Student Opportunities
Last updated: 5 February 2009

To Students Applying for Admissions Now: My projects are currently fully staffed. However, I usually have one or more proposals pending and at any time a new opportunity may arise. If you are interested in working with me, I encourage you to send me a CV and - if you are in Burlington area - make an appointment to come by and chat. As opportunities for me to fund graduate and undergraduate research become available, I will post them here. I've posted some additional information that may be of interest to you, below.

Thanks for your interest in UVM and in my research program.

Breck Bowden

Apologies in advance!: Due to the volume of e-mail I receive, it may take me some time to be able to respond to you. Please don't interpret a non-response from me as no interest. I've attempted to provide as much information on this web site as possible, to help you determine if graduate work with me here at the Rubenstein School at UVM will meet your interests and needs. Graduate student support opportunities come up throughout the year, not just for September starts. So there are sometimes opportunities for January and June starts.

Note that I am unable to offer a position to anyone without first receiving a completed application to evaluate, through the Graduate College at UVM. This can be done easily over the web, here. If you are interested in graduate work at UVM, you should ensure that you have a completed and current application on file.

Applying to graduate school can be a somewhat mysterious experience that varies from university to university. To learn a little bit about my personal perspective on how the process works at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and the University of Vermont, click here. For a brochure on doing graduate work at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, click here.

Resources to support graduate research projects are unpredictable and difficult to secure. It is usually the case that there are insufficient funds to support all of the bright and qualified applicants that contact me about graduate research opportunities. The good news, however, is that there are lots of opportunities out there and we are all working hard to secure more resources for graduate research and study. Some of those opportunities are open to you directly. I encourage you to look, for example, at the ORISE site, here.

Both EPA and NSF have graduate fellowship programs that you may want to look into. You can find information about these programs here.