Biology Assistantships & Funding

First-year Students

No assistantships are typically available for first-year graduate students, but full-time domestic students are eligible to receive financial assistance through the Financial Aid Office. In addition, our students often find on-campus part-time jobs in the biology laboratories and other campus facilities, including positions as teaching assistants and tutors, in the Anatomy & Physiology Learning Center and the BUILD center.

Second-year Students

We have a number of assistantships that are available each year to second-year graduate students:

Human Identification Center Graduate Assistant
Osteology Laboratory Graduate Assistant
Gross Anatomy Laboratory Graduate Assistant
Anatomy & Physiology Laboratory Graduate Assistant
Forensic DNA Laboratory Graduate Assistant
Anatomy & Physiology Learning Center Coordinator

Alum Story

Ryan Strand

Former Graduate Assistant

I had an assistantship through the Forensic DNA Lab and helped Dr. Latham with forensic cases regarding DNA analysis as well as working on genetic projects happening in the lab. I also helped with a very exciting class in the spring called Forensic & Historic DNA Analysis in which students learn how to analyze DNA in forensic scenarios and ultimately design and conduct a project worthy of presentation at national conferences.