Employment Opportunities
Opportunities for Postdoctoral Research
Announcements are periodically made on the NASA GISS employment opportunities page for specific postdoctoral research opportunities at our New York City location, most often through Columbia University and its Center for Climate Systems Research. In addition to such positions, there may be ongoing research opportunities available through the following programs.
NASA Postdoctoral Program
Administered through Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), the NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly talented national and international individuals to engage in ongoing research programs at a NASA center, NASA Headquarters, or NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowship appointments are competitive and are designed to advance NASA's missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology. There are three deadlines per year for submitting applications: Mar. 1, July 1 and Nov. 1. See the NPP website for further information.
Research opportunities at NASA GISS include:
- climate studies
- Earth observations
- cloud studies
- planetary atmospheres
- ecosystem modeling
- land surface and atmospheric hydrology
- astrophysics
- interdisciplinary research
Contact Dr. Emily Michaud for further information specific to NASA GISS.
Columbia University Earth Institute Fellows
Opportunities at Columbia University for postdoctoral research in the Earth sciences are available through the Earth Institute Fellows program. The program covers a diverse set of topics, offering opportunities at NASA GISS and at other Columbia units and departments. Please see their website for more information.
Other Research Opportunities
For general information regarding potential postdoctoral research openings at NASA GISS through Columbia University, please contact Ms. Maggie Betancourt, Columbia University, Armstrong Hall, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025.
For general information regarding potential postdoctoral research openings at NASA GISS through other programs, please contact Dr. Emily Michaud, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025.
