HAPPENINGS

NASA’s Climate Change Research Initiative is currently recruiting in service STEM educators and graduate students to contribute to NASA’s work in exploration and discovery related to the science and study of climate change. Apply now to participate in a year long research project, lead research teams, develop research papers, scientific posters, presentations, curriculum and provide community STEM Engagement events related to the project.

Deadline to Apply: 8/30/24

Educator / Associate Researcher Stipend: $7,765.00

Graduate Student Research Assistant Stipend: $11,876.00

Program Start Date: 10/7/24

Program End Date: 08/08/25

Click to Apply: https://stemgateway.nasa.gov/public/s/course/a0C3d000001j6UeEAI/climate-change-research-initiative-ccri-experiential-learning-opportunity

Projects:

• Deciphering Changing Probabilities of Extreme Climate Events in Climate Models and Measurements (GISS)
• Climate Change in the Hudson Estuary — Past, Present, and Future (GISS/LDEO)
• Monitoring and Studying Lakes from Space in a Changing Climate (GISS/CUNY)
• Characterizing the Urban Land Surface Temperature via an Innovative, Multi-Platformed Suite of Satellite and Ground-Based Remote Sensing Technologies (GISS/CUNY)
• SnowEx and Understanding the Role of Snow and Measurements (GSFC)
• Soil Moisture Validation and Assessment. (GSFC)

Please direct any questions related to NASA’s Climate Change Research Initiative to:

Matthew Pearce

NASA Office of STEM Engagement

NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)

2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025

matthew.d.pearce@nasa.gov

(646)-419-0144