Almost all students in the Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences receive research or teaching assistantships as well as tuition waivers. We strive to be competitive in our assistantship salaries and the cost of living in Reno is reasonable. For more information on current research funding opportunities contact faculty directly in your area of interest or contact the Hydrologic Sciences Program office at hydro@unr.edu.
Current Funding Oppurtunties
University of Nevada, Reno: A MS graduate research assistantship in the Hydrologic Sciences Program (http://www.hydro.unr.edu/home/) is available starting in August 2009 with Dr. Dale W. Johnson (http://www.ag.unr.edu/dwj/) in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno. The successful candidate will work on a project investigating the factors affecting nutrient concentrations in O horizon interflow solutions and how preferential infiltration of these solutions affect nutrient hot spots in soils and nutrient transport to surface waters. The research will involve extensive field work at a remote site in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The project is part of a large NSF-funded Critical Zone Observatory (http://www.czen.org/node/286/about) at the Kings River Experimental Watershed (KREW) (http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/programs/snrc/water/kingsriver/), California. The assistantship is half time and carries a stipend of $17,000 per year plus tuition. A BS degree in soil science, hydrology or related field is required with a gpa of 3.00 overall and GRE a combined GRE score (verbal+quantitative) of 1000. Applications will be accepted until May 1 but to be fully considered, apply by April, 15, 2009. Please contact Dr. Dale Johnson, Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 (phone: 775-784-4511; email dwj@cabnr.unr.edu)