SCHOLARSHIP: University of Arkansas, USA PhD Scholarship 2025 |APPLY NOW|
The University of Arkansas Monticello is offering a fully funded graduate assistantship scholarship opportunity to study in the USA.
Scholarship Deadline:
15 December 2025
Scholarship Details:
- University Name: University of Arkansas
- Department: NA
- Course Level: PhD
- Award: Full Scholarship and $48,664 per year
- Access Mode: Online
- Number of Awards: NA
- Nationality: International
- The award can be taken in the USA
Scholarship Eligibility Requirements:
To be considered for the University of Arkansas Scholarship, you must:
- Have a Bachelor’s degree plus relevant research experience or a Master’s degree in ecology, wildlife science, geospatial sciences, ecological modeling, landscape ecology, or a closely related field.
- Demonstrated quantitative and GIS skills (e.g., R/Python, spatial analysis).
- Strong scientific writing and communication skills.
- Enthusiasm for occasional fieldwork and team-based research.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with animal movement data (telemetry/GPS, step-selection, recursion/UDs).
- Background in habitat or species distribution modeling.
- Familiarity with remote sensing or landscape change analyses.
- Record of peer-reviewed publication or conference presentations
Scholarship Application Guidelines:
To apply, candidates must be ready to submit the following documents;
- Cover letter (brief statement of research experience and interests)
- Curriculum vitae
- GPA and GRE score
- Names and contact information for three references
- Click the button below to go to the program’s webpage.
- Email the above materials (as a single PDF preferred) to kusum@uark.edu and osborne@uamont.edu with the subject line “Application for Waterfowl Assistantship”.
- Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative research environment
Scholarship Benefits:
- Annual stipend: $26,664 (candidate can be nominated for DDF or DAF with GPA >3.8 and GRE scores).
- Full tuition waiver
- Supplemental funding for conference travel and presentations
- Partial health insurance (66% covered by the university)
- Qualified students are eligible to be nominated for the additional four year university wide doctoral fellowships (DDF: $22,000/year, DAF: $12000/year).
