The Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University is recruiting doctoral and master’s level graduate students for Fall 2025.

The department has a productive and diverse faculty working on a broad array of questions involving humans and primates, microbes, plants, vertebrate and invertebrate animals and whole ecosystems. Field locales span the globe from the Old and New World tropics to the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions, as well as the uplands, wetlands, and coastal areas of Long Island and New

York. Within a train ride of New York City, Stony Brook is a diverse campus, and we are implementing programs to build an even more diverse program in the future.

Upon admission, PhD students are guaranteed teaching assistantships, with additional support available through fellowships and research assistantships, as they become available. The deadline for applications for the PhD program is December 1, 2024. The priority deadline for the MA program is January 15, 2024; MA applications are considered on a rolling basis until April 15, 2025. Application fees may be forgiven for applicants that meet specific guidelines.

It is highly recommended that applicants contact faculty and identify potential advisors before applying. Faculty are more than willing to entertain questions about the general program and about their own specific labs and research. A listing of graduate program faculty can be found here:

We provide specific guidance about your application, describe the evaluation process and outline specifics of funding on the application webpages for the programs.

Ph.D.: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/ecoevo/_program/apply_to_phd_program.php

M.A.: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/ecoevo/_program/apply_to_masters_program.php

For questions or assistance with the application process, please e-mail our Graduate Program Coordinator, Melissa Cohen: melissa.j.cohen@stonybrook.edu.

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