News Items of Student Interest
Many of the news items below represent excellent opportunities for interested students at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
By: miker
on: Mon., Jan. 24, 2022 07:14 AM EST
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The Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship Program provides awards of up to $8,500 to rising juniors and seniors who are enrolled full-time in a program of study in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) and have a specific faculty-mentored research project that has NASA or aerospace relevance. Application deadline is January 28, 2022. See https://vsgc.odu.edu/undergraduatescholarships/
The VSGC Graduate Research STEM Fellowship Program provides fellowships of $6,000 in add-on support to graduate students to supplement and enhance basic research support. Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a program of study in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) and have a specific faculty-mentored research project that has NASA or aerospace relevance. Application deadline is January 28, 2022. See https://vsgc.odu.edu/graduatefellowships/
For a complete listing of posted student internships click on the menu item 'Student Opportunities' or directly on http://vt.superdarn.org/tiki-index.php?page=Student+Interest
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By: miker
on: Tue., Jan. 18, 2022 12:01 PM EST
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The Institute of Space Weather Sciences (ISWS) at the New Jersey Institute of Technology will host a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in the summer of 2022 (May 23 to July 29, 2022), funded by the National Science Foundation.
Undergraduate students in STEM fields will be invited to Newark, New Jersey for 10 weeks to engage in cutting-edge solar physics, terrestrial physics, space weather, and big data research with space physicists, astronomers, and computer scientists. Students will be provided a stipend of $6,000 for the 10-week program. Additionally, travel, meal allowance, and accommodation are provided to each student. Applications by members of under-represented groups are encouraged. For more information about the program and online application, please visit the ISWS REU website: https://sites.google.com/njit.edu/iswsreu/home
Deadline for applications: Feb. 15, 2022
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By: miker
on: Mon., Jan. 10, 2022 12:10 PM EST
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The Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP) designs and implements strategies to increase access to STEM education, funding, and careers, with special emphasis on diverse underrepresented groups. Towards this end, the IBP has created the website www.PathwaysToScience.org as a resource to help students find paid summer research programs and fully funded STEM graduate programs. The site has a searchable database of 600+ undergrad summer research positions and 60+ graduate summer research programs, all paid and fully funded. Deadlines are approaching!
Direct link to the searchable database:
https://pathwaystoscience.org/programs.aspx?descriptorhub=SummerResearch_Summer%20Research%20Opportunity
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By: miker
on: Thu., Jan. 06, 2022 11:29 AM EST
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The High Altitude Observatory of the National Center for Atmospheric Research announces the availability of Newkirk Fellowships. The Newkirk Fellowship provides financial support to graduate students for research visits to HAO, allowing for 3 to 6 months per year in a single visit. The total supported length is 9 months, which can be spread out over up to 3 years. Newkirk Fellows will work with guidance from HAO scientists and engineers on projects related to their thesis, qualifying exams, or other research projects within the scope of HAO research including study of the Earth's upper atmosphere, solar physics and solar-terrestrial physics through observation, theory and instrumentation. To be eligible for the fellowship, the student must be enrolled full-time in a university graduate program having common interest with HAO research goals. The program website is https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/partnerships/visitor-program/newkirk-fellowship and the application deadline for fellowships starting in 2022 is March 1, 2022.
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By: miker
on: Tue., Jan. 04, 2022 10:22 AM EST
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Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) provides STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Bridge Scholarships of $1,000 to students who will be sophomores or juniors. Students from any federally recognized minority group in STEM and enrolled full-time in a program of STEM at one of the five Virginia Space Grant member universities (William & Mary, Hampton University, Old Dominion University, University of Virginia, and Virginia Tech) are strongly encouraged to apply. Allied Health Science majors are not eligible for this program. The application deadline is March 11, 2022 and letters of reference are due March 18, 2022.
For more information see 'Read More'
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By: miker
on: Wed., Nov. 03, 2021 09:49 AM EDT
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The NASA Airborne Science Program invites highly motivated advanced undergraduates who will be rising seniors in summer 2022 to apply for participation in the 14th annual NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP 2022). Students will work in multi-disciplinary teams to study surface, atmospheric, and oceanographic processes. Participants will fly onboard a NASA research aircraft and assist in the operation of instruments to sample and measure atmospheric gases and aerosols and to image land and water surfaces in multiple spectral bands. Along with airborne data collection, students will participate in taking measurements at field sites. Each student will complete an individual research project from the data collected. The eight-week program begins June 12, 2022 and concludes August 5, 2022.
Applicants must be US citizens. For more information and to apply: https://baeri.org/sarp
Application Deadline: January 26, 2022
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By: miker
on: Thu., Oct. 28, 2021 11:00 PM EDT
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The High Altitude Observatory (HAO) at The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) offers postdoctoral fellowships to early career Ph.D. scientists interested in theoretical, experimental and observational studies of the solar and terrestrial system. Successful applicants will pursue research in collaboration with members of the HAO scientific staff. The HAO postdoc program is closely coordinated with the postdoc program of NCAR’s Advanced Study Program (ASP) and prospective applicants should apply through ASP and specify HAO as their host laboratory. See https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/partnerships/visitor-program/postdoctoral-fellows for further details.
Deadline for applications: December 10, 2021
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By: miker
on: Wed., Oct. 27, 2021 11:51 AM EDT
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The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) located in Boulder, Colorado sponsors postdoctoral fellowships through the Advanced Study Program (ASP) in areas broadly related to NCAR strategic priorities (https://ncar.ucar.edu/who-we-are/strategic-plan), including Earth system science and actionable science. Candidates should have completed their Ph.D. or should expect to complete their degree requirements by October 2022. Applications from all related fields are welcomed. Fellowships are for 2 years and carry an annual salary of $70,270, travel budget of $3500 annually, in addition to a relocation allowance and full health and retirement benefits.
Virginia Tech graduate Dr. Dong Lin is a current ASP postdoc and is available to answer questions about the program.
Review application instructions here: https://asp.ucar.edu/postdocs/prospective-applicants
For further information about this position and to submit your application, see this link: https://ucar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UCAR_Careers/job/Mesa-Lab-Building/ASP-Postdoctoral-Fellow_REQ-2021-304-1
Application deadline: December 10, 2021
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By: miker
on: Thu., Oct. 07, 2021 11:18 AM EDT
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NCAR's Advanced Study Program (ASP) has announced a new program which provides a one-month internship at NCAR for graduate students who may be early in their career or who don't yet have a defined project that could serve as the basis for a full Graduate Visitor Program (GVP) experience. The GVP Bridge Program gives the student an opportunity to explore potential collaborations at NCAR with the goal of a longer visit in the future. Unlike the regular GVP process, this program does not require an application from an NCAR sponsor. See
https://asp.ucar.edu/graduate-visitors/gvp-bridge-program
The deadline for application is Nov. 30, 2021
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By: miker
on: Tue., Oct. 05, 2021 10:54 PM EDT
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NSF graduate student internships are available now to do space/geospace research with Air Force scientists and research infrastructure at Air Force Office of Scientific Research facilities. Open to graduate students of PIs with an active geospace NSF awards or students participating in the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Up to $55k/six-month NSF graduate student internships are available. The deadline for application is rapidly approaching.
For details see *Read more* or the website https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21029/nsf21029.jsp
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