The Oklahoma State University Scholarship comes with full benefits and a stipend of $23,870 per year, which will be supplemented with a 3-month summer salary of $4,000-$6,000.
Eligibility Requirements
To be considered for the 2024 Oklahoma State University Scholarship, you must:
- Have an undergraduate degree in biology, ecology. wildlife, statistics, or related field
- Have a MS in biology, ecology, wildlife, statistics, or a related field (for PhD Applicants)
- Show a record of publishing peer-reviewed scientific papers Strong quantitative background, including data wrangling and visualization in R, statistics (especially hierarchical models and Bayesian analysis), and GIS & remote sensing
- Have some experience with camera trapping
- Experience mentoring undergraduate researchers or coordinating volunteers
- Excellent writing and communication skills
Benefits
- The Oklahoma State University Scholarship will be offered to selected candidates as teaching assistantships
- The teaching assistantship comes with full benefits and a 9-month stipend of $20,542 (MS) or $23,870 (PhD), which will be supplemented with a 3-month summer salary of $4,000-$6,000.
Required Documents
To apply, candidates must be ready to submit the following documents;
- CV (-2-3 pages; include contact
information for 3 references) - Cover letter (~1 page)
Method of Application
To apply for the 2024 Oklahoma State University Scholarship, interested and qualified applicants should;
- Email a CV (~2-3 pages, include contact information for 3 references) and cover letter (-1
page) describing your interest in the position and qualifications to Dr. Neil Gilbert
(neil.gilbert@okstate.edu) with the subject line “Bird macroecology PhD position. - Review of applications will begin on August 2nd.
- The position will be primarily computational, and the student will work with existing datasets such as eBird, the North American Breeding Bird Survey, and the National Eco-Desired qualifications.
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Application Deadline: August 2, 2024
