Students

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PSG Student Research Grant Application OPEN!

We are now accepting applications for the PSG Student Research Grant. This grant aids student-led research in the promotion of up-and-coming scholar members of Pacific Seabird Group. We are offering more grants this year! At least five grants will be awarded, with at least one grant per degree-level (bachelor, master, doctoral). Grant awards are generally between $500 and $1000. With the generous…

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Paid Field/Research Assistant: Wildlife Technician (CA)

The Common Murre Restoration Project is seeking up to three (pending available funding) Wildlife Technician positions to conduct monitoring of breeding seabirds including Common Murre, Brandt’s Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Western Gull, Black Oystercatcher, and Pigeon Guillemot along the central California coast. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a suitable candidate is found. Deadline to apply: ASAP!

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Paid Field/Research Assistant: Field Assistant – Tier 1 (HI)

Archipelago Research and Conservation LLC (ARC) is hiring a 9-month full-time position to document seabird distribution across Kaua‘i and monitor breeding success and relative abundance of Newell’s Shearwaters and Hawaiian Petrels at colony sites as well as burrow checks, camera deployments, and Song Meter deployments to monitor breeding success. Note: POSITION FILLED.

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Paid Field/Research Assistant: Antarctica Program Research Assistant (CA and Antarctica)

Point Blue Conservation Science is hiring a research assistant part of a multi-institution team to study penguins and the Antarctic ecosystem. In particular, emphasis will be on the long-term effects of early life conditions on individuals as they mature and use of devices deployed on penguins to monitor environmental change and developing machine learning models to count penguins from UAV imagery. Field…

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Unpaid Field/Research Assistant: Habitat Restoration Volunteer (HI)

The State of Hawai’i’s Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) are searching for volunteers to assist with habitat restoration on Hōlanikū (Kure Atoll), Papahānaumokuākea (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)–a remote wildlife sanctuary–from May 10, 2023 to October 30, 2023. Deadline to apply: 4/28/2023.

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Paid Technician: Seabird Technician with Archipelago Research and Conservation (HI)

Archipelago Research and Conservation LLC (ARC) is hiring a 9-month full-time seabird technician 9-month full time position to help with research and management activities for the recovery of native fauna in the Pacific, with a particular focus on the endangered Newell’s Shearwater (Puffinus newelli), Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis), and Band-rumped Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro) on the island of Kaua‘i. Deadline to apply: 3/17/2023.

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Paid Field/Research Assistant: Seabird Predator Research Assistant with Oregon State University (OR)

The Seabird Oceanography Lab at Oregon State University is hiring one seasonal field technician to assist with seabird predation research throughout Curry County, Oregon during the summer 2023 field season (June 12th to September 15th; dates somewhat flexible). Deadline to apply: 4/1/2023.

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Stipended Field/Research Assistant: Summer Seabird Volunteer Position at Alaska Maritime NWR (AK)

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is looking for a volunteer to help with annual seabird monitoring in Alaska this summer. This position entails living in a small field camp on a wild, remote island with just one or two other people. Deadline to apply: ASAP!

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Paid Educator: Participant Coordinator at COASST (WA)

The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) is hiring a Participant Coordinator, who will serve as the nexus point of participants, and of student interns, responsible for the coordination of and communication with all COASST participants, including, but not limited to training. Deadline to apply: 3/14/2023.