Graduate Research Fellowships - Department of Biology, University of
Vermont.
These NSF-funded fellowships are available for students pursuing the
Ph.D. degree with study in EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, OR ANIMAL
BEHAVIOR. Students must use molecular techniques AS PART of their
research effort, AND/OR study some area of parasite-host ecology and
evolution. Each student will take a series of methods courses in
molecular techniques in our NSF-funded Molecular Ecology and Evolution
Laboratory.
Funding will include five years of support for each student with
$14,000/year stipend, all tuition paid, plus some funds for research
activities. The fellows will be expected to teach a total of one or two
semesters during their five years of graduate study, but otherwise will
have full-time to devote to studies and research.
Potential faculty sponsors include: Lori Stevens (population genetics
and genetics of parasites and their hosts); Charles Goodnight (genetics
of small populations; conservation genetics); Wm. Kilpatrick (molecular
systematics); Joseph Schall (parasite-host ecology of malaria); Jan Conn
(molecular systematics of malaria vectors); Alison Brody (plant-animal
interactions); Nickolas Gotelli (community ecology; parasite-mediated
changes in host behavior); Bernd Heinrich (insect thermoregulation;
foraging biology).
Women and members of ethnic groups not well represented in evolutionary
biology are especially encouraged to apply. Fellowships are available
ONLY to US citizens or PERMANENT residents. Noncitizens can be awarded
Teaching Fellowships to cover their graduate studies.
For application materials send mail to Dr. Jos. J. Schall, Department of
Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, or e-mail to
jschall at moose.uvm.edu
