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Funding opportunities
HQP are eligible to apply for the Seed Fund, TCA Special Purpose Travel Fund (launching soon), and the TCA Graduate Student Scholarship Program (launching soon).
Current HQP postings within the TCA program:
Hiring one PhD and one Masters student. In this work we are thermally and hydrothermally converting waste marine biomass (beach cast seaweed, shell waste, finfish waste) to value added products such as sorbents to adsorb carbon from stack gases (flue gas) and subsequently the "spent" sorbents in materials.
Contact: Kelly Hawboldt
Hiring one post-doctoral fellow (PDF). The role will lead and synthesize research with a group of three PhD students focused on the application of AI and machine learning to ocean-climate action. The selected PDF will conduct their own novel research program in one or more related areas such as automated monitoring of life underwater with images and video, automated monitoring of marine environmental DNA, or the use of large language models to provide verifiably correct information about the ocean-climate-people nexus. Candidates will have a PhD in computer science or a related area, and experience in the development, training, and application of machine learning and AI methodologies.
Contact: Christopher Whidden
Hiring one PhD student. This project will develop new systems and AI models for continuous automated data collection and analysis of life below water. These systems will be necessary to monitor and manage the risk of proposed climate action such as tidal energy, wind energy and ocean-based carbon dioxide removal, particularly as marine ecosystems change in response to warming oceans. Potential topics include multimodal analysis of video, acoustics, and text; diffusion-based generative augmentation; human-in-the-loop labeling; and zero-shot or few-shot generalization.
Contact: Christopher Whidden
Hiring one PhD student. This project leverages statistical and physical based ocean models to increase accuracy and reduce training time of ocean-climate AI models. This includes developing new AI models based on physical systems as well as combining and integrating AI model outputs to rapidly estimate or down sample results from traditional ocean-climate models.
Contact: Evangelos Milios
Hiring one post-doctoral fellow (PDF). The primary focus of this position is to generate a synthesis of the Biological Carbon Pump (BCP). For example, using a global perspective targeting regional differences, evaluating the respective roles of the different pumps, integrating different data streams to improve input to models, or integrating field data with remotely sensed data. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of writing peer-reviewed publications on questions pertaining to the BCP. This is a two-year position with a tentative starting date of April 1, 2026. Applications should include a CV, three reference letters, and a 1-2 page statement describing your suitability for this position.
Contact: Uta Passow
Hiring one MSc or PhD student whose research will help predict the fate of discharged alkaline minerals and their dissolution rates in the ocean for monitoring and verification purposes. The successful applicant will be based at either Memorial University (for Chemistry, Physics, or Oceanography applicants) or Dalhousie (for Engineering applicants), based on their academic background. Interested candidates should send their CV, contact information for two referees, and a brief statement of research interests.
Contact: Kris Poduska and Adam Jiankang Yang
Resources
- Visit our Respectful Engagement page for a list of resources and learning opportunities
- Watch recordings from past TCA Virtual Meetings
Other opportunities
- Participation in select TCA committees
- Contact Tracey Woodhouse (Training and Early Career Development Program Manager) to learn more
