Useful Links

!!!Cool Climate Jobs: New online resource for jobs in climate change, renewable energy, and other green collar industries. Web site

CARBOSCHOOLS: CarboEurope and CarboOcean, two major European research projects on carbon cycle, invite secondary schools to raise young people awareness of local and global stakes of climate change, discover scientific research on the topic and act locally to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

POGO: The Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans, POGO, is a forum created recently by directors and leaders of major oceanographic institutions around the world to promote global oceanography, pa

rticularly the implementation of an international and integrated global ocean observing system. POGO Web site offers several resources such as job opportunities, fellowships, education and training activities etc...

IOC Capacity Development Site: Through this site you will find information and regular updates on capacity development activities of IOC, and opportunities for oceanographers and scientists in the South. Participant to IOC workshops will find important information in the calendar section.

The ScienceJobs.com is a professional and specialist career website for vacancies in academic, research, and all related professions.

APECS: The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) aims to bring together young researchers and early career scientists and engineers with an interest in Polar Regions and the Cryosphere from around the world.

Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention (MPOWIR). To increase the retention of junior women in physical oceanography, a community-wide mentoring program is being developed under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research. This website serves as a gathering place for information, events, and articles on issues relevant to early-career scientists in Physical Oceanography, and also as a place to bring issues or concerns for feedback.

DIALOG and DISCCRS: Interdisciplinary Initiatives for Recent PhD Graduates
DISCCRS Portal on Career Resources

START: START fosters regional networks of collaborating scientists and institutions in developing countries to conduct research on regional aspects of environmental change, assess impacts and vulnerabilities to such changes, and provide information to policy-makers. START also provides a wide variety of training and career development opportunities for young scientists.

IIASA's Programs for Young Scientists: IIASA promotes the scientists of tomorrow with three programs: Young Scientists Summer Program, Postdoctoral Program and Luis Donaldo Colosio Fellowship.

Training-through-Reasearch-Program (TTR): the TTR programme puts together the advantages of the formal training of undergraduate and postgraduate students and young scientists with the experiences gained in advanced research. Its main operational field is marine geology and geophysics combined in interdisciplinary way with studies in benthic biology and physical oceanography. The new TTR focus is on studying processes of geosphere-biosphere coupling in high-seas.

Marie Curie Fellowships: Marie Curie Fellowships provide European placements for pre and post-doctoral researchers, usually up to the age of 35, and for experienced researchers. Fellowships are available in any scientific discipline that contributes to the objectives of the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5). Applicants to this activity are young and experienced researchers and host organisations in academia and industry.