The following two tables include postings of current scholarships and academic & research opportunities. The scholarship postings remain in the table because they are available every year. Click the following links for these categories:

Want to post a career opportunity for your company or organization? Contact the JSG Career Center Coordinator, Maurine Riess, at 512-232-7673 or Email mriess@jsg.utexas.edu.

Scholarships & Grants

These are all posted as PDF files. Many of these opportunities will stay on this site because they recur each year at approximately the same time. Only the deadlines will be updated. Current & upcoming deadlines will be posted in "red", past deadlines will be posted in "black".

INSTITUTION/COMPANY	SCHOLARSHIP/AWARD	EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT	DEADLINE
German Academic International Network (GAIN)	Research Internships in Science & Engineering (RISE) for Undergrads	MS, PhD	Jan 31, 2010
German Academic International Network (GAIN)	Research Internships in Science & Engineering (RISE) for Professional	BS in progress	Dec 7
Naval Weather Service Association	NWSA Scholarship Award 2011	Undergrad	April 15, 2010
Desk & Derrick Club of Dallas	2009-2010 Scholarships	Any in petroleum, energy or allied industries	Sep 15
Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists (SIPES)	Earth Science Scholarships	Upper division Undergraduate or Graduate Student	July 15
Texas Energy Council & Ellison Miles Geotechnology Institute	Energy Industry Scholarships $2500	Undergrad or Grad GPA ≥3.0	May 31
Victoria University of Wellington, School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, New Zealand	Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Research Doctoral Scholarship Hydrogeological and Thermal Models of the Central Alpine Fault at Crustal and Catchment Scales	PhD in progress	May 15
East Texas Communities Foundation	The Natural Gas Society of East Texas Scholarship ($750)	Undergrad (Sophomore or higher)	April 30
East Texas Communities Foundation	The East Texas Geological Society $1,000 Scholarship	Undergrad (Sophomore or higher)	April 30
Hispanic Scholarship Consortium	2009 HSC Scholarship Program, HSC Detailed Opportunities	Undergrad or Grad Hispanic student	April 15
Society of Petrophysicists & Well Log Analysts Foundation	$1000+ Undergraduate Scholarships (degree program related to oil, gas or other mineral formation evaluation)	Undergraduate Student	April 15
Society of Petrophysicists & Well Log Analysts Foundation	Grant for Graduate Research related to formation evaluation	Graduate Student	April 15
Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Foundation	2009 Veterans Memorial Scholarship $2500	Graduate Student, Veteran or current member of any branch of US Armed Forces	April 3
Ozarka Natural Spring Water	$10,000 "Every Drop Counts" Earth Science Scholarship Fund	Undergrad	Mar 27
Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Foundation	Norman H. Foster Memorial Scholarship (2 awarded)	Grad student with petroleum geology research focus	Mar 31
U.S. Department of Homeland Security	DHS Scholarship & Fellowship Program	Undergrad and Graduate	Not specified
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)	MICKEY LELAND ENERGY FELLOWSHIPS	Undergrad (upper) or Grad	Feb 20 Each year

Academic & Research Opportunities

These are all posted as PDF files

POSITION TITLE	INSTITUTION/ORGANIZATION	DEGREE REQUIRED	STATUS & DEADLINE
Assistant Professor, Geological Engineering & Sciences	Michigan Technological University, Department of Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences (GMES)	PhD	Full-time Feb 15
Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, Atmospheric Sciences	Michigan Technological University, Department of Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences (GMES)	PhD	Full-time Jan 15

Assistant Professor Tenure Track, Sedimentary Geology/Sedimentation & Tectonics/Basin Analysis	University of Kentucky, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences	PhD	Full-time Jan 15
Faculty Position in Climate Dynamics/Climate System Variability	University of Rochester, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences	PhD	Full-time Dec 15
Assistant, Associate, or Senior Scientist (two)	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Geology & Geophysics Department	PhD	Tenure Track Nov 30
Assistant Professor or Associate Professor (Tenure Track) in Climate & Global Change	University of Florida	PhD	Dec 21
Research Associate	Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology (GEST) Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County	PhD	Dec 1
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Seismology, Geodesy, & Geodynamics of the Yellowstone Hot Spot	University of Utah	PhD	One-year Plus Open until filled
Honors Fellowship	Department of Homeland Security	MS or PhD	Info Session on 11-11-09, 12:15 pm, Bass Lecture Hall
Cascadia Subduction Zone Transient Aseismic Deformation	USGS Mendenhall Research Fellowship Program, 2011	PhD graduate or in progress	November 9
Graduate Research Assistantships in Geodesy & Geophysics (2)	University of Nevada Reno, Nevada Geodetic Laboratory	MS	Full-time Open until filled
Assistant Professor of Geology (tenure-track) in Sedimentary Geology	St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin	PhD	Full-time October 1
Detecting the Causes of Earthquake Rate Changes	USGS Mendenhall Research Fellowship Program, 2011	PhD graduate or in progress	November 9
Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Sedimentary Geology & Low-Temperature Geochemistry	Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University	PhD	Full-time November 13
Assistant Professor of Geology	Allen E. Paulson College of Science & Technology, Department of Geology and Geography	PhD	Full-time November 20
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Volcano Seismology	The University of South Florida	PhD	Full-time December 1
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ambient Noise Seismology	Victoria University of Wellington	PhD	Full-time November 30