Student Resources
Explore Your Interest
STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD OPPORTUNITY
Applications are due June 5, 2009 for travel awards of $500 each to students presenting papers on ecosystem management, invasive species, or threatened and endangered species at ESA’s 2009 Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, NM. These awards are sponsored by the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP).
SEEDS
A program for undergraduates to nurture their interest through ecology opportunities.
What Does Ecology Have To Do With Me?
Introduction to the science and its role in human society.
Fact Sheets
Explain ecological issues, define terms and concepts, and provide references for additional information.
Ecological Information Network (EIN)
Ecological experts who have volunteered to answer questions or
provide input on various scientific issues.
Becoming an Ecologist
Careers in Ecology
» For High School Students
» For Undergraduate Students
Provide information on types of jobs and employers, job outlook, ways to gain experience, contacts for internship and job searching.
Focus on Ecologists
Learn how ecologists entered the field and read their advice for students.
Find a Job in Ecology
Search job board and listserv archives for jobs.
From the ESA Membership:
Perspective of an Ecologist Outside Academia
Guest Editorial by Sean O'Brien in the October 1999 ESA NewSource.
Primer on How to Apply and Get into Graduate School
Commentary by Walter P. Carson in the October 1999 ESA Bulletin.
ESA Student Community
ESA Student Section
Facilitates communication among students and between students
and ESA.
Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research (DISCCRS)
Collaborative program that brings together graduates across the entire spectrum
of natural- and social-science fields relevant to climate change/impacts.
