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GRADUATE
RESEARCH
ASSISTANTSHIPS
Research assistantships are available to support
candidates for the Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy degree in Plant
Sciences, including biotechnology, breeding, forestry, genetics,
horticulture, physiology, production, and weed science. Research assistants
are assigned to specific research projects. Completion of the M.S. degree
requires approximately two years and the Ph.D. requires approximately three
years beyond the M.S.
FELLOWSHIPS AND
POSTDOCTORALS
Full time postdoctoral and 80% Graduate Research
Fellowships in Plant Sciences, the latter with privilege of graduate study
towards the Ph.D., are available. Salary and fringe benefits are at
competitive levels.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarships are available
to Plant Sciences graduate students. Selections are made from a list of all
eligible students during spring semester by the scholarship committee.
Students returning the following fall semester are eligible, and no more than
one scholarship per person is awarded. Graduate Research Fellows are not
eligible for these scholarships. Scholarship descriptions and sponsors are as
follows:
- H.L. Bolley Scholarship
- $1,275 Awarded annually to a U.S. or Canadian graduate student
enrolled full time in the College of Agriculture at North Dakota
State University whose master's thesis or Ph.D. dissertation focuses
on wheat research in one or more of the following areas: variety
development, production, disease and insects, harvesting, storage,
marketing, distribution, processing, and nutritional value of
the crop or derived products. Selection will be based on the student's
academic merit and the potential benefit of the research to the
wheat industry.
- BASF Graduate Student
Scholarship - $500 provided by American Cyanamid and awarded to
an outstanding graduate student in weed science, preferably a
student showing a high level of departmental and community citizenship.
- Gustav N. Geiszler Memorial
Scholarship - $350 provided by family and friends of the late
Gus Geiszler, former Superintendent of the North Central Agricultural
Experiment Station, Minot, and awarded to an outstanding graduate
student in weed science.
- John H. Longwell, Jr.
Memorial Scholarship - $370 Awarded to a graduate student in plant
breeding in Plant Sciences, by the late Dr. and Mrs. John H. Longwell,
Columbia, Missouri, in memory of their son. Dr. Longwell was a
former President of NDSU.
- Devin Miller Memorial
Scholarship - $400 Awarded to an outstanding student in plant
breeding in Plant Sciences by Dr. and Mrs. Jerry F. Miller, Fargo,
in memory of their son. This award emphasizes work ethics and
contribution to project activities.
- Eric Matthew Miller Memorial
Scholarship - $1000 an award of $1,000 provided by the Miller
family and a matching grant from Merck and Co., to an outstanding
crop and weed sciences student in memory of a professional colleague.
- John D. Nalewaja Graduate
Scholarship - An award of $1,000 or two award of $500 each, awarded
to a weed science graduate student.
- Smith Fellowship for
Foreign Graduate Students in Plant Sciences - $680 Awarded to
an outstanding foreign graduate student in Plant Sciences, preferably
in plant breeding, who plans on returning to his or her homeland,
based on a gift from Dr. and Mrs. Glenn Smith in honor of their
parents.
- North Dakota Dry Edible Bean Seed Growers Scholarship - Two
$1,000 awards of $1,000 each, to an outstanding graduate student
in Plant Sciences or Plant Pathology whose research is directed
toward dry edible beans.
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