Graduate Fellowships in Forest Restoration Ecology &
Management

Graduate fellowships are available for students to pursue a
Master of Science degree in the area of forest restoration
ecology and management through the Department of Biology at
the University of Mississippi. Participating students would
have several unique and exciting opportunities, including a
summer internship with a successful forest restoration
project in British Columbia, Canada; participation in
collaborative research on forest restoration and fire
ecology in northern Mississippi; coursework in forest
restoration ecology, research methods, and professional
development; and supported travel to meetings. Each student
will choose to work with a faculty advisor specializing in
particular forest organisms, including plants, mycorrhizal
fungi, insects, spiders, soil bacteria, and aquatic
microorganisms. Students will receive stipend support in the
amount of $18,000 per year for two years, through a United
States Department of Agriculture graduate training
fellowship.

The University of Mississippi is located in historic Oxford,
Mississippi, a small college town in the forested uplands of
northern Mississippi known for its outstanding educational
and cultural opportunities (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford,_Mississippi).

For more information and instructions on how to apply,
please contact Dr. Jason Hoeksema by e-mail
(hoeksema@...) or phone (662-915-1275).
Applications will be accepted until March 15, 2008 (for
study beginning in August, 2008). The University of
Mississippi is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section
504/ADA/ADEA employer.