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For Autumn 2026, we have opportunities for graduate students to join by applying for fellowships, and applying for support as a TA in the School of Earth Sciences. We do not have any graduate research (GRA) position appointments available starting in Autumn 2026, but may have positions after. See below for details.

 We would love to hire a graduate student using SWOT (https://swot.jpl.nasa.gov) data to assess global hydroclimatology. SWOT is a new satellite mission (launched December 2022) and our research group is one of the leads in using SWOT to estimate river discharge. These discharge measurements provide new information on how the water cycle works in new parts of the world where we don't have stream gages. 

There are three usual paths for graduate student funding: fellowship, grants (GRA), and TA. The School of Earth Sciences application deadline is December 1. Read more about Ohio State fellowships here: https://gradsch.osu.edu/fellowships. They are competitive and do have GPA requirements.

If you apply but do not receive a fellowship, expect to be funded as a graduate teaching assistant for the first year, and as a research assistant on following years. Our group regularly secures new grant funding, and PhD students from our group have excellent success rates at the NASA FINESST (https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2022/amendment-70-f5-finesst-graduate-student-research-proposals-final-text-and-proposal-due-date). Most students in this group have funded on grants. That said, TA-ing is invaluable experience, and a year with no direct research responsibilities can provide a good opportunity to set your research direction without having direct research responsibilities.

If you are interested in these opportunities, you are welcome to apply to the program in the School of Earth Sciences! However, application fees are expensive, so we do recommend reaching out to Prof Durand at durand.8@osu.edu prior to applying. Please attach a CV and state your research interest. There are typically about 50 students who reach out each year.  Thanks for your interest in the program and best of luck in your career!