Education and Funding Resources in the Planetary Sciences
Additions? mgilmore@wesleyan.edu
Fellowships/Internships
Professional
Jefferson Science Fellows (JSF) program at the U.S. Department of State
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/Jefferson_Science_Fellows.html
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
http://www.fellowships.aaas.org/
The American Association for the Advancement of Science sponsors 10 science and technology policy fellowship programs to provide the opportunity for accomplished and societally aware postdoctoral to midcareer scientists and engineers to participate in and contribute to the public policy making process of the federal government.
January 10, 2004
AAAS/NSF Science and Engineering Fellowship Program
http://www.fellowships.aaas.org/research/
Graduate
The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Internship Program
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/internship/index.html
The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Internship Program of the National Academies is designed to engage graduate science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, and law students in the analysis and creation of science and technology policy and to familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology, and government. As a result, students develop essential skills different from those attained in academia and make the transition from being a graduate student to a professional.
November 1, March 1, June 1
Harriet Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship Program
https://www.uncfsp.org/NASA/Jenkins/Welcome.aspx
The Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship Program (JPFP) employs the best practices for advancing increased numbers of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities participating in the math, science, engineering, and technology (MSET) disciplines. Annually, up to 20 US citizens are selected to receive up to 3 years of fellowship support leading to doctoral degrees in NASA-related disciplines.
NASA Earth System Science Fellowship Program
http://research.hq.nasa.gov/code_y/nra/current/Fellowship-ESS04/index.html
Formerly the Global Change Research Fellowship Program and the Earth Science Graduate Student Research Program. NASA announces graduate student training fellowships for persons pursuing Master of Science (M.Sc.) or Doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in Earth System Science.
March 16. 2004
Undergraduate
Space Studies Board Summer Internship Program.
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/ssb/internship.html
Provides a promising undergraduate student an opportunity to work in the area of civil space research policy in the Nation's Capital, under the aegis of the National Academies. Candidate will have typically completed her/his junior year.
February 16, 2004
Spaceflight and Life Sciences Training Program (SLSTP)
http://slstp.nasa.gov/
An intense, academically challenging, six-week summer program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for undergraduate college students interested in learning how to successfully design and conduct biological research and operations in space, and how to assess the environmental impacts of a launch site.
January 31, 2004
Lunar and Planetary Institute Summer Internship Program
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lpiintern/
January 14, 2004
NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program
http://www.vsgc.odu.edu/Menu3_1_3.htm
Offers undergraduates across the United States mentored research experiences at ten participating NASA Centers.
January 26, 2004
Caltech Summer UndergraduateResearch Program (SURF)
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~surf/
Funding
Professional
NASA OSS research solicitations
http://research.hq.nasa.gov/code_s/open.cfm
NSF Funding Programs
http://www.nsf.gov/home/programs/
Postdoctoral
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities 2003 Program
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/fordpost.html
December 17, 2003
NRC Postdoctoral Opportunities at the NASA Astrobiology Institute
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap.nsf/webdocuments/LinktoNAI
Graduate
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowships For Minorities
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/forddiss.html
December 3, 2003
NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program
http://fellowships.hq.nasa.gov/gsrp/nav/
February 2, 2004
Undergraduate
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships For Minorities 2004 Program
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/fordpredoc.html
November 19, 2003
Jobs
JPL
http://jpljobs.deploy.com/jpl/base/seeker/index1.htm?hName=Welcome_to_Hirequest_Help.htm
NASA Jobs
http://nasajobs.nasa.gov/
JPL Student employment opportunities
http://eis.jpl.nasa.gov/hrext/employment/college.htm