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Tiny Ocean Opportunities was last updated on July 25, 2025.
Jobs
Senior Fishery Officer (Fishery and Aquaculture) with FAO (Bangkok, Thailand). Deadline August 5 2025
Investment Officer (Fisheries and Aquaculture) with FAO (Rome, Italy). Deadline August 12 2025
Forskningsgruppeleder with Havforskningsinstituttet (Bergen, Norway). Deadline August 15 2025
Head of the Advice Department with tThe International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) (Copenhagen, Denmark). Deadline August 17 2025
Post-Docs
Biochemistry with Scottish Association for Marine Science (Oban, Scotland). Deadline July 27 2025
JAMSTEC Young Research Fellow (any natural science or engineering field) with Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) (multiple locations, Japan). Deadline August 3 2025
Physical Oceanography Development Of Adcp Data Processing Methods For Turbulence Characterization with Ifremer (Plouzané, France). Deadline August 22 2025
Océanographie Physique Développement de Méthodes de Traitement de Données Adcp pour la Caractérisation de la Turbulence with Ifremer (Plouzané, France). Deadline August 22 2025
PhD
Offshore Wind-Mariculture Hydrodynamics with University of Tasmania (Launceston, Tasmania, Australia). Deadline August 1 2025
Marine Biodegradation of Polymers used for Aquaculture and Fisheries with UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Tromsø - Romsa, Norway). Deadline August 14 2025
Marine technology (probabilistic structural lifetime estimation of offshore dynamic riser and power cable systems) with NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway). Deadline August 15 2025
Global fluxes of groundwater through beaches. Biogeochemical processes in subterranean estuaries with Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) (Bremen, Germany). Deadline August 15 2025
Masters
Marine and Antarctic Science with the University of Tasmania (Australia). Deadline accepts ongoing applications
Whale conservation genomics with the Frasier Lab, Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada). Deadline open until filled but preferred start date September 2025
Applied coastal and marine management with University College Cork (Ireland). Deadline accepts ongoing applications
Master of Maritime Engineering (Professional) with the University of Tasmania (Australia). Deadline accepts ongoing applications
Diploma or certificate
Graduate Certificate in Maritime Engineering with the University of Tasmania (Australia). Deadline accepts ongoing applications
Graduate Diploma of Marine and Antarctic Science with the University of Tasmania (Australia). Deadline accepts ongoing applications
Graduate Diploma of Marine and Antarctic Science with the University of Tasmania (Australia). Deadline accepts ongoing applications
Boatbuilding diploma (Level 3) with Falmouth Marine School (England). Deadline accepts ongoing applications
Conferences & Symposiums
Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference, August 18-21, 2025 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
European Ornithologists’ Union Congress, August 18-22, 2025 in Bangor, Wales
Workshops and courses
Marine Mammal Observer training programme from ESB, , Ireland
Integrated ecosystem assessment: an interdisciplinary tool for ecosystem-based marine management and advice from ICES and Mission Atlantic, August 10-15, 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark
Call for applications: Early Career Research programme onboard R/V Skagerak to Greenland in August 2025 from , August 11-19, 2025, Denmark Strait The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, the University of Gothenburg, the British Antarctic Survey and the NERC Arctic Office jointly invite early career researchers (ECRs) affiliated with universities and research centres in Greenland, Sweden, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and the United Kingdom to apply for a ship-based training programme this summer. The programme will be part of a nine-day research expedition to central-east Greenland, starting and ending in Reykjavik. The vessel will be the R/V Skagerak, operated by the University of Gothenburg. There are five berths available within the programme for early career researchers.
Webinars
Insights into Scientific Writing for Early Career Scientists, ECOPs and Students from the Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOP) Programme and the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), July 29 2025, online
Where to from here–summarising the webinar series and feeding back to the community of interest from Aotearoa Marine Carbon Forum, August 18 2025, online
Identifying and Prioritizing a Portfolio of Marine and Coastal Conservation Finance Solutions from David Meyers of the Conservation Finance Alliance, John Bohorquez of the Blue Economy Solutions Lab and the Conservation Finance Alliance, and Jos Hill of The Nature Conservancy / OCTO, August 20 2025, online
Chronic oil pollution in the world’s ocean: New insights, enhanced tools, and emerging solutions from Eric Teller and Christian Thomas of SkyTruth / OCTO, August 21 2025, online
Internships
Internships (Fall semester) with Altantic Marine Conservation Society (Hampton Bays, New York, USA). Deadline August 1 2025
Biological Opportunities And Training in Sciences (BOATS) i with Dauphin Island Sea Lab (Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA). Deadline August 15 2025
Stranding/Vet Internship with the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (IMMS) (USA). Deadline accepts ongoing applications
Seagrass Ecosystems Conservation and Restoration with Wetlands International (The Netherlands/Remote). Deadline open until filled
Funding
Mobility & Travel Awards for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) students / researchers from Our Shared Ocean. Funding to participate in conferences, workshops, training courses or short research visits. Open to students / early-stage researchers from eligible SIDS institutions. Deadline accepts ongoing applications
Empowering women in Hydrography Project from International Hydrographic Organization. The fund is available to IHO Member States and other states and will provide financial support for women who are working to advance their careers, including their progression to leadership roles in the hydrographic sector. To date this fund has supported nine individuals from nine nations with opportunities including IBSC Internship, attendance at RHC’s, attendance at IHO Working Group meetings and various opportunities for training. Deadline not stated
AtlanticOER Development Grants from the Atlantic Open Educational Resources Network (Canada). AtlanticOER Development Grants are intended to encourage and support educators in the Atlantic Region in the adaptation, adoption, creation, and curation of open educational resources (OER), and to increase access to course materials for students. Accepts ongoing applications. Deadline accepts ongoing applications
Professional Development Grants from the WWF’s Education for Nature Program (EFN). Suitable for mid-career conservationists to pursue short-term, non-degree training to upgrade their knowledge and skills. This training can include short courses, certificate training, or conferences among other training opportunities. Deadline accepts ongoing applications
Other opportunities
Call for two new members of the IOCCP Scientific Steering Group. The International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP), a program of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, is looking for two experts to join its Scientific Steering Group (SSG) for term beginning on 1 October 2025. New SSG members will be expected to develop and expand a comprehensive and effective set of coordination activities within specific IOCCP Themes, as linked to each Position description below. Moreover, we seek to expand our SSG composition to: (i) better address the needs for coordination in regions currently underrepresented at the IOCCP SSG, especially in the Southern Hemisphere, and (ii) promote outstanding early-career ocean professionals willing to support IOCCP’s mission. Application deadline August 1, 2025
Yachts for Science. The goal of Yachts For Science is to bring together yacht owners and crew with marine scientists, researchers and content creators and provide access to the oceans. This is achieved by utilising the thousands of yachts that are travelling the globe as platforms for research.
AQUASERV Open Call for Transnational Service: Free access to Europe’s leading research facilities. Gain access to some of Europe’s most advanced labs, services and research facilities, with all costs covered by AQUASERV. Through AQUASERV’s extensive network of research infrastructures, your project can harness specialized resources and facilities from any of our leading European partners. Whether you need cutting-edge technological platforms, unique organism collections, or advanced aquaria facilities AQUASERV is here to support your project’s specific needs. From travel to consumables, we’ve got you covered, so you can focus on what matters: advancing your research. Accepts ongoing applications
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