We welcome prospective students and postdocs!
Prospective post-docs, graduate students, and undergraduate students should feel free to contact Matt Sullivan mbsulli@gmail.com directly to discuss openings and possible research projects.
Submit a full application using this form.
Undergraduate students interested in a research project should express interest by emailing a CV and brief statement of interest to Matt Sullivan. We are currently seeking reliable undergraduates to assist in the following areas:
- Pseudomonas phage host range
- effects of P-limitation on the virocell in marine model systems
- community dynamics of marine heterotrophs
- bioinformatics processing
- database and sample inventory
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– Graduate Programs
– Graduate Student Funding Opportunities
– Postdoctoral Funding Opportunities
– Next Steps After the Sullivan Lab
– Ohio Virology Association
– Ohio Residency Information
These Ohio State Graduate Programs represent good fits for our lab.
- Microbiology
- Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering
- Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
- Environmental Science Graduate Program (interdisciplinary)
Funding opportunities for Graduate Students
Below is a list of fellowships that are available for graduate studies (though there are new opportunities all the time, so doing your own search on the web is a good idea). These fellowships can be awarded prior to entry into a PhD program, and usually pay part of the total cost of tuition and stipend for a fixed period of time. The balance of the support is picked up by the Lab’s research grants. For helpful advice on applying for graduate fellowships, please visit The Chronical of Higher Education’s “How to Win a Graduate Fellowship.”
- American Association of University Women
- American Meteorological Society Graduate Fellowships US citizens only
- Chateaubriand Science Fellowship research in France
DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program - Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program US citizens only
- Environmental Protection Agency Fellowships US citizens only
- Ford Foundation US citizens pursuing doctorates only; for minorities, dissertation fellowship and predoctoral fellowships available
- Hertz Foundation US citizens only
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program new post-doctorates from underrepresented groups
- NASA opportunities available for post-doctorates, graduates, and undergraduates
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (DoD) US citizens only
- National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships US citizens only
- Alex Lang’s application tips for NSG Fellowships
- Consortium for Ocean Leadership lists a variety of internships, fellowships and other programs
- OSU’s Council of Graduate Students funding opportunities for OSU graduate students
- Recommended summer grad courses elsewhere
These are ideal early grad school summer experiences for the interested student.
- CMOP Undergraduate Interships Center of Coastal Margin Observation & Prediction, Oregon Health & Science University
- Hopkins Microbiology Course Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University
- Microbial Oceanography: Genomes to Biomes University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, held at Honolulu
- Annual Workshops on Genomics, Evolution, Microbial Ecology — in Cseke Krumlov, Poland
Funding opportunities for Postdoctoral Research
- The Branco Weiss Fellowship
- Ford Foundation minorities, US citizens only
- Fulbright scholarship for UK citizens to post-doc in the US
- Life Sciences Research Foundation
- NASA
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships US citizens only
- National Institutes of Health K Awards
- The National Research Council (NRC) Research Associateship Program (through NIH)
- National Science Foundation – Postdoctoral Fellowships in Biology US citizens only
- National Science Foundation full list of postdoctoral fellowships
- David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship Program
- Schmidt Science Fellows
After Sullivan Lab…
Join the Ohio Virology Association
- Get involved through their Facebook page
- Learn more about the organization – Search: Ohio Virology Association
Ohio Residency Information
- Ohio Residency for Tuition Purposes
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