GSA Opportunities for Science Policy and Communication

 Are you interested in the way science policy is developed or passionate about improving science communication? 

The Geological Society of America is offering a fellowship in science policy and a fellowship in science communication. Application deadlines for each will be closing this month so apply soon!    GSA Science Policy Fellowship Spend a year in Washington, D.C., furthering efforts to bring scientists and their work into the policy process. Help keep GSA members informed, involved, and represented in areas related to research funding, energy & natural resources, climate change, and natural hazard mitigation & response. Open to early-career geoscience graduates. Deadline: 15 May Apply Now    GSA Science Communication Fellowship Candidates who are passionate about science communication can tailor their knowledge and skills for communicating geoscience and its value to society. This ten-month, non-residential fellowship offers the chance to gain experience and professional contacts while working in concert with GSA communications and member leaders.  Deadline: 31 May  Apply Now

GSA Opportunities and Webinars

Please see below for several GSA Scholarships and Webinars!

Scholarships/Fellowships
Expanding Representation in Geosciences (ERG) Scholarship
Students from groups underrepresented in the geosciences can support their undergraduate studies with funding from the ERG scholarship program. Deadline: 15 May.

On To the Future Travel Awards to the 2020 GSA Annual Meeting
GSA encourages applications from low-income, minority, first-generation, non-traditional, and LGBTQ+ students, veterans, students with disabilities, and others to apply. Deadline: 29 May. 

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GSA Science Communication Fellowship
Passionate about communicating science? Looking to expand your professional horizons? GSA is seeking science writers and scientists aspiring to increase their knowledge and skill for communicating geoscience and its value to society. This 10-month, non-resident fellowship presents a unique opportunity to gain experience and professional contacts, working in concert with GSA communications and member leaders. Deadline: 31 May.

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GeoCareers Webinars
Career Pathways: The Presidential Management Fellows Program and the USDA Forest Service
Wed., 22 Apr., 11 a.m. MDT
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Professional Geologist Licensure Requirements and Strategies for Success in Environmental & Engineering Geology Jobs
Wed., 29 Apr., 11 a.m. MDT
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Geoscientists-in-the-Parks
Fall/Winter 2020–2021 Opportunities
Gain hands-on experience assisting with geology and integrated science projects in National Parks by applying to the Geoscientists-in-the-Parks program. Applications accepted 1 May–15 June.
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PhD Research Fellowship in Paleontology/Sedimentology - Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Job description
Applications are invited for a 3 year position in a Research Fellowship as PhD Candidate in Paleontology/Sedimentology to be based at the the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo. Starting date no later than August 2018, assuming agreement on external funding. The candidate will study Triassic biofacies with both organic rich sediment (anoxic deposit) and beds with extensive bioturbation and invertebrate fauna, with focus on the Middle Triassic Botneheia Formation in Svalbard.

The aim of the PhD is to improve our understanding of the paleoenvironment of the High Boreal Triassic, integrating paleontology with sedimentology and organic geochemistry. The project will involve field and laboratory work, taxonomic description, statistical and ecological analysis. The project is organized within the ARCEx Program and is a cooperation between the University of Oslo, several other Norwegian universities, and the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS). The candidate will be part of an active Triassic research group in Oslo.

Qualification requirements
Applicants must hold a Master’s degree or equivalent in geology and have extensive field experience. Specialization in sedimentology or paleontology will be an advantage. The candidate must participate in field work in August 2018, and must be physically fit to work in the Arctic.

How to apply
The application must include:

• application letter
• CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work - scientific publications)
• copies of educational certificates, transcript of records and letters of recommendation
• evt. documentation of English proficiency
• a complete list of publications and academic works that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee
• names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and phone number)

More details here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/152322/phd-research-fellowship-in-paleontology-sedimentology
The application with attachments must be delivered in our electronic recruiting system, please follow the link “apply for this job” on this website.

2 week summer fellowship - Indiana University Paleontology Collection

A competitive fellowship to support two weeks of summer research in the Indiana University Paleontology Collection is available through the IU Institute for Advanced Study. The IU Paleontology Collection contains 1.3 million fossils with specialities in mid Paleozoic macroinvertebrates (http://www.indiana.edu/~palcoll/).  

Applications are due by March 21, 2016. For application materials and additional information, please visit our website at http://ias.indiana.edu/fellows/summer-research-fellowship/ 

More Info
The Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study is now accepting applications for its 2016 Summer Repository Research Fellowship. In partnership with repositories on the IU Bloomington campus and supported by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, the program funds a short-term fellowship for a faculty member or community scholar to conduct in-depth research in the collections of one or more of our partner repositories. Applicants from Minority Serving Institutions, community colleges, and source communities are welcome. Preference will be given to applicants who are collaborating with Indiana University Bloomington faculty members.

An online inventory of the Indiana University collection is available at http://www.indiana.edu/~palcoll/ .  Follow the link to "Holdings" and then to "Collection Inventory".

The strength of the collection is Paleozoic marine of North America, especially Devonian through Carboniferous.  We also have a reasonable amount of Mesozoic material from around the world, and a little bit of Cenozoic terrestrial (notably a small collection of early Wasatchian from Bighorn Basin and some Pleistocene).


This initiative is intended to support research in the rich collections of the IU Bloomington campus and to build partnerships between scholars at and beyond IUB. The fellowship provides funding for travel costs, accommodation, per diem, and a two-week stipend.  Please note: This fellowship is intended to support research in IU Bloomington's unique collections; the application should focus on materials that cannot be accessed elsewhere.


Summer 2016 partner repositories include the Archives of African American Music and Culture, the Archives of Traditional Music, the Black Film Center/Archive, the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, The IU Art Museum, the IU Herbarium, the IU Libraries, the IU Paleontology Collection, the Jerome Hall Law Library, the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, and the Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies Central Asian Archives.