The June Update

Yes - Ocean Opportunities has been updated today! Here, you will find the opportunities included in Tiny Ocean Opportunities, a free version of the full “Ocean Opportunities,” which includes over 600 opportunities.

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Jobs

Surface Observations Operations Manager?with the Met Office (England). Deadline July 8 2024

Marine mammal ecologist?with NatureScot (Scotland). Deadline July 19 2024

Early-Career Coastal and Waterfront Professional?with Applied Technology and Management (USA). Deadline not stated

Assistant Professor-Marine Biology/Ecology?with California State University Northridge (USA). Deadline open until filled with an expected start date of August 2024

Post-Docs

Temperate Mesophotic Reef Ecosystems?with the Nucleus for Ecology and Conservation of Temperate Mesophotic Reef Ecosystems (Chile). Deadline July 15 2024

Impact d’un mat d’éolienne offshore sur la dynamique sédimentaire with LOMC, UMR 6294 CNRS, Université Le Havre Normandie (France). Deadline not stated but start date October 1, 2024

Air-sea coupling in global climate change and variability?with the Hu Climate Dynamics Lab at Duke University (USA). Deadline October 3 2024

Earth system modeling for marine carbon dioxide removal?with the University of Washington (USA). Deadline open until filled

PhD

Utveckla biologiska prognoser f?r “Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO)?with G?teborgs universitet (Sweden). Deadline July 30 2024

Micro-AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) for biogeochemical measurement?with the University of Southampton (England). Deadline August 31 2024

Improved solution algorithms for efficient and robust Computational Fluid Dynamics modelling?with the University of Manchester (England). Deadline open until filled

Exploring the impact of wind and wave dynamics on ships’ energy efficiency, in order to improve the operational effectiveness of wind-assist propulsion technologies?with The University of Melbourne (Australia). Deadline not stated

Masters

Marine and Antarctic Science?with the University of Tasmania (Australia). Deadline accepts ongoing applications

Intraspecific variation in larval dispersal traits?with the Majoris Lab, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi (USA). Deadline open until filled

Master of Maritime Engineering (Advanced)?with the University of Tasmania (Australia). Deadline accepts ongoing applications

Marine and Maritime Law?with University College Cork (Ireland). Deadline accepts ongoing applications

Diploma or certificate

Marine biology & ecology diploma?with Falmouth Marine School (England). Deadline accepts ongoing applications

Marine Studies (Aquaculture)?with the Marine Institute (Canada). Deadline accepts ongoing applications

Graduate Diploma of Marine and Antarctic Science?with the University of Tasmania (Australia). Deadline accepts ongoing applications

Graduate Diploma of Marine and Antarctic Science?with the University of Tasmania (Australia). Deadline accepts ongoing applications

Conferences & Symposiums

12th World Wilderness Conference, August 25-31, 2024 in Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

38th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, September 8-14, 2024 in Rome, Italy

ICES Annual Science Conference, September 9-12, 2024 in Gateshead, England

International Flatfish Symposium 2024, November 25-28, 2024 in Wageningen, the Netherlands

Workshops and courses

Coral Restoration Workshop-Colombia Diving/Snorkel Expedition?from the Remote Ecologist, July 13-19, 2024, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia

Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Program: Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry?from the University of New Hampshire,, August 2024-August 2025, USA

Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy and Taxonomy?from the U.S. Science Support Program, August 19-23, 2024, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

Discovering UK Seals: Identification, Ecology and Conservation?from the Field Studies Council, September 13-October 25, 2024, online

Webinars

CoastSmart with Local West Coast Ambassadors?from BC AdventuresSmart, July 12 2024, online

Taking climate-smart ocean planning and governance to the high seas?from Catarina Fraz?o Santos of the University of Lisbon/OCTO, July 25 2024, online

Going Where The Wild Things Are: Ocean Microbes, Their Interactions, and Ecosystem Consequences?from the University of Chicago Marine Biological Laboratory, July 26 2024, online

Central Indo-Pacific Shrimpgobies?from the Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF), September 24 2024, online

Internships

Protected Area Downgrading, Downsizing, and Degazettement Marine Intern?with the WWF (USA). Deadline not stated

Animal Training Internship?with the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (IMMS) (USA). Deadline accepts ongoing applications

Internship/Master Thesis-Spontaneous application?with CorPower Ocean (Sweden). Deadline accepts ongoing applications

Melbourne Beach Marine Mammal Internship?with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) (USA). Deadline accepts ongoing applications

Funding

The Company of Biologists’ Sustainability Grants?from The Company of Biologists. As part of The Company of Biologists’ Sustainability Initiative (formerly known as our Sustainable Conferencing Initiative), we offer grants from our Fund for Innovations in Sustainable Conferencing to support innovative ideas that enable biologists to collaborate productively while minimising their impact on the environment – for example by: Reducing travel requirements; Increasing accessibility and inclusivity; Improving interaction opportunities for geographically diverse participants; Enhancing the ‘human’ experience of virtual meetings

Kenneth Jay Boss Fellowship in Invertebrate Zoology?from the Smithsonian Institute. Kenneth Jay Boss fellowships provide financial support enabling graduate students to conduct independent collections-based research in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Open to currently enrolled graduate students engaged in collections-based research (e.g., systematics, phylogeny, biogeography, comparative morphology, species conservation). Applicants must contact an IZ research scientist to serve as the fellowship advisor well in advance of submitting their application. Deadline Septebmer 1, 2024

Kristian Fauchald Polychaete Research Fellowship?from the Smithsonian Institute. The Kristian Fauchald Polychaete Research Fellowships provide financial support to enable polychaete biologists from graduate students through senior researchers to conduct independent collections-based research in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). These funds enable Kristian’s legacy of encouraging and including polychaetologist from around the world in USNM Polychaete Collection research. Deadline October 1, 2024

Shifting Systems Today for the Advancement & Retention of Women in Science (SSTAR Sponsorship)?from WISEatlantic. To be eligible to receive SSTAR sponsorship funds, the applicant must be an undergraduate, graduate student or post-doc in a Science field OR a faculty member from an Atlantic Canadian Academic Institution. The event or workshop must have a clear theme for the advancement and/or retention of female graduate students or post-docs in Science. Accepts ongoing applications.

Other opportunities

EU Talenton. Initiated, funded and co-created by the European Commission, EU TalentOn is one of the biggest brainstorming events happening in the European City of Science Katowice 2024. In a special arena, young researchers representing all disciplines, aged 21-35, face each other in international teams, sharing their amazing ideas. Registration deadline July 7, 2024

Call for new members of the GOOS Biology and Ecosystems Expert Panel. The Global Ocean Observing System is a program of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, working to coordinate an integrated and responsive ocean observing system. The Biology and Ecosystems Expert Panel (BioEco Panel) is one of three panels providing scientific advice and expertise to GOOS on sustained observations of ocean variables across physics, biogeochemistry and marine life. We are seeking new members to join our Panel as EOV co-leads with expertise in the following fields: Zooplankton ecology; Hard coral reefs with links to the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network; Continental shelf benthic invertebrate ecology; Macroalgal ecology; Sea turtle ecology; Seagrass observations and assessments; Marine Mammal ecology; Ocean Sound in relation to quantifying anthropogenic sound and pressures on marine fauna; Marine microbial ecology. Deadline July 14, 2024

Call for Scientific Panel Members. Expedition Science gets more funding into climate research and communicates your science in a way that inspires and engages everyone. From senior academics and policy makers to those just starting to become interested in the natural world. We link researchers and investors, finding money from foundations, businesses and private investors to get teams into the field and collect the data they need. We have a Science Panel for each of our four themes, Ocean, Polar, Forest and Mountain to assess every project, and we are seeking global individuals with diverse backgrounds, expertise, and perspectives to ensure a comprehensive and inclusive evaluation process. We want applications from all nationalities and science backgrounds, as long as your research is linked in some way to the environment or the climate. Your application is to become a panel member , working beneath our panel chairs for only ONE of the four steering committees, either forest, mountain, ocean or polar. Panel reviews will be conducted in English so please have a working proficiency. Wherever you are on your academic journey your voice matters, and we encourage all applications. Deadline July 15, 2024

Become a Member of the Youth4Ocean Forum. Are you a changemaker between 16 and 30 and passionate about the Ocean? Do you want to join other young people to tackle the climate crisis, fight marine pollution and ensure food security? You carry out ocean educational or conservation activities, or have an arts project or an entrepreneural business case in mind that has the potential to change things for the ocean in your area and you are looking for a more active engagement with the Youth4Ocean Forum or EU4Ocean experts. Accepts ongoing applications

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