GRADUATE STUDENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Positions are currently available in
the Laboratory for Landscape and Conservation Ecology for
advanced graduate students at the Ph.D. level (i.e., students with
previous Masters experience), who are broadly interested in studying the consequences of
land-use/land-management practices and the effects of landscape
fragmentation on some aspect of biological diversity (e.g., genetic
structure of populations, population viability, community structure).
Although students pursuing their graduate studies in the LLACE are
usually interested in some combination of landscape ecology,
conservation biology or grassland ecology, students may design a
research program involving any system or species of interest.
Recently, students in the LLACE have worked with grassland birds, snakes,
and lizards. Ultimately, research in the LLACE is question-driven, rather than
system- or organism-driven.
Students accepted into
our
graduate program are guaranteed full support (12
months) for the duration of their program as long as they are making
good progress toward the completion of their degree. Although
financial support is sometimes made available through graduate teaching
assistantships (GTAs) awarded by the KSU Division of
Biology, these positions are extremely
limited and therefore highly competitive. Therefore,
prospective students may also wish to attempt to secure funding
by applying for one or more graduate fellowships,
either before or at the time of application. Regardless of the source of support,
all graduate students have the same responsibilities and time
commitments, which include instruction of undergraduate lab-based
courses (4-6 hours/week), developing a program of study involving
graduate-level coursework, and writing a dissertation based on
original research of sufficient quality to merit publication in
refereed journals.
Application
deadlines are 15 January for the Fall semester and 1
August for the Spring semester, but applications from exceptionally
qualified candidates will be considered at any time.
See Graduate
Studies in the LLACE for more information and application procedures
or contact Dr.
Kimberly A. With
Graduate
Fellowships
The LLACE will gladly consider
sponsoring outstanding students who wish to apply for graduate
fellowships to work in the LLACE. Please contact Dr.
Kimberly A. With to discuss potential research directions.
Some possible sources for graduate fellowships are:
NSF
Graduate Research Fellowship Program--Deadline:
early December (Life Sciences). Fellowships for
individuals in the earliest stages of their graduate study, leading to research-based masters or doctoral degrees in
the fields of science (including biology/ecology), mathematics, and
engineering.
EPA
Science toAchieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for Graduate Environmental
Study--Deadline: late October.
Graduate Fellowships for masters and doctoral-level students in environmentally related fields of study.
***Other potential sources for graduate fellowships
may be found
here
