Master’s Opportunities in Physics

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 ...

The Tribal Education Partnership Program (TEPP) is an internship opportunity within the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), part of the U.S. Department of Energy. The program is designed to expand experiential learning for students enrolled at Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) through hands-on activities and professional mentorship from industry experts. Participants are placed at DOE and NNSA national laboratories across the United States and at NNSA field/site offices. The p...

Concordia University in Montréal, Canada, is offering fully funded postdoctoral, PhD, and MASc positions in advanced coatings for extreme environments . The project centers on thermal spray coating development, tribology, and advanced characterization. Researchers will investigate coating materials and performance under demanding conditions, with applications in aerospace and other high-performance environments. The work also integrates computational modeling and machine learning, providing an i...

The Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (AIST) is recruiting a fixed-term researcher or postdoctoral-equivalent staff member for its Department of Computational Science and Technology in Tokyo, Japan. The successful candidate will work at the intersection of physics, chemistry, biology, computational science, artificial intelligence, and advanced computer simulation. The research focuses on elucidating phenomena and developing technologies in materials science and biotechnology through...

Illinois State University is seeking graduate students for research in urban animal cognition, wildlife behavior, movement ecology, and human-wildlife interactions . The research group led by Dr. Lauren Stanton examines how animals perceive, learn about, and respond to human-altered environments, with particular interest in individual differences, early-life experience, social learning, cultural transmission, and strategies for coexistence between people and urban wildlife. Both openings are con...

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...