We are offering two PhD Fellowships and two MS Fellowships in the Landscape Ecology and Fire (LEAF) Laboratory at Texas Tech University beginning in Summer or Fall 2022. These positions are available through a new National Needs Fellowship Program sponsored by the USDA. The overall goal of the program is to train experts in a holistic knowledge base of two critical areas: forest resource management given novel patterns of wildfire, and science communication given the New Media Age. Each Fellow will work towards a degree in Wildlife, Aquatic, and Wildlands Science and Management, including cross-disciplinary coursework and professional development activities to hone skills in science communication. We have available three years of support at $24,500/yr for each PhD Fellow, and two years of support at $18,000/yr for each MS Fellow.
Qualifications
We desire that applicants have experience in one or more of the following areas: fire ecology, forest resource management, landscape ecology, communications, geography, and geographic information science. Applicants should have (or anticipate having) a degree in one of these areas or a closely related field by the time the fellowship would begin. Start date is either June or August 2022.
We encourage qualified candidates of all races, ethnicities, and gender identities to apply.
Applications
To apply, please submit a one-page cover letter, unofficial transcripts, and a cv, including contact information for up to three references, to nathan.gill@ttu.edu. Questions can be directed to Dr. Nathan Gill at the same email address.
Deadlines
Deadline for PhD Applicants: December 15, 2021. Deadline for MS Applicants: February 15, 2022. Late applications may be considered if the positions have not yet been filled.
