Resources

Resource List

The EPSP social media team has compiled a list of resources useful to our community members.  This list is not exhaustive, and if you have items to add, please e-mail the EPSP webmaster (Joel Scheingross, jscheingross -.at.- unr.edu).

Online Teaching Resources

• AGU Online Learning Exchange 
• Geological Digressions
• Micro My Earth
• National Association of Geoscience Teachers 
• Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College (SERC) 
  • SERC's Teaching Geoscience Online COVID-19 Page 

EPSP-related national centers

• National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) »
• National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics (NCED) »
• National Critical Zone Observatories »

Geomorphology societies

• The British Society for Geomorphology »
• Deutscher Arbeitkreis für Geomorphologie »
• EGU Geomorphology Division (and blog) »
• AAG Geomorphology Group »
• International Association of Geomorphologists »
• GSA Quanternary Geology and Geomorphology Division »

Societies for historically under-represented groups

• Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Geosciences
• Científico Latino
• Geolatinas 
• National Association of Black Geoscientists
• Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science

Graduate funding for under-represented groups

• American Indian Education Fund
• The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans »
• Point Foundation The National LGBTQ Scholarship Fund »
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund (open to highschool seniors, undergraduate students, CC students transferring to four-year universities, and graduate students) »
• Microsoft Dissertation Research Fellowships »

Postdoctoral fellowships

• NSF EAR Postdoctoral Fellowship »
• Mendenhall Research Program »
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (for work in the EU) »
• Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (German nationals to go abroad; non-German postdocs in Germany) »
• Early Postdoc.Mobility and Postdoc.Mobility grants from Swiss National Science Foundation (must have at a minimum Swiss residency, can be used to go abroad or in Switzerland)
• Texaco/O.K. Earl Postdoctoral Fellowships (Caltech) - posted annually
• W.O. Crosby Postdoctoral Fellowship (MIT) »
• Miller Fellowship (UC-Berkeley) »
• University of California, system-wide President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship (UC system) »
• The Poh-hsi Pan Postdoctoral Fellowship (Rice Univ) »
• McDonnell Center for Space sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships (Wash. Univ. in St. Louis; EPS faculty eligible as advisors) »
• WHOI Postdoctoral Fellowships (multiple) »
• ETH-Zurich Postdoctoral Fellowships (CH) »
• GFZ-Potsdam Postdoctoral Fellowship (DE) - posted annually »
• Carnegie DTM Postdoctoral Fellowship »
• SESE Exploration Postdoctoral Fellows (Arizona State University) »
• AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships »
• Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship »

Research funding

• NCALM Seed Grant »
• Geological Society of America (GSA) Research Grant »
• Geoscience bursaries Twitter »

Mailing lists (some also contain job postings)

• AGU Career Center »
• Gilbert Club mailing list (click here to subscribe)
• Geomorph-L mailing list »
• ESWN mailing list – all Earth Sciences, open to all, run by the Earth Science Women’s Network
• MYRES mailing list – Meeting of Young Researchers in Earth Sciences

Citation managers

How to choose a citation manager (U of Chicago Libraries)

• Zotero »
• Mendeley »
• Endnote »

Data and manuscript repositories

• Sediment Experimentalists Network (SEN) »
• EarthArXiv Preprints »

Career Development

• GSA Webinars
• CUASHI: Landing your dream job

New literature alerts and RSS compilers

How to keep up to date with scientific literature (Science article)

• AGU Journals Publication Alerts »
• Google Scholar Search Alerts (how to) »
• Feedly »
• Readcube »
• The Old Reader »

Job boards

• Academic Jobs Online »
• USA Jobs »
• AGU Pathfinder job board »
• ESWN job mailing list »
• Non-schisty jobs Twitter »
• CSDMS Job board »
• Also see the Gilbert Club, Geomorph-L, ESWN, and MYRES mailing lists above

Travel grants

• American Geophysical Union (AGU) Travel Grants » 
• Geological Society of America (GSA) Travel Grants »

Postdoctoral funding for female scientists

• L’Oreal Foundation - UNESCO - For Women in Science Fellowships »

Applying to grad school

• Corresponding with potential advisers
• Compiled information from Kate Huntington

Graduate funding

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (PhD) »
• For GRFP fellows: GRIP program »
• EPA Research Fellowships »
• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship »
• Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trust »
• Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship »
• AGU Fellowships »
• Lots of funding compiled by FutureRockDoc

More extensive list compiled by Científico Latino »

Graduate funding for female scientists

• Association for Women Geoscientists Opportunities »
• American Geosciences Institute - Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship »
• NOAA - Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program »
• Patsy Takemoto Mink Education Support »
• Sigma Delta Epsilon Grad. Women in Geosci. Fund (membership not required) »
• Claire Booth Luce Program »
• Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) National Fellowships Program »
• American Association of University Women (AAUW) »
• PEO Scholar Awards and IPS Award»

Software

• Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS)
• Geomorphtools.org
• GIS 4 Geomorphology
• Landlab
• LSDTopoTools
• TopoToolbox
• Topographic Analysis Kit