Doctoral Fellowships and other assistantships available for entering Ph.D. students in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Louisiana. We will be awarding six fellowships: four University of Louisiana Fellowships and two Board of Regents Fellowships) to Ph.D. students entering Fall 2009. UL Fellows are funded for 3-4 years at $15,750 per 9 months (with tuition waiver), and have limited teaching responsibilities. BoR Fellows are funded for 4 years at $25,000 per year (with tuition waiver) and have no formal teaching duties. Eligibility requirements include US citizenship (or permanent residency) or degree from a US institution. We will also have teaching and research assistantships available for incoming Ph.D. students. Rather than replying to this message, potential applicants are strongly encouraged to directly contact prospective advisors. Their contact information and research interests can be found at our departmental web site (http://biology.louisiana.edu/). More information is also available at our graduate program web site (http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~pll6743/biogradstudies.htm). The department of Biology has approximately 25 faculty members and 70 graduate students. Areas of strength include ecology, conservation biology, evolution, and marine/coastal biology.
