Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students
SUNY-ESF Graduate Funding Sources
Click HERE for information on non-ESF funding sources
ESF Graduate Student Travel Grants (click HERE for details) Proposals should be submitted as electronic files to the Dean of Instruction and Graduate Programs at esfgrad@esf.edu by October 1, 2007 for travel commencing before March 30, 2008, and February 1, 2008 for travel commencing before September 30, 2008. Three graduate students, the Dean of Instruction and Graduate Studies, and the Associate Dean of Outreach, Instructional Quality and Technology will serve as the selection committee. Decisions will be made by October 31, 2007 and February 28, 2008, for the October 1 and February 1 submissions, respectively."
Assistantships and fellowships are awarded to students who have demonstrated scholarship and academic experience, and whose education enables them to assist in the teaching and research missions of the college. Applicants must demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the subject to be taught or studied, good communication skills, and the ability to work constructively with students, faculty, and professional staff. Students who receive graduate assistantships, research project assistantships, or fellowship will be notified of the appointments via letters on SUNY ESF or Research Foundation letterhead. The appointment is conditional upon state and federal employment eligibility standards.
Students who accept initial appointments to Graduate Assistantships (GA) are required to participate in a two-day Colloquium on Teaching and Learning held in late August each year. Students who receive appointments to Research Project Assistantships (RPA) may be required to participate in sessions of the graduate teaching colloquium. All graduate student employees receive office space, parking privileges, and employee benefits. Specific information about benefits is provided during sessions of the graduate colloquium.
Graduate Assistant (GA, a.k.a “TA”)
- Requires full-time matriculation in a graduate degree program
- May be awarded for single semester or academic year
- Is offered for a maximum of 20 hours per week
- Is available only for academic year appointments - no summer appointments
- The master's level student stipend is $11,060 (based on 20 hours per week per academic year). Doctoral stipends range from a minimum of $12,715 to $16,283 (based on 20 hours per week per academic year).
- Award includes a tuition scholarship
- Requires one-time participation in the Colloquium on Teaching & Learning
- Paychecks are received approximately four weeks after start date
- Criteria for the award are established by each Department or Unit:
- Chemistry
- Submit an application to Dr. Art Stipanovic, Department Chair, 121 Jahn Lab
- Work obligations support delivery of courses in general chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, polymer chemistry, environmental chemistry, and biochemistry
- In addition to demonstrated knowledge of chemistry, applicants must demonstrate thorough knowledge and practice of chemical laboratory safety
- Deadline for 2008-2009 AY applications: 2 April 2008 (priority consideration)
- Construction Management & Wood Products Engineering
- Submit an application to Dr. Susan Anagnost, Interim Department Chair, 154 Baker Lab
- Deadline for 2008-2009 AY applications: (priority consideration) 2 April 2008
- Work obligations may include assisting in teaching classes or laboratories, tutoring students, grading student papers
- Topics that require assistantship support typically include: statics, mechanics, construction management courses such as estimating, planning and scheduling, safety; and wood science courses including wood anatomy and identification, wood composite products; electron microscopy
- Environmental & Forest Biology
- Submit an application to Sandra Polimino, 246 Illick Hall
- Graduate assistants provide support for all courses with the EFB prefix and work obligations may involve providing classroom or recitation instruction, preparing laboratories, supervising field trips, or grading papers
- Deadline for 2008-2009 AY applications: 15 February 2008
- Environmental Resources & Forest Engineering
- Submit an application to ERFEG Chair's Suite, 402 Baker Lab
- Specific areas of service vary by semester but may include support of the following topics: Hydro & Flow Control, Water Pollution Engineering, GIS, Decision Analysis, FEG Planning & Design, Remote Sensing, Surveying, Transportation
- Deadline for 2008-2009 AY applications: 2 April 2008
- Environmental Studies
- Submit an application to Ms. Patti Gibeault, Graduate Programs Support, 107 Marshall Hall
- Work obligations may include support of courses associated with the
Environmental Studies undergraduate program, General Education courses
in writing, faculty research, or the ESF Writing Center. The courses may
include: CMN 220, ESF 300, EST 200, EST 201, EST 220, EST 221, EST 245,
EST 321, EST 361, EST 390, EST 426/626, and EST 550. - Deadline for 2008-2009 AY applications: 15 February 2008 (late
applications will be accepted).
- Forest & Natural Resources Management
- Submit an application to Ms. Tari Pittenger, 320 Bray Hall.
- Evaluations of graduate assistant performances are completed by the course instructors
- Work responsibilities may include attending class and/or laboratories, tutoring students, maintaining office hours for individual student assistance, or grading papers.
- Topics that require assistantship support typically include: economics, ecology and silviculture, management, natural resources policy, recreation, soils, statistics & measurements, and water resources
- Deadline for 2008-2009 AY applications: 2:00pm, Monday, 2 March 2008
- Environmental Science
- Graduate Program in Environmental Science (including ES PhD and ENRP PHD)
- Submit an application to Prof. David Johnson, 419 Jahn Lab
- Work obligations will include assisting in college-wide environmental science courses
- Awards may cover a semester, part of a semester, or the academic year
- Deadline for 2008-2009 AY applications is Monday 31 March 2008.
- Landscape Architecture
- Submit an application to Prof. Richard Hawks, 331 Marshall Hall
- Work obligations support courses associated with undergraduate and graduate programs in landscape architecture research programs, and the Centers for Community Design Research, National Park Service Cultural Landscape and Brownfield Studies.
- Deadline for 2008-2009 AY applications: 2 April 2008
- Paper & BioProcess Engineering
- Submit an application Dr. Gary Scott, Department Chair, 205 Walters Hall
- Work obligations may include assisting in classes or laboratories, tutoring students, or grading student papers
- Deadline for 2008-2009 AY applications: 3 May 2008 (priority consideration)
- Instruction & Graduate Studies
- For support of Graduate Office activities, submit an application to Dr. Marla Jabbour, 227 Bray Hall. Priority consideration given to applications received by 2 April 2008
- Educational Outreach
- For support of Education Outreach activities, submit an application to Dr. Chuck Spuches, 213 Marshall Hall.
- Chemistry
Research Project Assistant (RPA)
- Requires full-time matriculation in a graduate degree program
- May be awarded for as short as a single pay period or as long as multi-year obligations
- Maximum of 20 hours per week obligation while classes are in session
- Stipends vary by assistantship -- Minimum stipend is $11,830 per calendar year (based on 20 hours per week)
- Tuition scholarships may be awarded
- Includes one-time participation in portions of the Colloquium on Teaching & Learning
- Paychecks are received at the end of the payroll period worked
- Awarded by individual faculty members who serve as Principal Investigators for sponsored research contracts with the SUNY Research Foundation
Graduate Fellow
- Total awards vary by fellowship sponsors
- Funds are awarded according to individual fellowship guidelines
- Fellowships are awarded by Faculty fellowship representatives and include some of the following:
- State University of New York (SUNY) Diversity Fellow - Guidelines HERE (Word)
- For more information, contact the Director of Multicultural Outreach, 110 Bray Hall, (315) 470-4815
- Edna Bailey Sussman Fellow
- Provides funding for students matriculated in graduate degree programs at ESF via an annual proposal process.
- See the guidelines at the Edna Bailey Sussman website
Non-ESF Sources of Funding
ESF Graduate students are eligible to apply for funding supported by sources other than graduate assistantships or fellowships. Information about these opportunities is posted when available on the Non-ESF Sources of Funding page.
