The Oregon State University Forest Engineering, Resources & Management (FERM) Department awards 3-5 new fellowships to MS and PhD students each year. Fellowships are awarded in each of the department’s areas of concentration (AOC). We are seeking applications to our Forest Soils and Watershed Management AOC. Fellowships include a full tuition waiver, a competitive annual stipend including summer support, and associated benefits for 2 (MS) or 3 (PhD) years.
Students awarded the fellowships will be responsible for completing course work, developing a project, collecting data and samples from the field, analyzing samples in the laboratory, data analyses, preparing progress reports, presenting results at a regional and/or national conferences, preparing and preparing a thesis and manuscript(s) for publication. The student will also be expected to be involved in other projects within the research group and department thereby providing them with a broad range of experience and opportunities to collaborate.
Potential Starting Dates: July 1, 2019 -September, 2019
Strong applicants will have some combination of an interest in forest soils or forest hydrology, competitive GPA and GRE scores, research experience, good letters of reference, and/or good written and oral communication skills.
Fellowships are awarded to the top applicants interested in studying under a FERM Department faculty member. To be eligible for a fellowship to study prospective students need to:
1. Apply to the Sustainable Forest Management Degree in the FERM Department through the Oregon State University Graduate School (http://gradschool.oregonstate.edu/admissions/process). The deadline for Fellowship consideration is December 31, 2018. Start the process early! And allow plenty of time for references to submit their statements. Questions regarding the application process should be addressed to:
FERM Department: Madison Dudley- [email protected]
2. Contact Jeff Hatten (info listed below) with your interest in forest soils and be prepared to provide 1) copies of transcripts, 2) CV or resume, 3) contact information for 3 references and 4) a brief written statement of your research interests in forest soils and career goals.
Feel free to contact Dr. Hatten with any questions on the opportunity
Dr. Jeff Hatten
Associate Professor
Forest Soils
Email: [email protected]