The Department of Wildland Resources, in the College of Natural Resources at Utah State University, will award a S. J. and Jesse E. Quinney PhD Fellowship to start fall 2012. The Fellowship provides four years support of $20,000 per year as a Graduate Research Assistant, plus tuition, student fees, and health insurance.
The Department of Wildland Resources ( has a diverse faculty and a large, dynamic graduate student body. Research focuses on basic and applied aspects of the ecology, conservation, restoration, and management of a wide breadth of wildland ecosystems. The Department is an integral part of the three-department College of Natural Resources and the inter-collegiate Ecology Center ( and houses the USDA Predator Ecology Lab (
part of the USGS Utah Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit ( and the USU RS/GIS Laboratory ( We also have important links with the USDA Forage and Range Research Lab (
facilities/usda-forage-and-range-research-laboratory/) and Poisonous Plants Research Lab (
plantresearch-lab/), the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station ( and the Center for Integrated Biosystems (
Applicants should work with a potential faculty PhD advisor that will strongly support the application and apply for admission to the School of Graduate Studies. In addition to the graduate application, applicants should submit (1) a letter of interest explaining why he or she would like to join the potential advisor’s research group and (2) a complete curriculum vitae. These materials should be sent to Marsha Bailey (). Review of complete applications will begin 27 January 2012. Founded in 1888 as Utah’s land-grant university, USU’s main campus in Logan is composed of eight colleges and boasts a friendly, supportive faculty and campus environment. Currently, the University hosts an enrollment of about 25,000 students, including 3,400 graduate students. Logan is a valley community of about 125,000 people nestled in between the Wellsville Mountains and the Bear River Range in northeastern Utah. In addition to providing access to extraordinary ecosystems for research, the many ski resorts, lakes, rivers, and mountains in the area make it one of the finest outdoor recreation environments in the nation.
The city of Logan boasts a low crime rate, low cost of living, fine restaurants, a gardener’s market, summer arts festivals, and nationally known events, such as the annual Utah Festival Opera. The campus is 90 miles north of Salt Lake City. With views of a natural area reserve from campus, the pristine natural environment of the area makes Logan one of America’s most desirable and affordable university towns (