OCB Postdoc Exchange!
A key objective of OCB is to train the next generation of ocean scientists and engage early career scientists in OCB and partner program meetings and training courses by providing travel and tuition support, networking, and mentoring opportunities.
Current and recent examples:
- GOOD-OARS Summer School, Penang Malaysia, November 4-11 2025. The school will be hosted by the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies of Universiti Sains Malaysia (CEMACS) and is established under the Global Ocean Oxygen Decade (GOOD) and Ocean Acidification Research for Sustainability (OARS) programmes of the UN Ocean Decade. It aims to train the next generation of ocean oxygen and acidification scientists and researchers in the foundations of both fields, with instruction and lectures from world experts in a friendly setting for discussion. Apply by January 10, 2025
- Annual OCB summer workshop
- OCB scoping workshops
- Gordon Conference in Chemical Oceanography
- IMBeR IMBIZO Meetings (odd years)
- IMBER ClimECO Summer Schools (even years)
- SOLAS Summer Schools
- International Ocean Colour Coordination Group (IOCCG) Lecture Series
- International Ocean Colour Science Meeting (IOCS)
- Cornell Satellite Remote Sensing Course
- Univ. Maine Ocean Color Remote Sensing Course
- Training courses on ocean acidification
- Training courses on biogeochemical sensors
While we do not entertain individual requests for travel support, early career support is a high priority of bulk travel support requests submitted to OCB (see below for current opportunities). OCB strives to highlight the work of students and postdocs at its meetings and provide opportunities for interacting with federal agency managers and other scientists. OCB also maintains an early career position on its Scientific Steering Committee (SSC).
Early Career Opportunities & News
- Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
- Young Earth System Scientists community
- View our Jobs & Postdocs page for current openings
- View our Student Opportunities page for undergraduate, MS and PhD listings
Pathways to Science: Early Career Fellowships & Scholarships
Are you an early career scientist who would like to share your research on carbon in deltas with the Leaky Deltas community? The Leaky Deltas scoping workshop will focus on deltaic systems to build a network of modelers, experimentalists, and field scientists working on deltas in this era of unprecedented climate change and other anthropogenic […]
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Introduction to Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Hyperspectral Observations for Water Quality Monitoring This online, introductory course will be cost-free and have three, 1.5-hour parts: Part 1: Introduction to the PACE Mission for Water Quality Monitoring (September 25th) Part 2: Overview, Access, and Analysis of PACE Ocean Color Data Products (October 2nd) Part 3: […]
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OCB Supports Early Career Participants in Cornell Satellite Remote Sensing Training Program 2024 Michelle Wagner is in her first year of master’s study at the City College of New York. Her research interest is in monitoring the responses of coastal systems to natural and anthropogenic stressors. After graduating from the City College of New York, […]
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2024 Cornell Satellite Remote Sensing Training Program June 3-14, 2024 (Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY) The Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) Program will support three US-based students or postdocs to participate in this course, including tuition, housing, and a travel stipend. To apply for support, please send your 2-page CV (NSF biosketch format) and a brief […]
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OCB2024: June 10-13, 2024 (Woods Hole, MA) Registration will open in early April Submarine groundwater discharge (Chairs: Shaily Rahman, Kanchan Maiti, Yige Zhang) Coupled biogeochemical cycles – interconnected controls on ocean fertility (Chairs: Victoria Steck, P. Dreux Chappell, Zachary Erickson, Jessica Luo, Kristen Krumhardt, Randie Bundy) Air-sea interactions (Chairs: Rachel Stanley, David “Roo” Nicholson, Tim […]
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The NSF-funded Accelnet Development of an International Network for the Study of Ocean Metabolism and Nutrient Cycles on a Changing Planet (BioGeoSCAPES) will convene an international BioGeoSCAPES science planning workshop on 6-9 November 2023 at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (with hybrid option). The objectives of this workshop are to: Facilitate community building and collaboration across nations and disciplines […]
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We are excited to launch a BioGeoSCAPES Fellows program funded by the NSF AccelNet award Development of an International Network for the Study of Ocean Metabolism and Nutrient Cycles on a Changing Planet (BioGeoSCAPES). This new program will bring together an international, interdisciplinary cohort of early career (postdocs and senior graduate students) researchers working in the areas […]
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June 5-16, 2023 (Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY) The Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) Program will support five US-based students or postdocs to participate in this course, including tuition, housing, and a travel stipend. To apply for support, please send your 2-page CV (NSF biosketch format) and a brief statement of interest (1 page max) to […]
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NASA Sponsored Workshop on Calibration and Validation of Ocean Color Remote Sensing June 12 – July 7, 2023 Bowdoin College, Schiller Coastal Studies Center (SCSC), Orr’s Island, Maine An intensive four-week, cross-disciplinary, graduate-level workshop in optical oceanography will be offered at Bowdoin College’s SCSC. This workshop is the latest version of the optical oceanography course […]
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