Geoscience Career Resources

Below you will find a list of online resources related to the 2005 theme, "Geoscientists Explore the Earth." This theme was selected to to highlight the important work that geoscientists do every day and to educate the public about the career types within the geosciences.

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General Career Information

http://www.scilinks.org/retrieve_outside.asp?sl=9263565511111022

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/job/index.htm

http://www.earthscope.org/education/careers/careers.php

http://www.earthscope.org/education/spanish/careers/careers.php
(Spanish version)

http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/geology.htm

http://www.geotimes.org/careers.html

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/career.html

http://www.earthscienceworld.org/careers/profiles/index.html

http://training.usgs.gov/IDP/tensteps.html

Oceanography Careers

http://www.joiscience.org/learning/profiles - great bios on real marine scientists and the cool stuff they are currently working on!

Physics and Geophysics Careers

http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/cern/people/index.html

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/become.html

http://students.seg.org/careers/Geophysics101.htm

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/geodesy/welcome.html

Careers with NASA

http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/archive/career/index.html

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/earthweek.html - information about ongoing studies at NASA's Goddard Space Center in Maryland

Biology Careers

http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos047.htm

http://kids.miamidade.gov/elephant_keeper.htm

http://kids.miamidade.gov/turtle_specialist.htm

http://www.usgs.gov/ohr/student/learn/jobs/job-wldlf.html

NSTA focuses on Careers in Science

http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2005-08/member_elementary.htm (elementary)

http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2005-08/member_high.htm
(high school)

Fellowships, Scholarships & Internships

The National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program*
https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/grfp/

Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Education Program*
http://www.asee.org/smart/

The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program (NDSEG)*
http://www.asee.org/ndseg/

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program*
http://www.asee.org/nrl/

The Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP)*http://www.asee.org/nreip/

The Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP)*
http://www.asee.org/seap/

*Administered by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

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