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Interested students are encouraged to review the research interests of the unit scientists, Dr. Michael Bozek and Dr. Brian Sloss, by looking through the WICFRU annual report. To express interest in a graduate student position with the unit please follow the steps below.
To Apply to the Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit Program please send:
- Letter of interest
- Current resume
- Photocopy of undergraduate transcript *
- Photocopy of GRE scores *
- 3 References
* If you are selected for our program, we will ask you to send official copies of your transcripts and GRE scores
Mail
to:
Wisconsin
Cooperative Fishery Research Unit
College of
Natural Resources
University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point
800 Reserve
Street
Stevens
Point, WI 54481
Electronic: The above materials may also be sent electronically to coopfish@uwsp.edu.
We usually hire
5-10 students each year on research projects ranging from
habitat assessment, population dynamics, conservation genetics, land-water linkages, and fish
ecology, among others.
Your application will be held for one full year and reviewed as each
project becomes available. Students are selected based on academic
competitiveness and experience. Students selected for graduate work with
us will be asked to submit a formal graduate application package to the
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources.
Graduate student assistantships are funded from several sources and include
a $16,000 per year stipend with tuition paid (for both resident
and non-resident students). Contact the program assistant at (715)
346-2178 or send an e-mail to
coopfish@uwsp.edu.