Prospective graduate students 

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  • Prospective phd students: we are accepting PhD students in 2025 who are interesting in working on high elevation meadows in HJ Andrews. We admit PhD students to the University of Oregon who wish to start their graduate programs through the Institute of Ecology and Evolution. 
  • Prospective masters students: we are accepting masters students from the ENVS masters program in 2025. ​
  • We do not require prospectives to have a strongly quantitative background, only enthusiasm and willingness to learn.
  • If you are considering graduate school, the Ecological Soceity Of America Bulletin published some great general tips. Check out Sarah Cooley's excellent page on tips for applying to graduate school for additional advice. 

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  • If you are interested in joining the lab as a graduate student please email Lauren:
  • 1) Your cv, including you past research projects (REU, field technician, honors thesis, etc. ) and your role in them, any awards, grants, publication and presentations. 
    2) A summary of your research interests and how they fit with the Ponisio lab.
 
  • We evaluate applicants based on research interest fit,  academic preparation, scholarly potential, contributions to diversity/equity/inclusion.  
  • Very competitive candidates for the institute and lab will rant "high" in the below rubric from Hollistic Graduate Recruitment below (except with "alignment with program" fitting our lab mission/training specifically). ​​

Prospective postdocs

Prospective post docs should consider applying to the USDA NIFA postdoc fellowship, NSF's Biology post-doctoral fellowships, McDonnell Foundation's complex systems post-doctoral fellowship or the Smith Fellows in conservation research.  We are committed to actively recruiting students and postdocs from underrepresented groups in STEM fields, both within the U.S. and internationally. ​

Visiting scholars

Please contact PI Ponisio if you are interesting in submitting a fellowship application to visit the lab. We have hosted FAPESP and CONCIET scholars and are exciting to host additional visiting students and postdocs (for example from Fulbright etc. )