The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science (NRES), University of Nevada Reno (UNR) has 3 graduate teaching assistantships (GTA) for the 2016-2017 academic year that will be awarded on a competitive basis to Ph.D. students. Accepted students will be guaranteed funding for up to four consecutive years. Prospective Ph.D. students must be advised by an NRES faculty member (see http://www.unr.edu/nres/people) and are expected to pursue a doctoral degree through one of four interdisciplinary graduate programs that NRES faculty participate in: Ecology Evolution and Conservation Biology (http://www.unr.edu/degrees/ecology-evolution-and-conservation-biology); Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences (http://www.hydro.unr.edu/Default.aspx); Environmental Sciences and Health (http://www.unr.edu/esh); and Atmospheric Sciences (http://www.unr.edu/degrees/atmospheric-science).
To apply, prospective students should first correspond with an NRES faculty member. The faculty member who has agreed to serve as a major advisor will submit a prospective student nomination packet, which includes curriculum vitae, transcripts, GRE scores, statement of interest, and 3 recommendation letters. Prospective students should also apply for admittance to their desired interdisciplinary program through the UNR Graduate School application web site (http://www.unr.edu/grad/admissions) by the application deadline for the desired program or February 1, whichever is earlier. Nomination packets must be submitted by faculty on behalf of the student by February 1, 2016 for full consideration. NRES expects to notify applicants by the end of February about GTA funding decisions. A land grant university, UNR is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a high research, comprehensive doctoral university, and as "among the best national universities" by US News and World Report. Reno is located in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Lake Tahoe and was recently rated one of the best small cities in the US for outdoor recreation and overall quality of life. NRES is one of the premier research units on campus. The Department has over 430 undergraduates, 60 graduate students, 18 full-time faculty, and an annual average of $4.4 million in awards from state, regional and national funding competitions. NRES is an interdisciplinary department with strengths in landscape ecology, fate and transport of contaminants in the environment, ecology and conservation of wildlife and their habitats, range and forest ecology, ecohydrology and water quality management, conservation genetics, plant population biology and physiological ecology, soil science, ecological restoration, and ecosystem modeling. More information about NRES is at http://www.unr.edu/nres. The University of Nevada, Reno is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its students and employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, creed, national origin, veteran status, physical or mental disability, and sexual orientation, or genetic information, gender identity, or gender expression. The University of Nevada, Reno employs only United States citizens and aliens lawfully authorized to work in the United States. Women, under-represented groups, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.
