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Graduate Program in Atmospheric Science at Rutgers University with specific areas of research including causes and mechanisms of climate change, storm prediction, clouds, radiation, aerosols, and land-atmosphere interactions. Application deadline for full consideration for financial aid is December 15, 2023.
Graduate Program in Geography at Rutgers University with areas of interest including human geography, physical geography, and human-environmental geography. Graduate students participate in numerous interdisciplinary programs and research centers at Rutgers, including the various area studies centers, the Office of the State Climatologist, and more. Application deadline for full consideration for financial aid is January 15, 2024.
Graduate Program in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Rutgers University. Application deadline for full consideration for financial aid is December 1, 2023.
Graduate Program in Marine Sciences at Rutgers University, with research opportunities in real-time studies in the coastal ocean using advanced underwater instrumentation; biological and geological processes at deep-sea hydrothermal vents; remote sensing and ocean modeling; advanced underwater optics and fish behavior; biodiversity and marine molecular biology; coastal geomorphology; organism-sediment interactions; cycling of organic and inorganic materials in the ocean; watershed ecosystems. Application deadline for full consideration for financial aid is January 1, 2024.
The Department of Human Ecology at Rutgers University offers the Human Dimensions of Environmental Change Graduate Certificate Program. The certificate program represents a collaboration among faculty from several graduate programs, and allows students to examine the political, cultural, economic, historical, and other human dimensions of environmental change while carrying out studies in an existing graduate program.
The Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution at Rutgers University offers graduate education and training in microbial, plant, animal, and human ecology. Application deadline for full consideration for financial aid is December 15, 2023.
The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University offers Graduate Programs to prepare students for careers in areas such as the design of healthy communities, community development, environmental and land use policy, political processes, regional development and planning, transportation policy and planning, and urban redevelopment. Application deadline for full consideration for financial aid is January 15, 2024.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rutgers University offers a Master of Science Degree and Doctor of Philosophy with areas of specialized study including geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, and water resources and environmental engineering. Application deadline March 1, 2024.
Virtual Reality and Climate Change Communication Rutgers Research: Undergraduate Student Study Subjects Wanted. Research at the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University seeks individuals to participate in a VR experience study to help understand the role of Virtual Reality in Climate Change Communication. The study will take place at the School of Communication and Information. More information here.
EMS Annual Meeting, Session UP2.3: Radiation, clouds and aerosols: From observations to modelling to verification. Proposals due April 18, 2024.
National Science Foundation (NSF), Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC). Proposals due May 1, 2024.
The US CLIVAR Workshop on Optimizing Ocean Observing Networks for Detecting the Coastal Climate Signal. Proposals due May 31, 2024.
NYC OceanTech Summit "Three Minute Thesis" competition. Compete onstage to pitch your innovation for a $1000 prize pool on May 16, 2024 at the Ocean Innovation Expo. Register here.
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Researcher position in Kuopio (Modeling the properties of atmosphere). Applications due April 26, 2024.
The Ocean Dynamics research unit at GEOMAR, PhD candidate: Enabling Lagrangian particle tracking for high-resolution and unstructured meshes. Applications due April 28, 2024.
Delft University of Technology, PhD Position Coupled Sea Ice / Ocean Modeling for Improving Climate Predictions. Applications due May 13, 2024.
Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowships. Applications due May 15, 2024.
U.S. Department of Energy, Industrial Decarbonization Fellowship. Applications due July 15, 2024.
U.S. Department of Energy, Industrial Decarbonization Office Fellowship. Applications due July 15, 2024.
The U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office (BTO), Budget, Policy, and Project Research Fellow. [Posted April 15, 2024]
U.S. Department of Energy, Budget, Policy, and Project Research Fellow: Building Technologies Office. [Posted April 8, 2024]
Institute for Climate Economics, Research Fellow – Development finance. [Posted April 8, 2024]
NSF NCAR’s Climate and Global Dynamics (CGD) Laboratory, Postdoc Fellow in the Atmospheric Modeling & Predictability (AMP) Section. Applications due April 19, 2024.
The School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham (UK), Research Fellow HEPPI - College of Life and Environmental Sciences. Applications due April 22, 2024.
The CMCC Foundation, Post-Doctoral Associate on Climate Predictability (code 12544). Applications due April 30, 2024.
National Museum of Natural History, Research Geologist and/or Biologist (Postdoctoral Fellow). Applications due May 6, 2024.
Bryn Mawr College, postdoctoral scientist for “Bridging Ecology and Evolution” National Science Foundation (NSF) project. [Posted February 12, 2024]
The Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (BU-IGS) and the Schneider Electric Sustainability Research Institute (SE-SRI), Prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship: Overcoming Barriers to Building Decarbonization. [Posted February 5, 2024]
Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships.
EPA Office of Research and Development, Social Scientist (Research). Applications due April 19, 2024.
International Institute for Environment and Development, Content Manager. Applications due April 21, 2024.
Southeast Conservation Corps, Summer Conservation Crew Member – 2024. Applications due April 26, 2024.
International Institute for Environment and Development, Urban Climate Resilience Lead and Principal Researcher. Applications due April 30, 2024.
Climate Policy Lab (CPL), Chinese Visiting Scholars. Applications due April 30, 2024.
Climate Analytics gGmbH, Climate & Energy Policy Analyst. Applications due May 10, 2024.
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Senior Technical Leader. Applications due May 16, 2024.
Rutgers University Department of Human Ecology, NTT Teaching Instructor. Applications due May 31, 2024.
Wildlife Works, Manager of Geospatial Science. [Posted April 22, 2024]
Winrock International, Senior Program Manager, Clean Energy and Circular Economy. [Posted April 15, 2024]
The USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station and USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub, Climate Resource Assistant. [Posted April 15, 2024]
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), New Mexico LEEP 2024 entrepreneurial technical leaders. [Posted April 15, 2024]
Revalue Nature, Future Methodology Lead. [Posted April 1, 2024]
Revalue Nature, Remote Sensing Analyst. [Posted April 1, 2024]
Revalue Nature, Chief of Staff. [Posted April 1, 2024]
Revalue Nature, Stakeholder Lead. [Posted April 1, 2024]
Climate Analytics GmbH, Deputy Head of Climate Policy Senior mitigation pathway analyst. [Posted March 25, 2024]
Climate Analytics GmbH, Head of the Climate Science and Impacts team. [Posted March 25, 2024]
Winrock International, Technical Specialist, Ecosystem Services Unit (ECO). [Posted March 25, 2024]
Winrock International, Associate Director, Ecosystem Services Unit (ECO). [Posted March 25, 2024]
The Climate Desk TCD Consulting GmbH, Climate Policy Consultant. [Posted March 18, 2024]
Rutgers University, Department of Civil and Environmental Internship, Master's and Ph.D. assistantships and paid research internships are immediately available. Projects related to Tidal and Wave Energy Resources, Water Quality and Multiphase Flow Modeling to support Advanced Sensor Development and understanding Ice Melting. Contact Prof. Roger Wang (rq.wang@rutgers.edu) with your resume.
The School of Business at Rutgers University-Camden is hiring an Open-Rank Faculty position in Management with a focus on Sustainability - Tenure Track.
NSF, Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE). Proposals due April 22, 2024.
NSF, Confronting Hazards, Impacts and Risks for Resilient Planet Program (CHIRRP). Full proposals due June 6, 2024.
NSF, Dear Colleague Letter: Catalyzing human-centered solutions through research and innovation in science, the environment and society. Proposals due July 1, 2024.
NSF, Dear Colleague Letter: National Discovery Cloud for Climate Opportunities. [Posted January 29, 2024]
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Capacity building to Catalyze Collaborations to Address Climate Change Impacts on Human Health (C2H2) will accept proposals through the following mechanisms:
- Research Coordination Networks (RCNs);
- Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER);
- GOALI Supplemental Funding Requests;
- GeoHealth INTERN;
- Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST);
- Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP);
- Conference Proposals;
- Planning Proposals; and
- Supplemental funding requests to existing GEO or SBE awards.
To submit a proposal under the C2H2, interested applicants must send a brief Concept Outline to geohealth@nsf.gov. Additional information on the submission process can be found in the full DCL.
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Future Proofing Plants to a Changing Climate. [Posted November 6, 2023]
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Research Experience for Teachers (RET): Funding Opportunity in the Biological Sciences. [Posted September 4, 2023]
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Innovations in Open Science (IOS) Planning Workshops. [Posted August 28, 2023]
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Critical Research on GreenHouse Gas Transport and Fate in the Planetary Boundary Layer and Above (GHG-PBLA). [Posted June 26, 2023]
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Workshops to Identify Educational Requirements of the Future Ocean Technical Workforce. [Posted July 24, 2023]
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: DOE Water Power Technologies Office and NSF Engineering Research Initiation Special Emphasis Areas. [Posted June 19, 2023]
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Stimulating Diversification in Language Science Research (LangDiv). [Posted May 15, 2023]
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Availability of Earth Observation Data for NSF-Funded Researchers. [Posted May 1, 2023]
NSF Design for Environmental Sustainability in Computing (DESC). Proposals due September 13, 2024 for Type I and II projects. Proposals due December 31, 2024 for Type III Workshop Projects.
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Great American Solar Eclipses 2023 and 2024.
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: VITAL Prize Challenge. [Posted January 16, 2023]
NSF Biological Oceanography grant. [Posted January 9, 2023]
NSF Design for Environmental Sustainability in Computing. Proposals accepted anytime for type III projects.
NSF Paleoclimate Research Grant. [Posted December 3, 2022]
NSF Atmospheric Chemistry Program. [Posted November 7, 2022]
The NSF is awarding funding for Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis, which is targeted to individuals, typically at later-career stages, who have contributed significant insights to a field or body of research over time. The program provides an opportunity to revisit and synthesize that prior research into a unique, integrated product(s) useful to the scientific community, now and in the future. All four clusters within the Division of Environmental Biology (Ecosystem Science, Evolutionary Processes, Population and Community Ecology, and Systematics and Biodiversity Science) encourage the submission of OPUS proposals. Proposals accepted anytime. [Posted May 9, 2022]
NSF Division of Environmental Biology. [Posted April 24, 2023]
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Interdisciplinary REU Sites at the Intersection of Computing and Communication Foundations and Mathematics and Statistics. [Posted April 10, 2023]
NSF Plant Genome Research Program. [Posted April 10, 2023]
The NSF is awarding funding for its Dynamics, Control and Systems Diagnostics (DCSD) program, which promotes the fundamental science and engineering of dynamic systems to advance solutions to urgent societal problems. Such problems include mitigating the impacts of climate change; responding to epidemics, cyber-attacks, extreme weather, and other natural and man-made events; promoting efficient and equitable production and distribution of resources; developing resilient infrastructure; improving the experience of work and learning; and meeting the challenges of aging and illness. [Posted April 11, 2022]
The NSF is awarding funding for facilities supporting Atmospheric Research and Education. [Posted March 28, 2022]
The NSF is awarding funding for Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry research. The Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry Program supports research on geochemical processes in terrestrial Earth’s surface systems, as well as the interaction of geochemical and biological processes. [Posted March 28, 2022]
The NSF is accepting proposals for its Pathways into the Earth, Ocean, Polar and Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences (GEOPAths) program, which aims to address the current needs and opportunities related to education, learning, training and professional development within the geosciences community through the formation of STEM Learning Ecosystems that engage students in the study of the Earth, its oceans, polar regions and atmosphere. Proposals accepted anytime.
NSF funding through the Division of Environmental Biology Core program, supports research and training on evolutionary and ecological processes acting at the level of populations, species, communities, and ecosystems. [Posted January 10, 2022]
NSF funding through its Hydrological Sciences Program to support fundamental research about water on and beneath the Earth's surface, as well as relationships of water with material and living components of the environment. [Posted January 10, 2022]
NSF Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program. [Posted February 13, 2023]
The NSF is accepting applications for its Smart and Connected Communities Program, which supports integrative research that addresses fundamental technological and social science dimensions of smart and connected communities and pilots solutions together with communities. Proposals accepted until April 1, 2024.
The NSF has published a dear colleague letter imploring applications to the Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS): Innovative Solutions to Climate Change program, which contains the subtopics: “Reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions and Energy Use”, “Energy Innovations Relevant to Climate Change Mitigation”, “Enhance GHG Sequestration”, “Accelerating Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation”, and “Research Addressing Synergistic Topics”. [Posted October 4, 2021]
The NSF is welcoming applications for Dissertation Research Improvement Awards through its Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS-DDRI). Only Institutes of Higher Education need apply. Awards of $250,000-375,000. [Posted September 20, 2021]
USDA and NSF, Future Proofing Plants to a Changing Climate. Letter of interest due February 6, 2024. Full proposals due May 22, 2024.
USDA-NIFA, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Sustainable Agricultural Systems Grants Program. Applications are due June 6, 2024.
US Department of Agriculture Strategic Economic and Community Development Program for Fiscal Year 23. [Posted January 30, 2023]
Rutgers, Innovation Ventures TechAdvance (Early-Stage Technology Fund); TechXpress (Fast- Track Program). [Posted March 20, 2023]
EPA Inflation Reduction Act Community Change Grants Program. Applications due November 21, 2024.
EPA Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program. [Posted September 11, 2023]
U.S. EPA and U.S. DOE, Inflation Reduction Act Funding for Advanced Biofuels. [Posted February 26, 2024]
Notice of Intent - DOE Industrial Decarbonization and Emissions Reduction Demonstration-to- Deployment. [Posted January 30, 2023]
DOE Direct Air Capture Commercial and Pre-Commercial Prize. [Posted February 13, 2023]
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) is looking for a diverse pool of individuals to review the equity, justice, jobs, and community engagement sections of funding opportunity applications. Compensation is available. To apply to review, send your resume to SCI_FECM@NETL.DOE.GOV.
U.S. Forest Service, Tribal access to emerging private markets for forest resilience or climate mitigation. Eligible applicants are federally recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations/Villages, and Tribal Organizations. Applications due August 21.
U.S. Forest Service, Supporting Underserved and Small-Acreage Landowner Participation in Emerging Private Markets. Applications due August 21, 2024.
NJDEP and NJ Council on the Arts, Funding Available 2024-2025 Community-Based Art Grant Program Communicating Climate Change Flood Risks in the Coastal Community. Applications due 5:00 PM, April 29, 2024.
XPRIZE Carbon Removal and Elon Musk plan to award up to $100 Million for carbon removal solutions. Team registration opens with the announcement of full guidelines on Earth Day April 22, 2021. The competition will last 4 years through Earth Day 2025.
The Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) is awarding prizes based on water-related scientific innovation. Awards of $133,000 or $266,000. (If you need assistance applying, contact foundationrelations@ruf.rutgers.edu)
Second Nature, Building Energy Research Capacity at Under-Resourced Institutions. [Posted August 14, 2023]
The EPA has opened a public docket to accept pre-proposal input on EPA’s efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from new and existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (EGUs). The goal of this non-rulemaking docket is to gather perspectives from a broad group of stakeholders in advance of our proposed rulemakings. More information here.
EPA Request for Information: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (RFI GHGRF).
Sustainability Minor for Rutgers Undergraduates. Open to students in any curriculum. Flyer here.
Rutgers SEBS is now offering a sustainability minor. The minor is open to students in any curriculum. The list of course requirements (21 credits) can be found here: http://humeco.rutgers.edu/sustainability-minor.html.
Rutgers Cooperative Extension's Barnegat Bay Shellfish Restoration Program (BBSRP) and ReClam the Bay (RCTB) are offering a 2024 Coastal Stewardship Course. The course will be held Tuesdays May 28 through July 30 at the RCE of Ocean County in Toms River, NJ. Register by Friday, May 24.
New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, Communications & Digital Intern. [Posted April 1, 2024]
New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, Events & HR Operational Support Intern. [Posted April 1, 2024]
New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, Policy & Organizing Intern. [Posted April 1, 2024]
New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, Politics & Elections Intern. [Posted April 1, 2024]
Free student membership to the New Jersey Association for Floodplain Managers. The New Jersey Association for Floodplain Management (NJAFM) has made membership free of charge for those attending a college, university, or trade school in New Jersey (or residents of New Jersey attending school out of state) and providing students with the same benefits as regular membership. Programs designed for student members will include networking events, opportunities to present at annual conferences, and employment opportunities. Register for membership here. The NJAFM is also looking for a student member to participate in monthly board meetings, if interested submit a letter of intent describing the reasons you are interested to director@njafm.org