News and Announcements

URISE now part of RESESS

Beginning in 2024, the URISE internship program has been merged into our continuing RESESS internship program.  You can find more information about RESESS, including how to apply, by visiting EarthScope's internships page at earthscope.org/internships.

Survey finds most alumni employed in the geosciences, but across a variety of employment sectors

Since 1998 the IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program has provided research experiences for 216 undergraduates interested in exploring the fields of seismology/geophysics. Prior to participating, a majority of students indicate an intention to go to graduate school. However, few are set...

Seismology Student Workshop

Graduate students are invited to participate in the upcoming Seismology Student Workshop to be held March 15th-17th, 2023, at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York. The application deadline is January 30, 2023.  This workshop is completely student-run and organized...

Applications Now Being Accepted for Summer 2023

URISE is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the summer of 2023!  If you are an undergraduate math, physics, geoscience or computer science student interested in exploring Earth and developing new skills, please consider applying!  The deadline for...

2022 IRIS Interns at the Fall AGU Meeting

It is that time of the year again!  IRIS interns are again presenting at the Fall Meeting of AGU! Presentations at a professional conference is a critical component of the IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program. Such presentations provide interns with the opportunity to share the...

2023 Internship Application Opening Soon

2023 is right around the corner and we're looking forward to hosting another stellar set of interns.  We expect to open the internship application by mid to late December.  If you'd like to be notified when our application page is posted, please visit this google form to provide your...

Program alumni recognized for prestigious GFRP

Please join us in celebrating the success of the following alumni!  These students are being recognized as either awardees or honorable mentions of the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).  

Awardees 

• Cameron Brown (2019) - Geochemistry
• Katherine Lutz (2018) - Planetary...

Summer Interns Present Research at the 2021 Fall AGU Meeting

Whether virtual or in person, presenting research at a professional conference is a critical component of the IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program. Such presentations provide interns with the opportunity to share the expertise and knowledge they have developed through the research...

Applications OPEN for summer 2022!

The applications are now OPEN! We are looking forward to the IRIS internship program's 24th year of operation... which means meeting another great set of applicants! If you are interested iusing your math, physics, and geoscience knowledge to study the solid Earth, we can't wait to...

The applications for summer 2022 are open!

The applications are now OPEN! We are looking forward to the IRIS internship program's 24th year of operation... which means meeting another great set of applicants! If you are interested iusing your math, physics, and geoscience knowledge to study the solid Earth, we can't wait to...

2021 IRIS Interns at the FALL AGU Meeting

Whether virtual or in person, presenting research at a professional conference is a critical component of the IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program. Such presentations provide interns with the opportunity to share the expertise and knowledge they have developed through the research...

Application Period Closed -Thanks!

Many thanks to everyone who applied to participate in the IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program for summer 2021.  We are grateful for everyone's interest in the program! Our team will begin reviewing application materials soon after February 15th and we hope to notify applicants of their...

Application Deadline Extended to February 8th

Because the pandemic has pushed back the start date for the spring semester at many institutions, the IRIS internship program will accept student applications through February 8th. Letters of recommendation will still be due by February 15th. Thus, If you have just heard about the...

Learning Opportunity for Seismology Grad Students

The Seismology Student Workshop, organized completely by and for seismology graduate students, is back! 

The 2021 Seismology Student Workshop will be held VIRTUALLY from Monday March 22 to Thursday March 25, 2021. Due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, this year's workshop will be held...

Summer 2021 Application Open!

We missed running the program in 2020 due to COVID. However, things are looking brighter for the summer 2021*. Thus we are super excited to announce that the application process for summer of 2021 is now OPEN! IRIS looks forward to receiving applications from undergraduate students...

Looking forward to seeing you during the summer of 2021

Like many of you, the IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program is eagerly looking forward to summer 2021.  While it is extremely difficult to predict what the status of the pandemic will be at that point, we will run some version of our program during the summer of 2021. What that program...

Seismology Skill Building Workshop - Summer 2020

The response to the Seismology Skill Building Workshop has been overwhelming with over 1200 registrations received! Since this response was more than we had anticipated, registrations closed a few days early. We also limited participation to our target audience of undergraduates. We hope...

Seismology Skill Building Workshop - Summer 2020

While the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to the suspension of the 2020 Undergraduate Internship Program, IRIS remains committed to the developing the Next Generation of Seismologists. To this end, the IRIS Education and Outreach program is offering a FREE seismology skill...

Program suspended for Summer 2020

The continued spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is generating increasing uncertainty across the many college campuses, USGS facilities, and national labs that collaborate with IRIS to offer our summer intern research program. This uncertainty has created significant complications for...

Scholarship opportunity in geophysical instrumentation

The Paros Scholarships in Geophysical Instrumentation were established through the generosity of Jerome M. Paros to support graduate students with a demonstrated interest in geophysical instrumentation and precise field measurements in seismology, atmospheric sciences, or ocean sciences....

2020 CIDER Summer Program

June 28 - July 24, 2020
“Earth as an Inhabited World”

CIDER announces their annual summer program on behalf of the geosciences community. CIDER is an inter-disciplinary synthesis center, research incubator, and research framework for tackling the fundamental question of the nature of...

Lamont-Doherty Seismology Student Workshop - March 18-20, 2020

This workshop is completely student-run and organized with the aim of bringing together graduate students who conduct research in seismology and earthquake-related fields. [This workshop is only open to graduate students, so we encourage advisors to notify their students about this...

2019 IRIS Internship Alumni Reception

Celebrate the successes of this year’s internship cohort. Catch up with our old friends from past years. Make new connections to expand your network across years.

WHEN: December 10, 2019 from 6–8 PM

WHERE: Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo Place #6413, San Francisco, CA

Appetizers will be served....Read Full News Story

Applications now being accepted for Summer 2020

The IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the summer of 2020!.  If you are an undergraduate math, physics, geoscience or computer science student interested in exploring Earth and developing new skills, please consider...

2019 IRIS Interns at the FALL AGU Meeting

Presenting research at a professional conference is a critical component of the IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program. Such presentations provide interns with the opportunity to share the expertise and knowledge they have developed through the research process and places their work...

2016 Intern expands project into full publication!

In 2016, IRIS intern Liam Toney and his mentor Rob Abbott of Sandia National Labs focused on developing velocity models and tomographic images for Yucca Flat, Nevada to aid in the physical modeling of Source Physics Experiment data (a series of chemical detonations of varying yields...

Kicking off the 2019 Internship Season!

On May 26 the 2019 cohort of IRIS interns gathered in Socorro, NM for the program's annual orientation week. Through the week's agenda, our 14 undergraduates, developed a strong sense of community, were introduced to some of the most exciting aspects of modern seismology, and explored...

2018 Intern’s Summer Project Published in BSA!

2018 IRIS intern Sydney Dybing an undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis, published the results of her summer's research in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. Her project, based in Albuquerque, NM, was focused on defining the characteristics of and...

Opportunity to participate in a marine seismic experiment

We invite applications from graduate students, postdocs and early-career scientists to participate in an NSF-funded seismic research experiment aboard the R/V Marcus G. Langseth focused on the Emperor seamount chain. This project will involve the collection of 2D multi-channel seismic...

Alumnus receives outstanding student presentation award

The Seismology Section of the American Geophysical Union recently released their Outstanding Student Presentation Awards (OSPAs) (Part 1 and Part 2 of the list). These awards recognize excellence among student talks and posters at AGU meetings. The IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program...

An opportunity for international students and their faculty

IRIS is pleased to announce a second year of funding for it's International Undergraduate Internship in Seismology and Hazards program.  This program is designed to create new research and educational opportunities for international undergraduates, and to cultivate long-term partnerships...

Seismology Graduate Student Workshop 2019

Graduate students are invited to participate in the upcoming sixth annual Seismology Student Workshop to be held March 21st-22nd, 2019 at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York.

This workshop is completely student-run and organized with the aim of bringing together...

2018 IRIS Interns at the FALL AGU Meeting

Presenting research at a professional conference is a critical component of the IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program. Such presentations provide interns with closure to the research process, a context for their research amongst other ongoing research, an opportunity to interact with...

Now accepting applications for summer 2019!

The IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the summer of 2019!.  If you are an undergraduate math, physics, geoscience or computer science student interested in exploring Earth and developing new skills, please consider...

Geophysics Openings at the Energy & Environmental Research Center

The Energy & Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota has two geophysics positions to be filled that may be of interest to our alumni! In the last 5 years the center has worked on a number of funded projects, some entirely geophysical in scope, and other projects...

IRIS Internship Program Alumni Reception and 20th Celebration (1998 - 2018)

It is that AGU-time of the year again! We can't wait for another opportunity to celebrate the successes of this year's internship cohort, catch up with our old friends from past years, and make new connections across years! We have an additional reason to celebrate this year as the IRIS...

Applications are currently being accepted for the DOE Scholars Program

The DOE Scholars Program introduces students and recent college graduates to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) mission and operations.

Being selected as a DOE Scholar offers the following benefits:

• Stipends starting at $600 per week for undergraduates and $650 per week for graduate...

Alumni receive 2018 prestigious NSF GRFP awards

Recently, four alumni of the IRIS Undergradate Internship Program were awarded a 2018 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP). The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and...

Grad School Opportunity: University of Rochester

The University of Rochester seismological laboratory (URSeismo) at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is seeking applications from highly motivated Masters and Ph.D. students to work on research opportunities in global lithospheric structure. Research at URSeismo will...

Graduate School Opportunity!

The Department of Geological Sciences at The University of Alabama seeks motivated students who are interested in pursuing graduate studies in earthquake seismology. Student support is available starting Spring 2019 via both teaching and research assistantships, including involvement in...

Wanted -> Program alumni! Help us find those missing!

Recently, the program conducted a census of the program's 220 alumni. To date, 70% of the alumni (n=154) have responded to the survey. As illustrated below, this means 66 individuals are on our most "Wanted" list!  If you are an alumnus and did not complete the census survey, we’d love...

2017 Intern’s Summer Project Published!

2017 intern Claire Doody, an undergraduate at the  University of Chicago, published the results of her summer's research in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. Her project, based at the USGS's Albuquerque Seismo Lab, was focused on investigating effects of thermal...

2015 Alumnus publishes expanded internship project

Hannah Krueger, now a graduate student at Brown University, was an IRIS intern the summer of 2015. Her project, based at the University of Washington, was focused on investigating crustal anisotropy in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Under the mentorship Dr. Erin Wirth, Hannah has...

Ph.D. and M.S. Opportunities at the University of Alabama

The Department of Geological Sciences at The University of Alabama seeks motivated students who are interested in pursuing graduate studies in earthquake seismology.  Student support is available starting Fall 2018 via both teaching and research assistantships, including involvement in...

Welcome to our next Alumni Mentor!

The IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program is pleased to introduce the new Alumni Mentor for the program.  Brady Flinchum was an intern in 2011 and found the program to be "a life changing experience" that shaped the way he views research and contacted him with his current advisor....

IRIS Intern’s work is expanded into publication

Max Rhode, now a senior at Carleton College, participate in the IRIS Internship program during the summer of 2016. During the summer he worked at the Albuquerque Seismological Lab, collaborating with his mentors Adam Ringler (USGS) and David Wilson (USGS) to explore a fundamental problem...

Ever thought about a career in the oil/gas industry? Here is your chance to learn more!

The SEG/ExxonMobil Student Education Program (SEP) is sponsored by ExxonMobil and staffed with leading professional geoscientists who act as instructors and facilitators through two and a half days of lectures and discussion followed by practical, hands-on exercises.

The SEG/ExxonMobil...

Employment Opportunity at IRIS PASSCAL

The IRIS PASSCAL Instrument Center at New Mexico Tech solicits applications for a professional Data Specialist for seismology support operations. The PASSCAL Instrument Center supports both active and passive source seismology worldwide with end-to-end experiment support...

2013 Alumnus’s research garners media attention at 2016 Fall AGU

Bradley Wilson, a graduate student in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Arkansas and 2013 alumni of the IRIS Internship Program, garnered media attention with his research presented at the  2016 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Wilson's work,...

Applications for the summer of 2017 are now being accepted!

Journey with us to explore the field of seismology during the summer of 2017! The IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program is pleased to announce the opening of their online application for the summer of 2017.  We anticipate offering at least 12 opportunities for undergraduate students to...

Please join us for the 2016 Internship Reception at the Fall AGU Meeting

It is that time of the year again and we can't wait for another opportunity to celebrate the successes of this year's participants, catch up with our old friends, and make new connections! As always we look forward to seeing this year's interns, program alumni, and program mentors,...

Tips and Tricks for Applying to Graduate School in the Geosciences

The process of applying for a graduate program differs significantly from that of an undergraduate program, but many students are unaware of the difference. For an undergraduate program, students often focus on the school they wish to attend, whereas for graduate study the emphasis will...

NSF Division of Earth Sciences LinkedIn Group for Program Alumni

What: NSF Division of Earth Sciences LinkedIn Group, launched in May, 2016. This is a unlisted LinkedIn group, memberships need to be approved by one of the Group moderators, and content is for members only.

Who: Any student (undergraduate, graduate, REU) or post-doc who has received...

Mendenhall Postdoctoral Opportunity—Understanding the Hazard from Induced Seismicity

We would like to announce a post-doctoral opportunity to study injection-induced seismicity, with the specific aim of enhancing the USGS estimates of the hazard posed by induced earthquakes. Many avenues of research would make valuable contributions to this effort. These include, but are...

2005 Alumni wins AGU Seismology Section student award

Please join us in congratulating alumnus Daniel Bowman! Daniel was a winner of the Seismology Section's Outstanding Student Presentation Award from the 2015 Fall AGU Meeting! As an IRIS intern in 2005, Daniel implemented a grid search method to help produce a high resolution map of...

Don’t miss your chance! The deadline for summer 2016 is February 1st!

The deadline to apply to become part of the class of 2016 is quickly approaching. Don't miss your chance to travel to a new location, participate in exciting, challenging, and relevant research, and present your results at the Fall AGU meeting! 

Learn more and apply!

An opportunity at University of Alabama for students interested in Antarctica

The Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Alabama seeks motivated students who are interested in pursuing graduate studies in earthquake seismology. M.S. student support is available starting Fall 2016 via both teaching and research assistantships. Research projects will...

2013 Alumni’s internship project expands to publication

2013 intern David Watkins' internship project focused on exploring controls on the periodicity of episodic slow earthquakes along-strike in subduction zones. During the summer David received guidance from his mentors at Miami University of Ohio; Harmony Collela and Mike Brudzinski....

Please join us for the 2015 Internship Reception at the Fall AGU Meeting

It is that time of the year again and we can't wait for another opportunity to celebrate the successes of this year's participants, catch up with our old friends, and make new connections! As always we look forward to seeing this year's interns, program alumni, and program mentors, both...

Stop by and check out our interns’ posters at the 2015 Fall AGU!

Looking for talented undergraduate student with research experience to become your next graduate student?  If so, be sure to check our the 2015 IRIS interns' posters at the 2015 fall AGU meeting. This year 11 interns, from across the country, will be presenting their summer's research at...

Resources for alumni preparing for graduate school!

The IBP's Pathways to Science website provides quite a bit of excellent information for those who are considering or preparing for graduate school.

For Financial Support in Graduate School: 
Fellowships and graduate programs in a wide variety of STEM disciplines: 
...

Taking applications for our summer 2016 cohort!

The IRIS Undergraudate Internship Program is pleased to announce the opening of their online application system for the summer of 2016.  We anticipate offering at least 12 opportunities for students conduct exciting research with state of the art geophysical data and leading researchers...

Recruiting for the Northwestern University PhD Program in Earth and Planetary Sciences

If your goal is to be a knowledge leader in earth sciences, find your fit by visiting our webpage - http://www.earth.northwestern.edu/ and browsing the faculty profiles. 

Our 13 research faculty and ~25 graduate students undertake research of global significance at our fantastic campus...

Funding Opportunity for Graduate Students: November 12, 2015 Deadline

The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) Fellowship Program provides U.S. graduate students in science and engineering with an opportunity to spend 8 weeks (10 weeks for Japan) during the summer conducting research at one of the seven host...

MS PHD’S® GEO-REU

The Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP) is excited to announce the Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in GEO REU (MS PHD’S–GEO REU) Professional Development Program!

The MS PHD’S-GEO REU joins the MS PHD’S family as a two-phase program designed...

Travel Award for 2015 SANCAS and GSA Meetings

This year the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) and the GSA Annual Meetings occur consecutively in National Harbor (Washington, DC) and Baltimore, MD.  This is a unique opportunity for students to capitalize on two professional meetings. GSA...

An opportunity for science policy minded alumni (Deadline June 28, 2015)

The Office of Science and Technology Policy is currently accepting applications for its Fall 2015 Policy Internship Program. The application deadline is 11:59pm Sunday, June 28.  Students who are U.S. citizens and who will be actively enrolled during the Fall 2015 semester are welcome to...

Program alumna Samantha Hansen honored

Samantha Hansen, an IRIS alumni from 1999, has recently received tenure  in the Department of Geological Sciences at The University of Alabama and been honored with the University of Alabana President’s Faculty Research Award.  Sam's  research is driven by the underlying goal to advance...

Program Alumni Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships and Honorable Mentions

Please join the program in congratulating the following IRIS Alumni who were recently awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in geophysics or were nominated for an Honorable Mention. The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the vitality...

Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunities

There are several opporunities available that are likely to be of interest to the alumni of our program. Please find four of these highlighted below. The first three are based in Golden, the fourth is based in Menolo Park, and the fifth is based at the Seattle field office.

(1)...

2014 Intern Presentations at AGU

In case you missed seeing our interns at AGU, you can still checkout their abstracts as well as some of their posters (if they have been uploaded). For your convenience, we have provided listing of the 2014 Intern AGU papers here. Then you can search for their session in the AGU 2014...

Please join us for the Annual Internship Reception at the Fall AGU Meeting

It is that time of the year again and we can't wait to celebrate this successful program, catch up with our old friends, and make new connections!

Looking forward to seeing both intern and mentor alumni of the program during AGU!

The event is located only a few short blocks from the...

2015 MATE/UNOLS Six-Month Internship Opporunity

The MATE Center and the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) are pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for the 2015 MATE/UNOLS Six-Month Internship through January 5, 2015.   

Location: R/V Oceanus at Oregon State University

Full...

Will you be with us? Apply NOW for Summer 2015

The IRIS Undergraudate Internship Program is pleased to announce the opening of their online application system for the summer of 2015.  We anticipate offering at least 12 opportunities for students conduct exciting research with state of the art geophysical data and leading researchers...

Howard University - Another new recruiting venue

As part of the IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program's committment to increasing diversity within the seismological community, the program will be recruiting at Howard University's Physics Department on November 19, 2014. We are excited about this opportunity as it will be our first, of...

Recruiting in the Land of Enchantment

The Physics Department at the University of New Mexico is a new venue for our efforts to recruit minority students (as well as all students generally) into our internship program. If you are in the area, please plan to join our speaker and learn more about the program!

Time: ...

Recruiting at Fort Valley State University

As part of the IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program's committment to increasing diversity within the seismological community, the program will be recruiting at Fort Valley State University (FVSU) on November 6, 2014. Over the past three years four students from FVSU has been accepted...

Program Alumni Receives Pretegious Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering

On October 15, 2014, Ved Lekic (2002 program alumnus) was selected as one of the eighteen 2014 Packard Fellows. The Packard Fellowships are an investment in an elite group of scientists and engineers who have demonstrated vision for the future of their fields and for the betterment of...

Recruiting at the SACNAS National Conference

Annually, IRIS and UNAVCO sponsor and coordinate the Geoscience Field Trip at the SACNAS National Conference. This year's trip was lead by Sue Hough of the USGS and provided the students with multiple opportunities to explore the San Andreas fault and its various surface expressions...

AGI/Schlumberger Fellowship in Geoscience Communication

The American Geosciences Institute is currently accepting applications for the AGI/Schlumberger Fellowship in Geoscience Communication. The successful candidate will play a leading role in AGI’s Critical Issues program, a new initiative to make relevant geoscience information more...

IRIS/PASSCAL pre-AGU Workshop geared towards early career and new investigators

The IRIS/PASSCAL Instrument Center would like to invite you to register for our PASSCAL Users Workshop to be held on Sunday December 14th, 2014 (the day before the beginning of the AGU Fall meeting)! This year’s workshop will give an overview of the PASSCAL facility, the services we...

Application deadline for MSPHDS in GEO REU Extended

The application deadline for the Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in GEO REU (MS PHD’S–GEO REU) Professional Development Program has been extended to September 22, 2014! This exciting new program hosted by the Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP) offers...

Geophysicist position at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

The U.S. Geological Survey invites applications for a geophysicist position at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. This is a full-time, permanent position monitoring ground surface deformation on some of Earth’s most active volcanoes. Primary job duties include: - Monitors the operational...

Reminder: Graduate Research Fellowship Program Deadline

Attention alumni! Here is a great way to kick start your graduate career. NSF's Graduate Research Fellowship Program is open to graduating seniors, first year graduate students, and second year graduate students in their first semester. The program provides three years of support for...

An employment opportunity at NSF for alumni with a PhD

For those who have been out of their PhD for a few years already, please consider applying to this Geophysics rotator (1- to 2-year) position at NSF.

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/371116000

Winner of the 4th Annual T-shirt Design Competition

The winner of this year's alumni T-shirt design competition is Aaron Prunty (2013).  After participating in the IRIS internship program, Aaron received his B.S. in Geology and Geophysics from Virginia Tech in Fall 2013.  Currently, Aaron is employed as a research assistant working in...

Webinar Opportunity: Funding your Graduate Education

Interested in graduate school but wondering how to pay for it? Your not alone and the Institute for Broadening Participation has some answers that can help! Join them on Wednesday July 9th at 4 p.m. EST for this FREE webinar  "Funding your Graduate Education".

Registration for this...

Research position in seismology, University of Alaska Fairbanks

The Geophysical Institute (GI) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is hiring a new seismology faculty member at the rank of Research Assistant Professor or Research Associate Professor. We seek a scientist interested in building a long-term research program that leverages the...

Announcing the 4th Annual T-shirt Design Competition

Calling alumni of the IRIS Internship Program! Now is your chance to grab fame and fortune by submitting a design idea for the 2014 Internship T-Shirt. Not to mention that this year's internship class is depending on you and your creativity to get the super cool t-shirts this year!

...

Two positions with IRIS PASSCAL Instrument Center at New Mexico Tech

(1)  The IRIS PASSCAL Instrument Center at New Mexico Tech solicits applications for a professional Staff Scientist/Data Specialist for seismology support operations.  The PASSCAL Instrument Center supports both controlled and passive source seismology worldwide with end-to-end...

2014 IRIS Workshop Travel Scholarships

IRIS 2014 Workshop Scholarship Application Deadline: Friday March 28, 2014

Student and Postdoctoral Fellows:

One student or postdoctoral fellow from an IRIS Voting Member Institution or Education Affiliate may request support.

Subject to individual approval in advance of the...

Upcoming webinar: Women in geosciences: Improving your chance for success

WOMEN IN GEOSCIENCES: IMPROVING YOUR CHANCE FOR SUCCESS**

Tuesday February 25th, 2014 3:00pm EST

Women have just as much opportunity for career triumph in geosciences (and other STEM fields) as men, and yet there is evidence that we are not paid as much as men, nor are there as...

Intern’s passion for seismology began with an IRIS school seismograph

Amanda Livers’ interest in geology and earthquakes began in middle school. When choosing a topic for the science fair Amanda found IRIS’s Seismographs in Schools website and convinced her 8th grade science teacher that they should apply.  Their joint application resulted in Sidney...

Community Involvement Opportunities

As the IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program ramps up for another great summer, there are still opportunities for you and your research to become involved! 

1) Apply to mentor an intern in 2014. This is a great opportunity to become the catalyst in the career of an exceptional young...

Webinar Opportunity: Making the Most of Your Postdoctoral Position

Wednesday, February 5, 2014 7:00 pm ET / 4:00 pm PT

An experienced panel (both current postdocs and faculty members) will share their perspectives on this topic, followed by a Question & Answer period.

Preregistration is required. 

Please sign up and pre-share your questions with...

Student deadline for summer 2014 approaching

Don't be left out this summer! If you are looking for an amazing opportunity to explore the field of geophysics, there is still time to apply for summer 2014!  Act fast as the deadline is rapidly approaching with student applications are due by February 1st  and letters of...

Postdoc position at the University of Maryland, College Park

Application deadline 2/28/2014

We invite applicants for a postdoctoral researcher to work on a multidisciplinary project aimed at constraining crustal structure and composition using seismic data. The project entails close collaboration between geochemistry/petrology (Rudnick and...

Congratulations to the AGU OSPA winners!

Congratulations to all the outstanding student presentation award winners from the recent 2013 Fall AGU. Notable in the list was the award to Martin Schwed, an alumni of our program from 2010, for his paper in the Near-Surface Geophysics section.

NS33A-1682. Seismic Site...

Join the IRIS Team!

The IRIS DMC is looking for an Quality and Deployment Engineer in Seattle.

Do not let the title throw you off, if you are a geoscientist with an inclination for the technical side of things or technical person who happens to be doing geoscience this job could be for you.

This job...

Call for Participation in GeoPRISMS ENAM Community Seismic Experiment

Application Deadlines:
January 7, 2014 for Broadband OBS Deployment Cruise
March 1, 2014 for Explosion Seismic Shoot, Active-Source, Seismic Cruise, and Active-Source OBS Deployment Cruise, Broadband OBS Recovery Cruise
Applications are being solicited to participate in the...