Scientific Research Opportunities

Fellowships enhance the Smithsonian scientific community by providing opportunities for students, scholars and senior scientists from all parts of the world to utilize the vast Museum resources for research and study. The Smithsonian awards fellowships and other academic appointments to visiting scholars, scientists, and students from universities, museums, and other research institutions in the U.S. and abroad. There are 22 different fellowship programs officially administered at the Smithsonian, and many more unofficial opportunities supported by individual researcher grants and private donations.

Post or search for archeology fieldwork opportunities around the world. Sponsored by the Archeological Institute of America.

Argonne National Laboratory's Communications & Public Affairs Division offers one full-time science-writing internship each summer for undergraduate students or students who graduated in May or June. Former Argonne interns subsequently landed reporting and editing jobs with Science, Science News , R&D, Chemical & Engineering News, The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the International Medical News Group and the Elgin Courier-News, and as science writers at Cal Tech, Purdue, the American Chemical Society, Ames Laboratory, Argonne, and the University of Chicago Hospitals. Participants must be full-time students at an accredited college or university and must have a strong interest in science-related journalism. Participants will work at least ten 40-hour weeks on science news and feature stories and magazine articles for the Argonne News, Explorer and the Argonne Web site, as well as related news releases and media contacts. The internship requires a strong background in journalism and an interest in science.

The California Institute of Technology announces two fellowships in Geological and Planetary Sciences. The O.K. Earl and Texaco Postdoctoral Fellowships are awards funded by endowments from Orrin K. Earl, Jr. and the Texaco Philanthropic Foundation. Each fellowship carries an annual stipend of $46,000 plus a research expense fund of $2,000 per year and one-way travel costs to Pasadena. The duration of each appointment is normally two years, contingent upon completion of the Ph.D. degree and good progress in the first year, beginning with the 2006-07 Fall term. Fellows are eligible to participate in Caltechs health and dental program. Materials in support of an application should include a curriculum vitae, list of publications, and a one-page statement of research interests. These should be sent in word or .pdf format to: chairman@gps.caltech.edu. The candidate should also request that three letters of reference be sent to the same email address. All applications and references are due by Friday, December 16, 2005.

The widespread penetration of mathematics into almost every area of science and technology has vastly expanded the opportunities available to mathematicians, both in traditional areas of pure and applied research and in emerging interdisciplinary areas. The UCLA Vigre Program will seek to create an environment in which students and post-docs can explore and participate in these important mathematical developments. Building on the strength of existing UCLA programs, we will introduce new initiatives that will broadly impact the department at both structural and cultural levels. The UCLA VIGRE Program has three major components: postdoctoral, graduate, and undergraduate.

For individual scientific work, extending the computational idea, performed, published, or newly applied within the past ten years. The Edge of Computation Science Prize, established by Edge Foundation, Inc., is a $100,000 prize initiated and funded by science philanthropist Jeffrey Epstein.

Application deadline: January 15, 2006. The AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellows work for 10 weeks during the summer as reporters, researchers, and production assistants in mass media organizations nationwide. Fellows collaborate with media professionals at radio and television stations, newspapers, and magazines. As part of their job, the student-scientists and their host-journalists strive to make science news easy for the public to understand. Criteria: Applicants must be enrolled as college or university students (in their senior year, or in any graduate or post graduate level) in the natural, physical, health, engineering, computer, or social sciences or mathematics in order to apply. Post doctoral applicants must apply for the summer fellowship within one year of defending their thesis. Students enrolled in English, journalism, science journalism, or other non-technical fields are not eligible for these fellowships.
Successful applicants will attend an orientation at AAAS headquarters at the beginning of the summer and a wrap-up session at the end of the summer. They will prepare reports on the progress of their fellowships throughout their placement.

Postdoctoral fellowships in aquaculture, marine biology/biological oceanography, marine mammal research, natural products chemistry, and ocean technology are available at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, Florida. Fellowships run from January 1, 2006 through July 31, 2007. Applicants must have received their doctorate degree within the past 5 years. For more information and an application packet, visit http://www.hboi.edu/marineed/pro.html or contact Ms. Cathy Rossmell (postdoc@hboi.edu). Deadline for submission is October 8, 2005. EOE/AA/DFWP

Welcome to Centennial Challenges, NASA's program of prize contests to stimulate innovation and competition in solar system exploration and ongoing NASA mission areas. By making awards based on actual achievements, instead of proposals, Centennial Challenges seeks novel solutions to NASA's mission challenges from non-traditional sources of innovation in academia, industry and the public.

The Office of Higher Education (formerly the Office of University Programs) oversees activities and programs at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) designed to maintain and broaden the Center's interaction with the higher education community. Special attention is directed to local colleges and universities along the northern and eastern seaboard and aerospace-oriented institutions nationwide having programs of mutual interest to Goddard. The Office manages NASA-wide fellowships and grants programs at GSFC, provides programmatic support for other university-related programs, within the various laboratories at GSFC, and develops new programs to enhance the GSFC research and development missions through increased contact with the university community. NASA's programs deal with students at the graduate and undergraduate levels, faculty members, researchers, and in some cases, the teachers of teachers. In addition, the Office serves as a point of contact for college and university faculty and students interested in exploring and developing cooperative relationships with GSFC. Special attention is paid to cultural diversity.

University Launches Accelerated One-Year MBA for Scientists Only

Birmingham, AL The University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) is currently accepting applications for its new, accelerated one-year MBA for Scientists. The unique features of the MBA for Scientists at UAB include a traditional curriculum with courses that specialized in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship. The program is only open to qualified scientists.

The MBA for Scientists at UAB is for students and post-docs that have completed graduate degrees in science or technology fields such as Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Computer Science, Engineering Genetics, Medicine, Microbiology, Pathology, Physics, Physiology, and other qualified programs. The 45-hour, full-time program runs for three consecutive semesters beginning in the fall and ending in the summer. The program includes courses in the core functional areas of business: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Information Systems, Management, Marketing and Operations Management, as well as specialized courses in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship.

The MBA for Scientists at UAB represents the universitys ongoing commitment to entrepreneurship in science. In 2002, UAB launched the Initiative for Life Sciences Entrepreneurship, a program designed to introduce scientists to the basics of entrepreneurship and technology commercialization.

New IODP expeditions have been added to the schedule. Applications welcome. Please check back often for future sailing opportunities once new expeditions are scheduled.

Two 2-year fellowships will be awarded in 2005, and will provide a minimum annual pay of $36,000 depending on years of research experience. The fellowships would enable new postdoctoral associates to work on an interdisciplinary project with a Bio-X faculty housed in the Clark Center and another faculty member elsewhere in the university. Postdoctoral fellows already working at Stanford or those already supported from other full fellowship sources are not eligible. Bio-X fellowship can not be used in combination with other funding beyond small adjustments made to ensure equity within programs. The start date of an awarded fellowship can be postponed for a maximum of six months.

The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University invites recent Ph.D. recipients or Ph.D. candidates of the Year 2005, in any field of the earth, environmental and ocean sciences, to apply for Postdoctoral Fellowships that begin in September 2005. Lamont's mission is to understand the fundamental dynamics of our planet from the core to the uppermost reaches of our atmosphere and how these dynamics interact with the biosphere and human systems. Our principal selection criteria are excellence and interdisciplinary scope. Current expertise and research interests at Lamont-Doherty and Columbia include solid earth dynamics (e.g. seismology, mantle dynamics, petrology/geochemistry, earthquake and rock mechanics, marine and continental tectonics/geology/geophysics), ocean and atmospheric dynamics (e.g. climate/paleoclimate, physical/chemical oceanography, El Ni� dynamics and forecasting) and life sciences (e.g. biological oceanography, plant physiology, paleontology). In addition, we are also developing new programs in complex and dynamic systems, coastal and estuarine processes, earth surface processes, energy systems, terrestrial ecology, hydrology and water resources, and natural hazards. Applications from all fields are encouraged. The fellowships are institutionally supported for 21 months, include a $5,000 research allowance and carry an annual stipend of $45,000. The deadline for completed applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowship is January 14, 2005.

Ridge 2000 is accepting applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The Ridge 2000 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program fosters cross-disciplinary research by providing opportunities for new scientists to further develop their interdisciplinary research experience. Applicants already working on Ridge crest problems, who wish to apply their expertise to problems in related disciplines that are distinct from those of their Ph.D. research, are encouraged to apply. Applicants not already working on Ridge crest problems, who would bring their conceptual and technical expertise to a priority Ridge 2000 objective, are also encouraged to apply. Ridge 2000 Postdoctoral Fellowships will be awarded for a two-year period, and are renewable for a third year. Fellowships provide: a salary and benefits consistent with normal institutional practice for post-doctoral fellows. Applications due February 15 and August 15 annually.