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Atmospheric, Earth system, environmental & social science

ASP Graduate Student Visitor Program
graduate opportunities - mentor and student examine data on computer screenNCAR Advanced Study Program

  • Work directly with NCAR scientists
  • Enhance your thesis research
  • Gain access to NCAR facilities

Opportunities for graduate students to collaborate with NCAR staff during three- to twelve-month visits in pursuit of their thesis research. Coordinated through NCAR’s Advanced Study Program, which can help identify appropriate NCAR collaborators.

Paula Fisher: 303-497-1328, paulad@ucar.edu

blackboard filled with mathematical equationsComputer science & applied mathematics for the geosciences

CISL Summer Internships in Parallel Computational Science (SIPARCS)
NCAR Computational and Information Systems Laboratory

  • Conduct hands-on R&D in high-performance computing
  • Explore computational geoscience
  • Learn software development, scientific visualization
  • Work in applied mathematics, statistics

Offers graduate students significant hands-on R&D opportunities in high-performance computing with NCAR’s Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. Undergraduates who will have completed their sophomore year may also apply.

303-497-1288, siparcs@ucar.edu

Sunrise telescope suspended from launch vehicle at dawnSolar physics, solar-terrestrial physics & related astrophysics

HAO Graduate Fellowship Programs
NCAR High Altitude Observatory

  • Work with scientists at the forefront of Sun and Sun-Earth research
  • Boost early-stage exploration or thesis work
  • Gain access to a wide range of technical facilities

These highly competitive programs offer support for early-stage graduate students as well as the Newkirk Fellowship for students working on their Ph.D. theses. Conduct research with an HAO scientist on a mutually agreeable theoretical or experimental project involving Earth's upper atmosphere, solar and solar-terrestrial physics, or planetary, stellar, or other astrophysical systems related to those of the Sun.

Amy Knack: 303-497-2174, knack@ucar.edu

young woman adjusts chemistry equipment in labYear-round employment for graduate students in the Boulder area

Employment Opportunities - Working With Us
UCAR Human Resources

  • Find paid graduate assistantships in a variety of fields, including
    • atmospheric and Earth system science
    • engineering and technology
    • computing, and more
  • Work with dedicated professionals on leading-edge projects

A wide range of graduate research assistantships are listed throughout the year as positions become available.

Nancy Wade: 303-497-8717, nwade@ucar.edu

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Workshops for Graduate Students

Atmospheric & Earth system science

ASP Summer Colloquia
NCAR Advanced Study Program

  • Discover emerging topics that haven't yet reached the classroom
  • Interact with leading experts and fellow students in an intimate setting

Young scientists gather at NCAR for workshops on current topics in atmospheric and environmental science. Recent topics have included atmospheric chemistry, clouds and climate, solar and astrophysical magnetohydrodynamics, and hurricanes at landfall.

Paula Fisher: 303-497-1328, paulad@ucar.edu

The science of Sun-Earth connections

VSP Heliophysics Summer School
UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs & NASA

  • Explore the fundamental plasma physics behind many aspects of space weather
  • Participate in developing materials to support teaching of heliophysics at graduate and undergraduate levels

Graduate students and scientists both learn about and help develop the science of heliophysics during the week-long summer school, which is sponsored by NASA's Living With a Star program. Heliophysics is viewed as a broad, coherent discipline that reaches in space from the Earth's troposphere to the depths of the Sun and in time from the formation of the solar system to the distant future.

Susan Baltuch: 303-497-8649, sbaltuch@ucar.edu

Satellite observations of weather, climate, ionosphere & geodetic data

COSMIC Education & Outreach
UCAR COSMIC Program, National Science Foundation, and partners

  • Discover GPS meteorology, ionospheric tomography, and other advanced techniques
  • Collaborate with peers in other countries
  • Explore new research facilities, projects, and opportunities

Activities for students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents include visits to Taiwan and other countries for training and research. Participants interact with scientists from around the world while experiencing new cultures. COSMIC is a joint U.S.–Taiwan mission providing a constellation of six microsatellites for GPS meteorology and Earth system observation.

Ingrid Moore: 303-497-2678, imoore@ucar.edu

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