April 20, 2026

Utah

MS and PhD Student Opportunities

April 20, 2026

Utah

Utah State University’s Quinney College of Agriculture & Natural Resources seeks an MS student and a PhD student to join our cohort of National Needs Fellows (NNF), in support of United Stated Department of Agriculture project funded to facilitate management of Forest Service, Region 4 Disaster Recovery.

Kjersten Peterson

March 24, 2026

Scotland

Understanding evolving wildfire risk and resilience in Scotland - PhD

Kjersten Peterson

March 24, 2026

Scotland

This project will seek to improve the understanding of the evolving nature of wildfire risk in Scotland. This topic will be studied in the particular context of understanding and improving wildfire resilience in natural capital sites (e.g. woodland creation, peatland restoration)

Kjersten Peterson

October 20, 2025

Idaho, New Mexico

Ph.D. Research Assistantship in Pyroaerobiology

Kjersten Peterson

October 20, 2025

Idaho, New Mexico

A PhD student position in pyroaerobiology is available at the University of Idaho—the student will be coadvised by Dr Katherine Benedict at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Dr. Leda Kobziar at University of Idaho.

Kjersten Peterson

October 3, 2025

Utah

Ph.D. and M.S. Research Assistantships in Wildfire Social Science

Kjersten Peterson

October 3, 2025

Utah

Dr. Catrin Edgeley has funding available to support multiple Ph.D. and M.S. students interested in wildfire social science in the Department of Environment and Society at Utah State University, starting either Spring or Fall 2026.

Kjersten Peterson

September 15, 2025

Florida

PhD Opportunity in Fire Science and Ecology and Invasive Species

Kjersten Peterson

September 15, 2025

Florida

The Wonkka Lab at the University of Florida has an opportunity for a PhD student will lead a Joint Fire Science Program-funded project to develop new fuel models that incorporate the impacts of invasive species on fire behavior.

Kjersten Peterson

August 11, 2025

Idaho

PhD Assistantship in Social-Ecological Dynamics of Wildland Fire

Kjersten Peterson

August 11, 2025

Idaho

The Human Environment Systems group at Boise State University is offering a PhD Assistantship as part of an NSF-funded project about the social-ecological dynamics of wildland fire.

Hannah Hull

April 24, 2025

Australia

PhD: Fire management & biodiversity conservation in south-west forests

Hannah Hull

April 24, 2025

Australia

This PhD project on the fire ecology of threatened mammals in south-western Australia is part of a new strategic collaboration between the School of Science at Edith Cowan University and the WA Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

Hannah Hull

March 5, 2025

Canada

PhD and MSc Positions

Hannah Hull

March 5, 2025

Canada

2 PhD and 1 MSc position available at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Hannah Hull

March 4, 2025

Canada

Funded interdisciplinary PhD opportunity

Hannah Hull

March 4, 2025

Canada

The University of British Columbia’s Centre for Wildfire Coexistence is seeking applicants for a funded interdisciplinary PhD project: “Collaborative approaches to prescribed and cultural fire”.

Hannah Hull

February 7, 2025

Alabama, Georgia

PhD Position: Fire Ecology in Mixed Oak-Pine Forests

Hannah Hull

February 7, 2025

Alabama, Georgia

A PhD research assistantship is available with Dr. Heather Alexander (Forest and Fire Ecology Lab, College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment at Auburn University) and Dr. Jeffery Cannon (Landscape Ecology Lab, Jones Center at Ichauway).