Williams Geosciences majors have many opportunities to widen their experience. They can engage in summer research with faculty; pursue summer internships on campus or off; attend a geosciences field camp (with financial aid from the department). This is a great opportuity to gain valuable field experience that will help with summer research, employment, and graduate school; or apply for a Lauren Interess Adventure Fellowship. We hold a “Summer Opportunities” lunch gathering each January, where we present ideas and projects for the following summer (see links to faculty powerpoints below). At other times, individual faculty members and our majors are always ready to talk with interested students about their research!
For Rising Juniors: NSF REU projects
- Run by faculty at other institutions
- Research into a wide range of topics related to geology and oceanography
- Visit the NSF website for more information
Positions with CES and Hopkins Forest
See Jay Racela for details and more information.
Research with Williams Geoscience Faculty
Click on the photos below to see a slideshow of current opportunities to conduct research with Williams Geoscience faculty members.
Additional Summer Research Options
Northern California Geological Society
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
California Space Grant Consortium
Association for Women Geoscientists
Carnegie Institute of Washington Summer Scholars Program
Council on Undergraduate Research
Southern California Earthquake Center
Summer Undergraduate Research Program — Pomona College
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Academy Internship Listing
AGI Geoscience & Public Policy Institute
AGI Diversity in Geoscience and Women Geoscience scholarships
Megamenu Social