Graduate Student Funding Opportunities

Teaching Assistantships

A limited number of Teaching Assistantships are available through the Biology Department (contact Dr. Flinn at mflinn@murraystate.edu for more information).

The following scholarships and fellowships are available on a competitive basis

• The Sisk Scholarship (see Financial Aid website)

• Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute

• Provosts Graduate Assistantships

• Larry D. Pharris Memorial Wildlife Fund 

The following research grants are available through Murray State University on a competitive basis

• JCSET Graduate Research and Conference Travel Grants

• Watershed Studies Research Grants (for research pertaining to watersheds)

Research grants are available through the following scientific organizations 

• American Society of Mammalogists Research and Conference Travel Grants

• American Society of Parasitology Grants

• Institute for Broadening Participation (STEM)

• Kentucky Academy of Sciences Research Grants

• Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute 104b grants (KWRRI)

• Museum of Natural History Grants

• Phycological Society of America

• Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research

• Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Research and Travel Grants

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