Agronomy Assistantship and Fellowship Programs
The Department of Agronomy encourages potential and current graduate students to pursue one or more of the following opportunities.
Please note that for some of these opportunities the student must apply and for others the student is nominated by a faculty member.
To be nominated by a faculty member, contact a facutly member in your interest area.
Standard Agronomy Research and Teaching Assistantships offer a yearly stipend of $20,520 (beginning July 1, 2012), benefits,
and either full or partial tuition support
in exchange for service to the Department of Agronomy. The standard appointment is half-time equivalent to 20 hours of service
per week. Arrangements must be made with a specific research adviser supervisor. To be considered
for a research or teaching assistantship, prospective graduate students should contact individual faculty and then must
apply to Iowa State being careful to observe the
"Program Requirement" of the specific research major (agricultural meteorology, crop production and physiology, plant breeding, or soil sceince).
Nominations may be made year-round.
The Department is grateful to generous donors who have provided funding to attract the best available graduate students.
Funds are limited and awarded on a competitive basis. GRE scores are required. Teaching in the undergraduate program will be expected of recipients,
and they must have strong oral communication skills in English. Departmental Graduate Fellowship holders typically have credentials
ranking them in the top 10% of their peer group (B.S. or M.S. degree). Departmental Graduate Assistantship holders typically have
credentials ranking them in the top 20% of their peer group (B.S. degree).
Click here for more information on the Endowed Scholarships Program.
The College of Agriculture at Iowa State University offers several graduate student scholarships for graduate students enrolled in the College. Applications are accepted between December 26 and February 15. Recipients are notified in late March. Awards are applied in one-half increments to the student's fall and spring fees the following academic year.
Students that hold federally-funded
and on-campus fellowships or support from sources outside of the United States are welcome to join the Department of Agronomy.
Fellowship students must apply to Iowa State
before graduate study can begin. The current
tuition and fee schedule can be found here. Application deadline is set by the granting agency.
Contact
Ms. Jaci Severson
Graduate Program Coordinator
1126 Agronomy Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011-1010 USA
Telephone: (515) 294-1361
Fax: (515) 294-8146
gradprograms@agron.iastate.edu
Date last modified: 10/30/2012