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

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