COLLABORATORS
John Harte’s Global Change Research group at UC Berkeley
Margaret S. Torn’s Biogeochemistry group at Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Jennifer W. Harden’s Pedology and Biogeochemistry group at US Geological Survey, Menlo Park
Jillian F. Banfield’s Geomicrobiology and Geochemistry research group at UC Berkeley
Johan Six’s Agroecology Research Group at UC Davis
Markus Kleber’s Soil Biogeochemistry Group at Oregon State University
Erika Marin-Spiotta’s Biogeography and Biogeochemistry Research Group at University of Wisconsin, Madison
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOIL/ENVIRONMENTAL/EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH
NASA Earth System Science Graduate Fellowship (link)
UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (link)
US Department of Agriculture’s NIFA/AFRI program, Postdocs eligible to apply (link)
National Science Foundation (through the Directorates for Geosciences or Biological Sciences – DEB, EAR)
Environmental Protection Agency’s STAR fellowships
A database of fellowships for US-based Earth science graduate students complied by Grad Students at Georgia Tech
SEASONED GRAD SCHOOL ADVICE
Graduate school can be the most exciting time of your life yet …. and everyone can benefit by knowing what to expect and how to make the most of your experience. Here are a couple of great resources to help students navigate through grad school successfully:
- Emily Bernhardt’s page at Duke University
- Elena Bennett’s page at the McGill University
- Raul Pacheco-Vega’s very useful Resource for Graduate Students
- The 5 Virtues of Successful Graduate Students from the Chronicles of Higher education
RESEARCH TOOLS
