GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS
Michigan State University's Horticulture Department, the nation's first and oldest, has numerous opportunities for state-of-the-art graduate study programs leading to the MS or PhD degrees. A broad range of expert faculty facilitate a wide diversity of areas of study, including genetics, genomics, molecular biology, physiology, postharvest biology, floriculture, weed science, sustainable fruit and vegetable production, gardens management, nursery and landscape horticulture, natural products chemistry, marketing, education, etc.
Students may also study with Horticulture faculty through interdepartmental programs in Genetics, Plant Breeding and Genetics, and Cell and Molecular Biology. Assistantships and fellowships are available to qualified individuals on a competitive basis.
Assistantships for 2005–06 are $25,000 to $31,000, including stipend, tuition, and health benefits. For applicants with exceptional credentials and/or those from under-represented groups (currently including African-Americans, Native Americans, Latino/Chicanos, and Asian Americans), sponsored campus visitations may also be available.
More information can be obtained through the MSU-Horticulture website (www.hrt.msu.edu/GradProgram/) or by contacting individual faculty members (www.hrt.msu.edu/GradProgram/FacultyResearch.htm) or the Department Graduate Programs Office (hrtgrad@msu.edu). For consideration for the broadest range of fellowships, assistantships, and visitation opportunities, complete applications for study beginning Fall 2006 should be received by January 1, 2006, although applications are evaluated throughout the year.
Michigan State University's Horticulture Department, the nation's first and oldest, has numerous opportunities for state-of-the-art graduate study programs leading to the MS or PhD degrees. A broad range of expert faculty facilitate a wide diversity of areas of study, including genetics, genomics, molecular biology, physiology, postharvest biology, floriculture, weed science, sustainable fruit and vegetable production, gardens management, nursery and landscape horticulture, natural products chemistry, marketing, education, etc.
Students may also study with Horticulture faculty through interdepartmental programs in Genetics, Plant Breeding and Genetics, and Cell and Molecular Biology. Assistantships and fellowships are available to qualified individuals on a competitive basis.
Assistantships for 2005–06 are $25,000 to $31,000, including stipend, tuition, and health benefits. For applicants with exceptional credentials and/or those from under-represented groups (currently including African-Americans, Native Americans, Latino/Chicanos, and Asian Americans), sponsored campus visitations may also be available.
More information can be obtained through the MSU-Horticulture website (www.hrt.msu.edu/GradProgram/) or by contacting individual faculty members (www.hrt.msu.edu/GradProgram/FacultyResearch.htm) or the Department Graduate Programs Office (hrtgrad@msu.edu). For consideration for the broadest range of fellowships, assistantships, and visitation opportunities, complete applications for study beginning Fall 2006 should be received by January 1, 2006, although applications are evaluated throughout the year.