Off-Campus Opportunities
Our students often take advantage of the the many opportunities for exploration, study, and research at earth and oceanographic labs around the world.
While some of these posts come with fellowships or stipends, Bowdoin's Student Fellowships and Research office also has funding to support students who are interested in an internship or research position that is unpaid.
A sampling of opportunities beyond Bowdoin
Please come talk to your EOS professors about these programs, and many others!
- Pathways to Science is a website that is a clearing house for fellowships, scholarships, and internships. It allows you to search by institution, user group, start date, discipline, and/or region.
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) covers a variety of disciplines and is hosted by a variety of institutions. To begin your search, try these search terms on the NSF site:
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) offers the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship, a two-year program that includes a summer research opportunity at participating NOAA lab, as well as academic scholarship support for two years. Students must apply their sophomore year.
- NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) offers a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships Project (SURF) through Caltech (California Institute of Technology) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summer Student Fellowship
- Keck Geology Consortium