Taking a break: Genetics Graduate Students and Faculty on Road Trip to Conference
Contact: If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Linda Wild, Program Coordinator, directly at
genetics@iastate.edu. We welcome your inquiries.
- Three USDA National Needs Ph.D. Fellowships, $24,500 per year for three years, will be awarded during 2010.
US citizens interested in quantitative genetics, statistical genetics, computational biology and breeding for animal
genetic improvement are encouraged to apply. Use ISU application and follow procedures for applying to either the
Genetics graduate program or the
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
graduate program.
- We are recruiting 8 to 12 new students for Fall 2010.
- Deadline for consideration for Fall 2010 admission is February 1, 2010.
- Stipend is between $1650 to $1850 per month depending on source of funding.
- We can award prestigious MILLER Fellowships that provide $5,000 per year for 3 years (Ph.D.) or $4,000
per year for 2 years (M.S.) that are paid in addition to assistantships. All students, domestic and international,
are considered for these Fellowships; they are competitively awarded.
- Students on assistantships receive Tuition Scholarships
- Students on assistantships receive paid single health insurance.
- Multiple year Fellowships available but competitively awarded.
- Statement detailing your interest in our faculty's research is essential.
- We recruit domestic and international applicants.
- Domestic applications are reviewed within 2 weeks of completion
- International applications reviewed during February; announcements begin March 1
Application process. Domestic applicants are reviewed upon completion of their application. The Admissions Committee can recommend:
invite for visit; hold for further consideration; or deny. Final decisions regarding admission and assistantship support are made after
program sponsored student visits. International applicants must be complete their applications by February 1 and
are sent to the Admissions Committee as a group. The Admissions Committe ranks 10 to 15 applications and offers of admission
and assistantships are extended beginning March 1 and continuing to April 15 depending upon the availability of funding and match of student interest
to faculty looking for students. Applications not ranked remain available to faculty for review until May 15.
GREs, TOEFLS and GPAs: We do not have minimum GRE scores, but good scores are a plus. We look for TOEFL scores around
600/250/100. We look for GPAs around 3.4. We consider the entire application. Appropriate course preparation and
research experience are esssential. For GRE/TOEFL codeing Iowa State University is 6306 and Genetics is 0210.
For details regarding applying to the program click here.
Departmental contact
Linda Wild [Email], Program Coordinator
Interdepartmental Genetics
2102 Molecular Biology
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-3260
Phone 515-294-7697 or 1-800-499-1972
Fax 515-294-6669
Email genetics @iastate.edu
Supervisory Committee
Phil Becraft, Program Chair (GDCB)
Jo Anne Powell-Coffman, Associate Chair (GDCB)
Diane Moody Spurlock (Animal Science)
Thomas Lubberstedt (Agronomy)
David Hannapel (Horticulture)
Tom Peterson (Genetics Development and Cell Biology)
