Prospective Students

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SIU Graduate Students studying wildlife

Prospective Students

Graduate assistantships in the Center for Wildlife Sustainability Research can be available at any time of year (fall, spring, summer) depending on project funding cycles. All graduate students in the CWSR are on funded projects, with 80-90% on competitive research assistantships. Remaining students are supported on fellowships or teaching assistantships. If you are interested in graduate studies in the CWRL, please contact one of the lab faculty members, whose contact information can be found in this website. Direct communication with a faculty member is very important, and can help you in the competitive process of obtaining a graduate position.

Department of Zoology Graduate Program

boyles in alaskaCWRL faculty members commonly advertise research assistantships on websites such as the Texas A&M Jobs Board. 

Graduate students in the CWSR are enrolled in the graduate Zoology program in the School of Biological Sciences https://academics.siu.edu/science-and-mathematics/zoology/ or in the Forestry program in Agricultural Sciences  https://academics.siu.edu/agriculture/agricultural-sciences/.

Placement of Graduates

Some of our recent graduates are now employed at:

  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Non-government Conservation Organizations such as:  
  • Ducks Unlimited Inc.
  • Quail Forever
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • The Audubon Society