OPPORTUNITIES
(last updated 10/30/01)

Graduate
Graduate students are admitted through the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Graduate
Department to the Marine Biology curricular group. Students are usually supported as
graduate research assistants on research grants or via fellowships awarded to the student.
Prospective students are urged to apply for all fellowships for which they might be eligible.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, deadline Nov. 7, 2001
Howard Hughes, deadline Nov. 13, 2001
Ford Foundation Minority Predoctoral Fellowships, deadline Nov. 19, 2001
EPA, deadline Nov. 19, 2001
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships, deadline Jan. 16, 2002
UCSD Fellowships

Postdoctoral
Postdoctoral researchers are usually supported by grants, or by postdoctoral fellowships
awarded to the individual. These postdoctoral fellowships require that the applicant
prepare a proposal, usually with my help, to submit to the funding agency.

NSF Postdoctor Fellowships In Microbial Biology
NIH
Other Postdoctoral
American Cancer Society
Leukemia Society
Life Sciences Research Foundation
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities

Undergraduate Research
We usually host one or two undergraduates in the lab during the academic year or during the
summer. Although we occasionally take independent volunteers, we give priority to students
in the programs below:
SURF program: summer research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography for students from
any undergraduate institution

For UCSD students:
Howard Hughes Undergraduate Science Enrichment Program
Faculty Mentor Program
BISP 199

Employment
We generally have two undergraduate lab helpers employed in our lab. These students work 20
hours during the week and full-time during the summer. Duties include making solutions, ordering
supplies, washing dishes, and keeping us organized. There are no openings currently.

Technical staff
Technical staff positions are advertised on the UCSD job site.

Volunteers
Volunteers are welcome, we accept volunteers through the Birch Aquarium program.