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Career Development Resources

This page was last updated on October 13, 2006 and will be updated regularly. Please contact Danielle Nelson with suggestions, additions or problems.

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Stanford Career Development Center (CDC)

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Other Sites for Career Resources

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Job Sites and News Groups

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Postdoctoral Fellowships / Other Professional Development

I. Stanford Career Development Center

General Information for Graduate Students:

 

http://cardinalcareers.stanford.edu/communities/graduate/

Listing of Environmental job sites, non-profits, internships, etc.

 

http://cardinalcareers.stanford.edu/research/environment

Workshops for Job Searches:

 

http://cardinalcareers.stanford.edu/communities/graduate/workshops.html#pathway

II. Other Sites for Career Resources

American Association for the Advancement of Science – Career Resources for Graduate Students lists fellowships, jobs, and career development resources

 

http://www.aaas.org/careercenter/graduate.html

Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

 

http://environment.yale.edu/374/careers/

University of Wisconsin – Madison, Nelson Institute:

 

http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/grad/careers/ejo/

Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management (UCSB)

 

http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/career/about_the_program.html

Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences

 

http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/career/

Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation – fellowships, training, etc.

 

http://www.switzernetwork.org/resources.taf?type=fellowships

 

http://www.switzernetwork.org/resources.taf?type=training

Resources for Early-Career Development

 

http://marcus.whitman.edu/~weilercs/resources/>http://marcus.whitman.edu/~weilercs/resources/

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III. Job Sites and News Groups

Environmental Career.com

 

http://www.environmentalcareer.com/

Environmental Career Opportunities

 

http://www.ecojobs.com/index.php

Additional websites and resources listed by the Stanford CDC

  http://cardinalcareers.stanford.edu/research/environment

Environmental Leadership Program (ELP)

 

http://www.elpnet.org/index.php

To subscribe or unsubscribe to ELP's DIALOGnews Digest (jobs,opportunities,funding):

  http://aslo.org/mailman/listinfo/dialognews

**To subscribe to the Earth Systems job list (weekly compilation of jobs geared toward all professional and academic levels, e-mail Danielle Nelson**

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IV. Postdoctoral Fellowships / Other Professional Development

The Center for Global Development (CGD) Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Dec 15, 2006)

 

http://www.cgdev.org/section/about/employment#PDRF

NSF Science & Society (Feb 1, Aug 1 annually)

 

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5324

NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research fellowships and Supporting Activities

 

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13454

NSF International Research Fellowship Program

 

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5179&org=OISE&sel_org=OISE&from=fund

Resources for the Future- Gilbert F. White Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Feb 28, 2007)

 

http://www.rff.org/rff/About/Fellowships_and_Internships/White/Gilbert-F-White-Postdoctoral-Fellowship-Program.cfm

Resources for the Future- Fellowships in Environmental Regulatory Implementation (Jan 12, 2007)

 

http://www.rff.org/rff/About/Fellowships_and_Internships/ERI/Fellowships-in-Environmental-Regulatory-Implementation.cfm

Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships For Excellence in Teaching

 

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpost.html

Earth Institute Fellows Program, Columbia University (~ Dec 1 annually for following September)

 

http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/postdoc/

Harvard University Center for the Environment (Jan 15, 2007)

 

http://environment.harvard.edu/navigation2/fellows.htm

Public Policy Institute of California Fellows (multiple positions, rolling)

 

http://www.ppic.org/main/opportunities.asp

California Sea Grant, CALFED Science Fellows (~Aug)

 

http://www-csgc.ucsd.edu/EDUCATION/CALFED/CBDA_RFA2006.html#2005PriorityAreas

Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation

 

http://www.eguana.net/organizations.php3?orgid=66&typeID=332&action=printContentTypeHome

AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships:

 

http://fellowships.aaas.org/

Asoka-Lemelson Fellowship Program (for entrepreneurs)

 

http://www.lemelson.org/news/current_detail.php?id=735

LEAD International

 

http://www.lead.org/

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