Opportunities for Students in the Earth Sciences

December 4, 2024

1 PM Pacific | 2 PM Mountain | 3 PM Central | 4 PM Eastern (1 hour)

Presenters

Kelsey Russo-Nixon - EarthScope Consortium
Gillian Haberli - EarthScope Consortium
Shannon Fasola - Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT), University of Oregon

Description

This webinar will overview a wide variety of summer and academic year opportunities available to undergraduate and graduate students in Earth science and related disciplines -- from summer internships and year-long research fellowships to field and technical short courses. Students can gain experience in research and real-world, as well as science and career skill development. Possible topics include geohazards, geophysics, field work, engineering, data science and more.

Undergrad and grad student opportunities with EarthScope Consortium and Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT) will be particularly highlighted, but opportunities from other Earth science organizations will be featured, too.

Audience

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This webinar is intended for faculty advisors and undergraduate and graduate students. Several of the opportunities are also open to recent graduates and other early career scientists.

Resource links

• EarthScope Consortium
  • Internships for community college, undergraduate, graduate students, and recent grads for research and job experience
  • Student interest form (to be notified of intern applications opening) and Mentor interest form (for faculty interested in mentoring a fully-funded student intern)
  • Technical short courses and webinars, including the Seismic Skills Building Workshop
• CRESCENT
  • Cores-to-codes summer course for upper level undergraduates
  • Twinning Program year-long research for undergraduates
  • Graduate and post-doc fellowships
• NAGT - For Students page
  • Virtual workshops to support teaching and career development
    • Facilitating Effective Group Projects in Geoscience Courses (Jan-Feb) - graduate students and beyond
    • Course Design Workshop (June) - graduate students and beyond
    • Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences (August) - graduate students and postdocs (watch workshop page for details coming soon)
  • Early Career Geoscience Faculty Workshop (in-person June) - for early career tenure track faculty
• NASA
  • Early Career Research Program - options for high school students and educators, undergrads, graduate students, and early career scientists
  • NASA Internship Programs - for high school and undergraduate students
  • GLOBE Program (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) - international science and education program
  • DEVELOP Project - building skills to use satellite data
• Other organizations
  • Institute for Broadening Participation - directory of education and career training opportunities in STEM (K12 students thru university faculty)
  • USGS Student opportunities - variety of programs for undergrads, graduate students, and postdocs
  • Statewide California Earthquake Center (SCEC) - summer research internship for undergraduates
  • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) - undergrad and graduate student internships
  • National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) - high school, undergraduate, and graduate student internships
  • Keck Geology Consortium REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) - summer programs for undergraduates

Webinar goals

Participants will:

• Learn a variety of options for student opportunities in the Earth sciences
• Know how to apply for, register for, or learn more about the presented opportunities

Logistics

Duration: 1 hour
Format: Presentations will take place through a Zoom Meeting screen-sharing session. The webinar will be recorded.
Accessing the Webinar: Instructions for joining the webinar will be emailed to participants the day before the event. Learn more about accessing the webinar.
Questions? Please contact Ashley Carlson at acarlson2@carleton.edu if you have any questions about this event.