There are abundant opportunities for students to do research with faculty in our department--either during the summer or the academic year. Most of these opportunities provide funding for students, travel to exotic destinations, and more importantly, provide invaluable experience doing laboratory and field geology research. To learn about specific research projects from Amherst faculty, or about projects and funding opportunities through other programs, click on one of the following links.
- 5-College Coastal & Marine Science
- American Geosciences Institute (AGI)
- AmeriCorps
- Amherst
- CalTech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
- Carnegie Institution of Washington
- DOSECC
- Geocorps
- Geoscientists-in-the-Parks (GIP)
- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)
- Keck
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory-Columbia University
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
- Mosaics in Science
- NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Undergraduate Research Program
- National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)
- Pathways to Science
- Planetary Geology & Geophysics Undergraduate Research Program (PGGURP)
- NSF REU
- Organization for Tropical Studies
- Semester in Environmental Science (SES)
- Southern California Earthquake Center
- Student Conservation Association (SCA)
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute