Graduate students, what would you like to see here? Ways for you to network and meet each other? Ways to meet women more senior in the field? Advice on finishing the Ph.D.? Or do you want to form a discussion group of your own, like the Forum for Graduate Student Affairs in the American Physical Society?
Name it, friends, and we will help you achieve your goals….
Posted by Tanya Harrison on March 12, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Hello fellow graduate students! I thought I’d break the ice here; my name is Tanya Harrison and I’m a graduate student at Wesleyan University. I think this website is a wonderful idea, so thank you to those who created it.
Posted by Katie Bryson on March 12, 2008 at 7:48 pm
I will follow up here then as well. Hi, my name is Katie Bryson, and am a graduate student in the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences at the University of Arkansas. I like this website as well.
Posted by Kate Coleman on March 14, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Hi, I’m Kate Coleman, also from the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences at the University of Arkansas. I thinks the website is a great idea. Thanks for getting this set up for us to use.
Posted by Kristin Block on March 19, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Hi everyone. I’d actually like to see all of the above suggested topics on this page!
And in keeping with the intro-type responses, I’m an MS student (recently switched from PhD) at The University of Arizona/LPL. Thanks to those who put this together!
Posted by Kate Craft on March 31, 2008 at 10:26 am
Hi! This is a wonderful idea. I missed the LPSC meeting so it’s great to still hear about this through the Planetary Exploration Newsletter (if you’re interested in this see http://planetarynews.org/). It would be great to see a place that maybe we could post questions/concerns that women working in the field could give us advice on. I think that would be helpful to many of us. A way to network between students would be great too.
Thanks a bunch!
Kate – Georgia Tech Geophysics
Posted by Sharyl Byram on April 2, 2008 at 1:26 pm
All of those ideas sound great to me!
I’d also like to see content on transitioning from being a student into a professional from women who have already done it and from women in the process.
Sharyl Byram
PhD Candidate
Aerospace Engineering
University of Michigan
Posted by sandrift on May 20, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I’m sure that several of us would be happy to provide insight into the transition from grad student to professional. However, that’s a really broad subject – there are multiple aspects (personal and professional) of that transition to comment on. If you are a student and have specific questions, get them out to us so we can talk about them!
Posted by Kelsi on June 21, 2008 at 11:39 pm
HI! Sorry to be late in joining the discussion. I am a second year (going for phd) at Washington University in St. Louis. I have been thinking for a long time that we planetary science graduate students needed our own forum. I would be happy to be the one who sets it up, after August when I take my qualifying exams… On that note, I could definitely use help/advice on setting one up. I have been responsible for setting up some websites, but nothing like a forum.
However, it seems like this forum would still be the better one to get advice from those ahead of us in the process. I imagine it would be more well attended by a wider range of people in different stages of their careers, and not just academia.
And I agree, all of the topics listed at the top sound good to me.
Posted by whymommy on July 24, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Kelsi (and all!)
Welcome. I’d be happy to have you and some other women set up a graduate student portion of this site, if you like, or help you set up your own site. There are a few resources out there (physics students can join the APS Forum on Graduate Student Affairs, for example; all can use the NAGPS online resources), but nothing specifically that I know of for planetary science.
Welcome!
Posted by Alyssa on October 13, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Hello! I’m a PhD candidate at The University of Western Ontario in London, ON, and will be finishing up within the next year. I also run two outreach programs: one general science and one specifically for astronomy. I just heard about this site today at the DPS Women’s lunch and think it’s great!
I really like the idea of having a forum where we could ask advice from the more senior members – be it about finishing up the PhD, the job market, or the balance between family and career.
I’d love to see this site to be very active, so if you ever need contributors, I’d be glad to help.
Posted by whymommy on November 1, 2008 at 10:53 am
Hmmm… let’s get a graduate student contributor for the site, shall we? I’ll contact those of you who have expressed interest already, but if there are others interested, please leave a comment here!
Posted by Jamie on November 17, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Hello there – I am not yet a PhD candidate, but am applying for programs right now. I sure can use some advice on schools. Where/when do we get to ask those of you with more experience questions?
Posted by geochem-mom on December 2, 2008 at 11:52 am
To all you students (and potential students) out there- I have a NASA-funded project in need of a Ph.D. student if anyone is interested… the goal of the project is to measure gas hydrate formation and dissociation rates at conditions relevant to Mars and other planetary bodies.
If you’re interested, check out my research website at the University of Oklahoma and send me an email…
http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/E/Megan.E.Elwood.Madden-1/
Posted by sandrift on December 12, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Jamie – Start here. Ask questions that are as specific as you can be, and let us know what are your specific research interests and career goals. Are you looking to enroll in Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, Geology, etc? What is your background? Etc.
Posted by joice on January 14, 2009 at 4:32 am
hi
my name is Joice a student in University Of Nairobi, In Kenya ,East Africa studying Biomedical Technology i think the site is a wonderful idea especially the idea of meeting women older in the field .
Posted by whymommy on January 18, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Hi, Joice, and welcome!
Posted by Bhairavi Shankar on July 7, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Hi,
I’m also a doctorate student (starting 2nd yr) at the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. It’s wonderful to come across a site specifically for us women in Science. Looking forward to corresponding with all of you!
PS: anyone attending the upcoming Lunar Forum at NASA Ames in 2 weeks? Any women in planetary science activities planned??
Posted by Lynnae on August 21, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Hi Everyone! I’m Lynnae, a graduate student finishing up an M.S. in Physics at Catholic University in Washington, DC, soon to be a Ph.D. student in Planetary Scences at Johns Hopkins next semester. This is a wonderful site! I think advice on finishing the Ph.D., including choosing a thesis topic, and a forum for graduate students would be very helpful. Looking forward to communicating with everyone!
Posted by Kelsi on October 21, 2009 at 2:10 pm
AWIS – Association for Women in Science, has some fellowships available: http://www.awis.affiniscape.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=67
Posted by Kelsi on October 27, 2009 at 12:43 pm
The Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University encourages undergraduate and graduate students pursuing research in meteoritical sciences to apply for the2009 Nininger Meteorite Award.
The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes outstanding student achievement in the meteoritical sciences as embodied by an original research paper. Papers must cover original research conducted by the student and must have been written, submitted or published between November 15, 2008 and November 13, 2009. The 2009 Nininger Award application deadline is November 13, 2009. Applicants must be the first, but not sole, author of the paper and must be studying at an educational institution in the United States. The Nininger Award recipient receives $1000 and an engraved plaque commemorating the honor. Further information about the Nininger Award and paper submission instructions are located on the Center for Meteorite Studies website:
http://meteorites.asu.edu/nininger
Questions regarding the application or application process may be sent to:
nininger@asu.edu
Posted by kelsisinger on November 4, 2009 at 10:09 pm
NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) Program
NASA announces a call for graduate fellowship proposals to the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) program for the 2010-2011 academic year. This call for fellowship proposals solicits applications from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of individuals pursuing Master of Science (M.Sc.) or Doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees in Earth and space sciences, or related disciplines. The purpose of NESSF is to ensure continued training of a highly qualified workforce in disciplines needed to achieve NASA’s scientific goals. Awards resulting from the competitive selection will be made in the form of training grants to the respective universities.
The deadline for NEW applications is February 1, 2010, and the deadline for RENEWAL applications is March 15, 2010.
The NESSF call for proposals and submission instructions are located at the NESSF 09 solicitation index page at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ – click on “Solicitations” then click on “Open Solicitations” then select the “NESSF 10″ announcement. Also refer to “Proposal Submission Instructions” listed under “Other Documents” on the NESSF 10 solicitation index page.
All proposals must be submitted in electronic format only through the NASA NSPIRES system. The advisor has an active role in the submission of the fellowship proposal. To use the NSPIRES system, the advisor, the student, and the university must all register. Extended instructions on how to submit an electronic proposal package are posted on the NESSF 10 solicitation index page listed above. You can register in NSPIRES at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/.
For further information contact Russell Deyoung, Program Administrator for NESSF Earth Science Research, Telephone: (757) 864-1472, E-mail: larc-nessf-Earth@lists.nasa.gov or Dolores Holland, Program Administrator for NESSF Heliophysics Research, Planetary Science Research, and Astrophysics Research, Telephone: (202) 358-0734, E-mail: hq-nessf-Space@nasa.gov.
Posted by Kelsi Singer on November 6, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Astrobiology Graduate Conference (AbGradCon) 2010
Tällberg, Sweden – June 14-18, 2010.
In 2010, AbGradCon, the foremost astrobiology meeting for early-career
researchers, will be held in Europe for the first time in its history. Graduate
students and early-career postdocs from all over the world will come together to
present their research in a comfortable environment, to learn of the latest
developments in astrobiology, to network and to forge new collaborations. The
meeting will comprise oral and poster presentations, half-day workshops and a
one-day field trip to geologically instructive sites in the astrobiologically
interesting Siljan impact crater. Attendees are encouraged from the very wide
range of subjects pertinent to astrobiology. Financial assistance will be
available to invited attendees.
Abstract deadline: 28th of February 2010
Registration deadline: 1th of May 2010
Further information is available at the conference website:
http://www.abgradcon2010.org. Any questions can be sent to abgradcon10@gmail.com
Posted by Kelsi Singer on November 7, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Fellowship/Scholarships at AAUW (formerly known as American Association of University Women)
2010-2011 Academic Year
Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship $30,000
Dissertation Fellowship $20,000
Summer/Short-Term
Research Publication Grant $6,000
Applications available* Aug. 1-Nov. 15, 2009
Application deadline November 15, 2009
Fellowship year July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011
Check http://www.aauw.org/education/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm for more info.
Posted by A new voice for graduate students « Women in Planetary Science on November 10, 2009 at 6:09 pm
[...] Students [...]
Posted by Kelsi Singer on November 14, 2009 at 11:09 am
The NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP) is seeking candidates for the Summer 2010 internship session. The NASA USRP program is a mentored internship for undergraduate students that are offered at all 12 NASA Centers and research support facilities across the United States. Students majoring in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics will have the opportunity to gain hands-on technical research experiences. Undergraduate students will have the opportunity to participate and work with a NASA mentor on a research project from NASA’s core workforce competency needs. USRP research projects are premier research and development projects that are aligned with NASA’s research focus areas.
In order to qualify students must be enrolled at a university and in their sophomore, junior or senior year. Students also must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and be a U.S. Citizen.
Summer 2010 Deadline – January 22, 2010
To apply and learn more simply log on to the USRP web site at http://usrp.usra.edu
USRA Point of Contact:
Anthony Zippay
NASA USRP Co-Project Administrator
O: 281-483-2509
John.A.Zippay@nasa.gov
Posted by Kelsi Singer on November 17, 2009 at 3:33 pm
This might be kind of a long shot, but L’Oreal has some fellowships for postdocs (and researchers).
http://www.lorealusa.com/_en/_us/index.aspx
Posted by Kelsi Singer on November 17, 2009 at 3:37 pm
This is also somewhat tangential, but perhaps someone who is on the engineering side might be interested…
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Released: August 27, 2009
Beth Dickey
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-2087
beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov
RELEASE: 09-199
NASA ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR AERONAUTICS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate will
begin accepting scholarship applications on Sept. 1, 2009, for the
2010 academic year. The application deadline is Jan. 11, 2010.
NASA expects to award 20 undergraduate and five graduate scholarships
to students in aeronautics or related fields. Undergraduate students
entering their second year of study will receive up to $15,000 per
year for two years and the opportunity to receive a $10,000 stipend
by interning at a NASA research center during the summer. Graduate
students will receive up to $35,000 per annually for up to three
years, with an opportunity to receive a $10,000 stipend interning at
a NASA research center up to two consecutive summers.
For details about this scholarship program, including how to apply,
visit:
http://asee.org/nasaasp
For more information about NASA’s aeronautics programs, visit:
http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov
For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov