Michigan State University’s Department of Forestry is pleased to announce a graduate research assistantship
(RA) to support a PhD student in conducting research in Forest Resource Economics. The successful candidate
will be involved in interdisciplinary research in forestry and will receive training in forest economics, forest
product market analysis, and forest resource management. The assistantship is available for Fall 2021
enrollment.
The candidate should have:
 Undergraduate degree in Forestry, Economics or related field
 Previously attained and maintained exceptional academic standing
 A GRE score
 A TOEFL score of 80 iBT or higher (required for students with non‐English credentials only)
 Experience in report‐writing or drafting research articles
 A self‐motivated, well organized nature, adaptive to a team of multidisciplinary researchers
Preference will be given to applicants with:
 MS degree in Forestry, Economics or related field
 Peer‐reviewed publications
 Experience in econometric analysis in R, network analysis in ArcGIS
 Programming skills in Python and GAMS
Additionally, candidates must meet the minimum requirements outlined by Michigan State University’s
Graduate program, found here: https://grad.msu.edu/
The successful candidate will be supported for three years. Assistantships include:
 A bi‐weekly stipend, determined by prior experience and education levels (first year stipend will be
approximately $26,000)
 A tuition waiver of up to nine credits per semester fall and spring and five credits during the summer
with an out‐of‐state tuition waiver for students who take more than the covered number of credits
each semester
 Enrollment in the University's graduate health insurance plan
Sources of graduate funding in addition to this assistantship are available through national and MSU programs.
Students will be encouraged and assisted in seeking this funding.