Department of Ecosystem Science & Management

Financial Support

Most of the graduate students in ESSM are supported by departmental Teaching Assistantships (TA), grant-based Research Assistantships (RA), and/or internal or external graduate fellowships and grants.  Research and travel grants are also available form the department and university.

• Teaching Assistantships (TA) are available, either as matching for graduate fellowships or allocated to individual faculty members through a rotation system.  Contact your faculty advisor on availability of TA positions.
• Research Assistantships (RA) are grant-based and an essential component of graduate student support.  Contact your faculty advisor on availability of RA positions.
• University and External Graduate Fellowships and Grants are becoming increasingly significant in graduate student support.  ESSM provides matching for selected university-level graduate fellowships (Graduate Diversity Fellowship, Hispanic Leadership Fellowship, and Regents Graduate Fellowship).
• ESSM Graduate Fellowships Information on Dishman and Lucas Fellowship in forest science, Carder Fellowship in urban forestry, McMillan-Ward Fellowship in East Texas forest ecology and management, and Wasko Fellowship in rangeland ecology and management can be found in the application form.
• Sloan Minority PhD Fellowships are available through the Sloan Minority PhD Fellowship Program in ESSM.  Contact Monica Hoz de Vila or Jianbang Gan for more information.
• ESSM Graduate Research Awards Information on Gould Research Award in plant systematics and Springfield Research Award in rangeland ecology and management or related fields can be found in the application form.
• ESSM Graduate Travel Grants These competitive travel grants (up to $600 each) are offered twice a year to provide partial support for ESSM graduate students to present their research at professional meetings.  Detailed information can be found in the application form.