Description

The Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy (CNP; https://www.ndsu.edu/cnp) and the Department of Animal Sciences (ANSC; https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/animal-sciences) at North Dakota State University are seeking applicants for graduate (MS and PhD) fellowships. Successful candidates will work within the broad area of parental nutrition and development outcomes with a primary focus on livestock (primarily cattle, pig and/or sheep) models. Other broad opportunities also exist for successful candidates within the ANSC graduate programs of Nutrition, Physiology, Behavior, Genetics, Meat Science and Muscle Biology, and Microbiology. Candidates also will participate in collaborative research efforts within both the CNP and ANSC, which comprise a very active group of investigators with expertise in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology, Embryology, Genetics/ Genomics, Meat Science/Muscle

Biology, Microbiology/Microbiome, Nutrition, Physiology, and Vaccinology/Immunology

(https://www.ndsu.edu/cnp/people; https://www.ndsu.edu/cnp/about_us; https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/animal-sciences/animal-sciences-team). Additionally, the candidates will gain experience in the preparation of grant applications, networking at conferences, teaching courses, and both leading and working within research, teaching and outreach teams. The candidate’s stipend will be competitive and will include a tuition waiver as per university policy. If you are interested in applying for a position, please contact Dr. Joel Caton (joel.caton@ndsu.edu), Dr. Larry Reynolds (larry.reynolds@ndsu.edu), Dr. Kendall Swanson (kendall.swanson@ndsu.edu), or other faculty members listed within the CNP and ANSC.