Graduate School resources
Campus resources
The Student Services Division has many great resources to aid in student success. You'll find support links for academics, health, culture, financial and more.
Funding your degree program
Students admitted to the EECB Program may be offered financial support from one of the following sources: fellowships, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships.
If a student’s job performance (i.e., as a teaching or research assistant) and progress towards the degree is satisfactory, support from one or more of these sources is typically provided for up to five years total (four years if a student is admitted with a master’s degree).
Below are additional resources for both internal and external research grants, scholarships and fellowships.
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- American Association of University Women (AAUW)
- American Museum of Natural History—Richard Gilder Graduate School fellowship and grant opportunities
- American Ornithologists' Union
- American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
- American Society of Mammalogists
- American Society of Naturalists
- American Wildlife Conservation Foundation
- Animal Behavior Society
- Anza-Borrego Foundation
- Association of Field Ornithologists
- Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
- California Academy of Sciences
- California Native Plant Society
- California Native Plant Society Bristlecone Chapter
- Chicago Herpetological Society
- Earthwatch Institute
- Entomological Society of America
- Environmental Protection Agency—Science to Achieve Results (STAR) graduate fellowships
- Explorers' Club
- Ford Foundation
- Frankfurt Zoological Society
- Fulbright Program
- George Melendez Wright Climate Change Fellowship Program
- Gloria Barron Wilderness Society
- Graduate Women in Science (GWIS)
- Grants.gov
- International Herpetological Symposium
- Joint Fire Science Program—Graduate Research Innovation Award (GRIN)
- Langley Aerospace Research Student Scholars Program (LARSS)
- Lindbergh Foundation
- Mazamas
- Microsoft—Student Opportunities
- National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS)
- National Forest Foundation
- National Institute of Health
- National Geographic Society
- National Park Service Robert Lee / Joshua Tree National Park Graduate Student Research Program
- National Research Council Fellowships Office
- National Science Foundation—Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG)
- National Science Foundation—East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI)
- National Science Foundation—Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
- National Science Foundation—Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP)
- Northern California Botanists
- Northwest Scientific Association
- Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
- Pathways to Science Funding Opportunities
- Sigma Xi
- Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Internships
- Smithsonian Ornithological Council
- Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
- Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology
- Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
- Society for the Study of Evolution—Rosemary Grant Awards
- Society of Systematic Biologists Graduate Student Research Awards
- Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund
- Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity Awards
- Soros Fellowships for New Americans
- Southern California Academy of Sciences
- University of Nevada, Reno—College of Science
- University of Nevada, Reno—Department of Biology
- University of Nevada, Reno—Graduate School Funding Resources
- University of Nevada, Reno—Jenkins Graduate Fellowship in Ecology
- University of Nevada, Reno—Office of Sponsored Projects
- University of Nevada, Reno—Regents' Scholar Awards
- Welder Wildlife Foundation
- Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
- Zeta Phi Beta Sorority—General Graduate Grants
Career information
We hope these resources will provide you with a starting point for planning your career. Graduates of our program can find jobs as scientists in academia and the public and private sectors. As students, you are encouraged to meet regularly with your advisor, your committee and scientists in your field to network and receive mentoring that will help you make appropriate career choices.
These courses cover essentials for young scientists, including job prospects in academia and industry, funding and grant writing, publishing, communicating science, networking and scientific ethics.
- EECB 794: EECB colloquium
- EECB 751,752,753: Topics in ecology, evolution, conservation biology
- NRES 720: Survivorship skills for graduate students in the sciences
- HCE 701: Foundations in bioethics
Non-governmental organizations
Federal agencies
- USAJOBS
- USDA
- Department of Commerce
- National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of Interior
- National Parks Service
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Bureau of Land Management
- Geological Survey
- Environmental Protection Agency
International organizations
- United Nations Environment Programme
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
Consulting companies
These social media resources can be important for networking and offer resources for job searches and career development.