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High School Students

• George Washington Carver Internship Program For High School and Undergraduate Students
Iowa State University
What: A PAID summer research internship for students who would like to do research in areas of Agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences in ... read more

• MASS Amherst SUMMER COLLEGE: a Pre-College Program for rising High School Juniors and Seniors
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
SUMMER COLLEGE STEM Ed Provides opportunities for highly motivated students to join existing funded programs of Research in Biology, Biochemistry, P ... read more


K-12 Educators

• GeoCorps Positions Now Available for Fall/Winter 2013-2014!
Geological Society of America
Interested in doing geoscience in some of America’s most beautiful public lands?<p>The Geological Society of America (GSA) has posted 15+ ... read more


Undergraduate Students

• Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) Summer Internship Program
North Carolina State University (Lead), North Carolina A&T State University
We are seeking highly-motivated undergraduate students from a variety of different backgrounds, with a strong interest in sustainable agriculture, to ... read more

• DHS Scholarship Program
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) realizes that the country’s strong science and technology community provides a critical advantage ... read more

• Dune Undergraduate Geomorphology and Geochronology (DUGG) REU
University of Wisconsin, Platteville (Lead), University of Nebraska, Lincoln
DUGG is a new NSF-REU project focusing on Quaternary eolian landscapes in Wisconsin. The project includes an eight-week field and laboratory study thr ... read more

• Genetic Engineering and Society: The Case of Transgenic Pests
North Carolina State University
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award supports the first graduate program in the world specifically training grad ... read more

• GeoCorps Positions Now Available for Fall/Winter 2013-2014!
Geological Society of America
Interested in doing geoscience in some of America’s most beautiful public lands?<p>The Geological Society of America (GSA) has posted 15+ ... read more

• George Washington Carver Internship Program For High School and Undergraduate Students
Iowa State University
What: A PAID summer research internship for students who would like to do research in areas of Agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences in ... read more

• Green Scholarships: Training Future Generations of Environmental Experts
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Up to $9,000 undergraduate scholarships (divided equally between fall and spring semesters) will be awarded to low income Community College Transfer S ... read more

• Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology
Harvard University (Lead)
Harvard Forest offers an exciting program for up to 30 undergraduate students from institutions across the country to collaborate with scientists cond ... read more

• Kellogg Biological Station has 12 positions this summer for undergraduates to participate in Ecological Research
Michigan State University (Lead)
<p>All of these are PAID opportunities: $4,250--$4500 stipend plus FREE room and board for the summer. <p>REU (Research Experiences fo ... read more

• NASA Student Airborne Research Program
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (Lead), University of California, Irvine
The NASA Airborne Science Program announces the opportunity for highly motivated junior and senior undergraduates to participate in an 8-week summ ... read more

• NSF-REU: Interdisciplinary Research in Water Resources
University of Florida
The University of Florida invites applications for an interdisciplinary research program in water resources from undergraduate students in their sopho ... read more

• REU in Costa Rica: Ecohydrology of a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest
Texas A&M University (Lead)
<P>The goal of the proposed Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) is to provide undergraduate students with an opportunity to develop ess ... read more

• REU Site: Interdisciplinary Approach to Challenges posed by Invasive Species and Small Populations of Native Species
University of Idaho (Lead)
The Center for Research on Invasive Species and Small Populations (CRISSP) at the University of Idaho will host 11 undergraduates for a 9-week period ... read more

• REU Summer Academy in Sustainable Bioenergy
Kansas State University
Program Overview <p>Research activities in this program under the guidance of faculty mentors, will advance students' state of knowledge in sus ... read more

• REU Summer Internships at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden
The Chicago Botanic Garden, with colleagues from partner institutions, hosts a 10-week summer research experience. This program offers undergraduate p ... read more

• REU-China: Ecological and Environmental Research in an Urbanized Landscape
Alabama A&M University (Lead)
The REU site at Alabama A&M University (AAMU) is an international program which will provide a nine-week research experience to undergraduates beg ... read more

• SERC Internship Program in Environmental Studies
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) (Lead), Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's (SERC) Internship Program offers undergraduate and beginning graduate students a unique opportunity t ... read more

• Sustainable Biomass Production and Processing Systems (SBPP) REU Program
Iowa State University (Lead)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has provided funds to Iowa State University’s Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department for an Re ... read more


Post-Baccalaureate

• Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) Summer Internship Program
North Carolina State University (Lead), North Carolina A&T State University
We are seeking highly-motivated undergraduate students from a variety of different backgrounds, with a strong interest in sustainable agriculture, to ... read more

• GeoCorps Positions Now Available for Fall/Winter 2013-2014!
Geological Society of America
Interested in doing geoscience in some of America’s most beautiful public lands?<p>The Geological Society of America (GSA) has posted 15+ ... read more


Graduate Students

• Adaptive Management IGERT: Water Wetlands and Watersheds
University of Florida
Our IGERT program in Adaptive Management links four colleges, fifteen academic departments, and three research centers at the University of Florida wi ... read more

• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: NIFA Fellowships Grant Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (Lead)
The Department of Agriculture established the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) under which the Secretary of Agriculture may make compet ... read more

• Collaborative Research and Education in Agricultural Technologies and Engineering (CREATE) IGERT
University of California, Davis (Lead), Tuskegee University
CREATE brings together a diverse group of faculty and graduate students from plant sciences, molecular biology and engineering, working together in in ... read more

• Exploring Interfaces (EIGER) IGERT
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The EIGER Program at Virginia Tech, supported by NSF IGERT funding through 2010, focuses on graduate research in the areas of 1) interdisciplinary env ... read more

• From Microbe to Global Climate: Research and Training in Cross-scale Biogeochemistry
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Cornell University, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
This IGERT award will build on advances in biogeochemistry at microbial, whole-ecosystem, and global scales, and broaden graduate student training fro ... read more

• Genetic Engineering and Society: The Case of Transgenic Pests
North Carolina State University
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award supports the first graduate program in the world specifically training grad ... read more

• GeoCorps Positions Now Available for Fall/Winter 2013-2014!
Geological Society of America
Interested in doing geoscience in some of America’s most beautiful public lands?<p>The Geological Society of America (GSA) has posted 15+ ... read more

• Integrated Graduate Education in Biorefining and Biofuels IGERT
Colorado State University, Colorado State University, Pueblo
The NSF IGERT Program in Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable Bioenergy (MAS BioEnergy) is designed to prepare PhD graduates who are trained as ... read more

• I-STAR Bioenergy IGERT
Kansas State University (Lead)
Biofuels and biobased products can substantially improve environmental quality, rural economies, and national security. Realizing this opportunity wi ... read more

• NASA Student Airborne Research Program
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (Lead), University of California, Irvine
The NASA Airborne Science Program announces the opportunity for highly motivated junior and senior undergraduates to participate in an 8-week summ ... read more

• Nitrogen Systems: Policy-oriented Integrated Research & Education (NSPIRE) IGERT
Washington State University (Lead)
<p>Interdisciplinary research focused on nitrogen cycle processes in the environment integrated with experiential learning of public policy. ... read more

• Non-equilibrium Dynamics Across Space and Time IGERT
University of Minnesota
This training grant will bring together scholars of ecology, civil engineering, and the earth sciences to study the interplay between landscape change ... read more

• Systems Biology of Cells in Engineered Environments (SBE2)
University of Delaware
This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award facilitates the unique interdisciplinary training of Ph.D. scientists and e ... read more


Postdoc & Early Career

• (NSF AGS-PRF) Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) awards Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (PRF) to highly qualified investigators within 3 year ... read more

• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: NIFA Fellowships Grant Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (Lead)
The Department of Agriculture established the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) under which the Secretary of Agriculture may make compet ... read more

• GeoCorps Positions Now Available for Fall/Winter 2013-2014!
Geological Society of America
Interested in doing geoscience in some of America’s most beautiful public lands?<p>The Geological Society of America (GSA) has posted 15+ ... read more

• Jackson Postdoctoral Fellows Program
University of Texas, Austin
The Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas, Austin, announces a new school-wide postdoctoral fellows program and invites application ... read more

• Post Doctoral Associated in Plant Breeding and Genetics
Cornell University
The Postdoctoral Associate will work as the project manager and will be responsible for coordinating activities on a large, multi-institutional, NSF-f ... read more

• Postdoc Opportunity in Isotope Ecology and Biogeochemistry
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming, Department of Botany is soliciting applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate to conduct research on how ... read more

• Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity in Environmental Remediation
North Carolina State University
We seek an exceptional postdoctoral fellow to conduct independent research in the growing interdisciplinary field of environmental remediation. This b ... read more

• PostDoctoral position in Forest Soils and Ecosystem Ecology
University of Maine
A Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Forest Soils/Ecosystem Ecology is available at the University of Maine studying the biogeochemistry of northern ... read more

• Postdoctoral Position on Shale-Gas Landscape Effects
Pennsylvania State University
The Penn State Soil Characterization Laboratory (soilislife.psu.edu) in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, at The Pennsylvania State ... read more

• Postdoctoral Position: Forest Landscape Modeling of Climate Change Scenarios
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Opportunity to join a growing lab group using simulation modeling techniques to address forest landscape change at a range of scales in the Northern ... read more

• Postdoctoral Position: Terrestrial Ecosystem/Biogeochemistry/Land Change
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks a creative and energetic postdoctoral research associate to participate in research on carbon ... read more

• Postdoctoral Research Associate in Agroforestry
Tuskegee University
Postdoctoral Associate position open at Tuskegee University in Agroforestry. ... read more

• Postdoctoral Research Position - Biogeochemist
Iowa State University (Lead), Argonne National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of New Hampshire
The successful candidate will collaborate with a team of scientists to understand the role of organic nitrogen in regulating forest ecosystem response ... read more


Faculty & Administrators

• GeoCorps Positions Now Available for Fall/Winter 2013-2014!
Geological Society of America
Interested in doing geoscience in some of America’s most beautiful public lands?<p>The Geological Society of America (GSA) has posted 15+ ... read more


Research Centers

• National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics
University of Minnesota (Lead), Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community College, Johns Hopkins University, Louisiana State University, Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, University of California, Berkeley, University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, University of Texas, Austin



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