Master’s Opportunities in Earth Science

USDA-APHIS Chronic Wasting Disease Study Fellowship is a research opportunity with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in Fort Collins, Colorado. The project sits within the National Wildlife Research Center’s Chronic Wasting Disease Project and focuses on delivering research products that protect producers and natural resources from wildlife diseases and damage. The fellow will contribute to the continued development and implementation of a mu...

This ORISE opportunity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention places a participant in the Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch of the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention within the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in Atlanta, Georgia. The project focuses on CDC’s suite of online GIS and mapping tools for chronic disease surveillance, including the Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke , Local Trends Dashboard , Map Widget , Quick Maps , Map ...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) Program is a 10-week summer research internship for undergraduate and master’s students in STEM fields. Fellows complete a mission-focused research project at one of several possible DOE sites, including DOE Headquarters and national laboratories such as Idaho National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, and the National Laborato...

This fellowship places a student within the U.S. Geological Survey’s Conventional Geothermal Assessments Task, part of the Energy Resources Program and affiliated with the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center. The work is based in a multidisciplinary USGS research environment connected to offices in multiple western U.S. locations, with the center headquartered at Moffett Field, California. The project focuses on compiling and analyzing spatial datasets to support mapping and...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office supports research, development, testing, and commercialization of technologies that advance marine energy and next-generation hydropower and pumped storage systems. This Graduate Student Track fellowship is designed to strengthen the marine energy workforce by helping graduate students build research experience in a field focused on turning wave, tide, river, and ocean current energy into electricity. As a fellow, you will carry ...

Elise Jakoby Laugier is recruiting an MS or PhD student to join the LEGASYS Lab at Utah State University in research spanning remote sensing, GIS, and geospatial artificial intelligence . The student will contribute to a UtahView-funded project investigating historical land-use and landscape change in Utah. The research will draw on historical aerial photography and satellite imagery, combining geospatial programming with applied remote sensing methods. Potential research activities include mach...

Hokkaido University’s Graduate School of Science is accepting applications for the International Graduate Course for Data-driven and Hypothesis-driven Science (IGC-DHS), supported by Japanese Government MEXT scholarships for the October 2027 intake. The programme supports Master’s and doctoral research using data-driven and hypothesis-driven approaches across a broad range of natural-science fields. Potential thesis areas include mathematics, physics, cosmosciences, Earth sciences, seismology, b...

This research opportunity focuses on New World Screwworm modeling and surveillance within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in Fort Collins, Colorado. The project brings students into a collaborative environment with veterinary medical officers, statisticians, economists, entomologists, and ecologists working across epidemiology, risk analysis, disease modeling, economic evaluation, and surveillance. The selected participant will contribute t...

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Coastal & Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) is offering a research appointment focused on computational fluid dynamics for water resources applications. The project centers on creating and improving USACE-specific capabilities and workflows within OpenFOAM, with a particular emphasis on modeling and treatment of total dissolved gases (TDG). Working with CHL’s multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers, the selected participant will contr...