity in Physical Oceanography for 1-2 students to join Jacob Wenegrat's group in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at U. Maryland for Fall 2021. We like to use theory+super high-res models to try and understand processes that are hard to see/model in the ocean.
  • MS student for Fall ‘21 interested in Alaskan fish/inverts and genomics at U. Alaska Fairbanks with Dr Jessica Glass. Projects can span popgen, eDNA, & climate change
  • AGU Michael H. Freilich Student Visualization Competition Program - opportunity for students to demonstrate creative ways to use visualization to present complex problems in the Earth and space sciences as well as transdisciplinary sciences
  • Contact sheet for potential Oceanography MS/PhD Positions for Fall 2021 - students view here, advisors enter contact info here
  • For advisors and mentors - a contact sheet for potential Oceanography MS/PhD Positions for Fall 2021 - students view here, advisors enter contact info here
  • ASLO Guide for students on international collaboration
  • PhD students to join Castorani lab in Fall 2021: 1) study seagrass biodiversity at VCR LTER; 2) study ecological synchrony of kelp forests as part of new NSF award
  • Hollings Scholarship and paid summer internship opportunities via the EPP/MSI Undergraduate Scholarship with NOAA. Applications opened yesterday and will close on February 1, 2021
  • Online Conversations for Equity, Action, and Networking (OCEAN) aims to amplify early-career BIPOC working in marine environments in New England. Speakers will receive an honorarium and be supported by a mentoring team!
  • Grad student interested in the biogeochemistry of O2, clumped isotopes, and laboratory work with Dr Laurence Yeung at Rice Univ
  • ASLO Guide for students on international collaboration
  • 3 PhD students at Univ. Gothenburg in (1) marine plankton chemical sensing (2) ocean acidification effcts on ecological interactions in seaweed communities (3) ocean currents around Antarctic ice shelves! Great place, great city, amazing outdoors!
  • PhD students to join Castorani lab in Fall 2021: 1) study seagrass biodiversity at VCR LTER; 2) study ecological synchrony of kelp forests as part of new NSF award
  • Hopa Mountain: The Native Science Fellows Public Database
  • Ocean Observatories Initiative has opportunities for U.S. graduate students to participate in 2 cruises aboard the R/V Sikuliaq this year
  • L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowships
  • Global Wetlands Project seeking PhD students to investigate biodiversity conservation, field ecology, ecological modelling, biogeography or wetlands ecology at Griffith University, Australia
  • Dr. Matthew J. Oliver at University of Delaware is looking for new graduate student(s) for Master's or PhD interested biological oceanography/ecology/robots/satellites. Application dates are somewhat flexible so don't worry about the Feb 1 deadline. Feel free to get in touch with any questions!
  • Pathways to Science summer research listings
  • NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU): Division of Ocean Sciences

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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.