A broad range of research opportunities are available, including:

• real-time studies in the coastal ocean using advanced underwater instrumentation;
• biological and geological processes at deep-sea hydrothermal vents;
• remote sensing and ocean modeling;
• advanced underwater optics and fish behavior;
• biodiversity and marine molecular biology;
• coastal geomorphology;
• organism-sediment interactions;
• cycling of organic and inorganic materials in the ocean;
• watershed ecosystems.

Graduate assistantships are available from sponsored research grants and contracts awarded to the faculty.

In addition, a limited number of state-supported teaching assistantships and fellowships are available each year.

GPO students are eligible for support from Rutgers' Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS).