Applications are accepted at any time; however, to receive full consideration for fellowships, campus interview, and financial aid, students should apply by December 1 for admission in the following fall semester.
To apply to the Ecology graduate program, students should first contact program faculty members with whom they are interested in working to find out if they have space in their laboratories. Once an appropriate match between student and faculty member has been made, students should review the admission requirements of the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School.
The following documents will be required as part of the Fox Graduate School application process:
- Three letters of recommendation
- Personal statement of motivations and goals
- Curriculum vitae/resume
- Transcript(s)
The graduate programs and Fox Graduate School are committed to verification of application materials; therefore, please ensure that all of your documents can be readily verified as being accurate and authentic.
Admission is granted jointly by the Fox Graduate School and the Ecology graduate program.
Apply to the Fox Graduate School at Penn StateThe diversity of our program is at the core of our innovation and strengthens our excellence. We seek to recruit diverse scholars from all backgrounds; including but not limited to diversity in terms of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, and socio-economic background. In recruiting graduate students, we value both their research potential and the potential for students to contribute to our program’s diversity, equity, and inclusion through scholarship, outreach, and/or service to the institution.
Current Opportunities
We are recruiting agroecology MS or PhD students. One position will focus how (when, whether) cover crop species diversity affects a suite of ecosystem services. The second will focus on how rotations that include diverse perennials affect soil health and weeds. The field work will take place at our long-term cover crop diversity experiment a few miles from the PSU campus. This long-term research site is host to a vibrant and large, interdisciplinary research team, including undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs. Opportunities for outreach and on-farm research are abundant. Students Contact Carolyn Lowry or Jason Kaye for questions and discussion about the lab/positions.
Watch for new opportunities coming soon.