I have no external funding to support new students.  Potential students should feel free to contact me to discuss their interests and background.  Finding the right graduate position may take multiple years.

Minimal qualifications: GPA above 3.0, and each GRE score (V+Q+A) above the 50th percentile.   Desired qualifications: field experience with birds, quantitative abilities, writing proficiency, and supervisory abilities.

Stipend: Approximately $15,000/year. Students pay half of in-state tuition. If interested, apply for admission to the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management or the interdepartmental program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Iowa State University, or contact me. 

    Photo credits:

    Canvasback by USFWS/William Vinje

    Wood Duck by USFWS/Tim McCabe

Contact information:

Rolf R. Koford
Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Science Hall II
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011

Telephone: (515) 294-3057

rkoford@iastate.edu

This file: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rkoford/assistants.htm

Updated 24 April, 2003