EEPS is committed to the academic success of all our students and for providing information about the kinds of careers that are available to geoscientists. The outline below shows the breadth of areas in which geoscientists may apply their interests and broad skillsets.
Careers in the Earth Sciences:
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Academia/Research
- M.S and Ph.D. Programs
- Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Research Institutions (e.g. Carnegie Institution)
- Teaching (K-12; Universities)
- Technical Specialist for Analytical Equipment
- Laboratory Manager
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Education and Outreach
- Museum (collections management & public programs)
- Media (Wired, Massive, Undark, BBC, etc.)
- Teaching (K-12)
- American Geophysical Union
- American Geosciences Institute
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Energy Sector
- Bureau of Economic Geology
- Energy companies
- Apache
- BP
- BHP Billiton
- Chevron
- Conoco-Philips
- EDF Renewables
- ExxonMobil
- NRG
- Shell
- Schlumberger
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Environmental
- Climate Corporations
- Climate Lobbyist
- Coastal Hazards
- Conservation Ecologist
- Environmental Law
- Groundwater resources management / consultant
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Foundations / Nonprofit
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Memorial Park Conservancy
- Nature Conservancy
- Sierra Club
- Union of Concerned Scientists
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Government & Public Policy
- AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow
- City of Houston
- US Department of Agriculture
- USDA Salinity Lab
- US Department of Defense
- US Department of Energy
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- US Department of the Interior
- Bureau of Land Management
- Smithsonian Institution
- US Forest Service
- US Geological Survey
- US National Park Service
- National Labs
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Sandia National Laboratories
- National Science Foundation
- Water and Energy Policy
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Healthcare
- Human Health impact – severe heat, pollution, flooding risks, airborne / vector borne disease modeling
- Medical Geology
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Information Technology
- Apple
- Microsoft
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Reinsurance / Risk Analysis
- Hurricane Forecasting
- Seismic Hazards / Flood analysis
Useful links and organizations:
Earth science related job lists:
- ES_JOBS_NET: http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/es_jobs_net
- http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/academic.htm
- https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/search.cfm?JobCat=170
AGU Career Center: https://findajob.agu.org/
US Government job listings: https://www.usajobs.gov/
Science Outreach: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/outreachjobannouncements
Climate, Environment, Risk Evaluation:
- CLIMLIST: http://climlist.wku.edu/
- Paleoclimlist: https://lists.colorado.edu/sympa/info/paleoclimate-list
- Isotope Geochemistry: ISOGEOCHEM@list.uvm.edu (https://isogeochem.wikispaces.com/)
- Terracon https://careers.terracon.com/
- Swiss RE https://careers.swissre.com/
Energy:
- DOE: https://www.energy.gov/eere/education/find-internships
- IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholarship Plus Initiative https://www.ee-scholarship.org/careers-in-power-energy/engineering-internships
Hydrology & Geomorphology:
- Critical Zone: critical zone exploration network CZEN.org
- Geomorphology— gilbertclub: To subscribe : https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/forum/#!forum/gilbertclub/join
- Hydrology – CUAHSI: https://www.cuahsi.org/about/contact-us
- https://groups.google.com/group/abouthydrology
Science Policy Fellowships:
- AGI (https://www.americangeosciences.org/policy/internships-and-fellowships)
- AGI/Schlumberger (https://www.americangeosciences.org/policy/internships-and-fellowships/agi-schlumberger-fellows)
- AGU (https://sciencepolicy.agu.org/congressional_fellows/)
- AAAS (must have already defended/graduated): https://www.aaas.org/stpf/fellowship-areas
- Science and Technology Policy Institute https://www.ida.org/en/ida-ffrdcs/science-and-technology-policy-institute
Private Foundation/Industry Opportunities:
- Environmental Defense Fund (offices in Austin) https://www.edf.org/jobs
- Union of Concerned Scientists https://www.ucsusa.org/about/jobs
- Sierra Club (https://www.sierraclub.org/careers)
- Reinsurance companies; SWISS RE http://www.swissre.com/careers/
Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities:
- LDEO Earth Institute (Columbia) (annually due ~ 10/30) http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/about-ldeo/office-director/postdoctoral-fellowship-earth-environmental-and-ocean-sciences
- Brown Institute for Environment and Society https://www.brown.edu/academics/institute-environment-society/research
- Carnegie Institution https://carnegiescience.edu/about/postdoctoral-fellowships
- Rice Postdoctoral Fellowship https://earthscience.rice.edu/home-page/open-positions/
- UTIG: https://www.ig.utexas.edu/
- NOAA Global Change Fellowships: http://www.noaa.gov/opportunities/noaa-climate-and-global-change-postdoctoral-fellowships
- Harvard https://eps.harvard.edu/pages/post-doctoral-associate-climate-dynamics
- Scripps https://scripps.ucsd.edu/postdocs/program
- Marie Curie http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/actions/individual-fellowships_en
- Humboldt Fellowship https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/humboldt-fellowship-postdoc.html
- University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship http://ppfp.ucop.edu/info/
- Royal Society Newton International Fellowship http://www.newtonfellowships.org/
- Royal Society University Research Fellowships https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/university-research/
- NERC Independent Research Fellowships http://www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/available/fellowships/irf/
- Carolina Postdoc http://research.unc.edu/offices/vice-chancellor/programs-projects-services/DATA_RES_VCRED_POSTDOC
- Bateman Postdoctoral Fellowships at Yale (Geosciences) http://www.yale.edu/geology/jobopenings/postdocs.html
- Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm
- CIFAR Postdoc application due (Canada) http://www.cifar.ca/how-to-apply
- UT Austin JSG fellowship jsg.utexas.edu/people/postdoctoral-fellows-program/
- Humbolt Postdoc application (Germany) humboldt-foundation.de/web/771.html
- Aguoron Postdoc agi.org/grants-GBF.html
- Miller Institute, UC Berkley http://millerinstitute.berkeley.edu/page.php?nav=11
- NSERC (Canada) http://nserc-crsng.gc.ca/students-etudiants/pd-np/pdf-bp_eng.asp
- Banting Fellowship http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/home-accueil-eng.html
- NERC (UK) nerc.ac.uk/funding/application/information.asp
- NASA Astrobio Postdoc (USA) http://nasa.orau.org/postdoc/application/index.htm
- L’Oreal Women in Science fellowship (Must be done your PhD by application deadline.)
http://www.lorealusa.com/_en/_us/index.aspx?direct1=00008&direct2=00008/00001 - AAUW https://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/
Early Career Fellowships
http://www.cifar.ca/global-scholars/