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https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grad-banner-125x35.jpg 125w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grad-banner-768x213.jpg 768w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grad-banner-600x167.jpg 600w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grad-banner-150x42.jpg 150w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grad-banner-75x21.jpg 75w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grad-banner-45x13.jpg 45w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" /></figure> <p class="has-white-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size">Long-Term Ecological Research Sites present extraordinary opportunities for graduate students to tackle meaningful questions in environmental science. LTER graduate students have frequent opportunities to interact with faculty and other researchers from many disciplines who share an interest in their site, yet also bring a new or different perspective. This intense interaction provides a chance to explore related disciplines, learn new techniques, and build a professional network.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-become-a-graduate-student-in-the-lter">Become a graduate student in the LTER</h3> <p>Students who are interested in pursuing graduate study at an LTER should seek out an investigator who shares their scientific interests and apply to study at that investigator’s university.</p> <p>Once admitted and engaged in research, graduate students at a particular site have opportunities to participate in the site’s annual meeting, where investigators and students present talks and posters on all aspects of the research underway. The lead institution at many sites also offers a graduate seminar with readings and discussions on the large body of research produced about that site.</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button aligncenter has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button" href="/site" style="border-radius:0px;background-color:#209aca">Explore LTER sites</a></div> <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button" href="#opps" style="border-radius:0px;background-color:#209aca">See Graduate Student Opportunities</a></div> </div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">The LTER Graduate Community</h3> <p>Despite consisting of 28 diverse sites scattered across the world, graduate students across the network foster a vibrant community online, at meetings, collaborating on research and more. </p> <p>Below are noteworthy programs run through the LTER for graduate students, ways to connect, and more. </p> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile" style="grid-template-columns:29% auto"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><div class="img-holder "><img decoding="async" width="2010" height="648" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202010%20648'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" class="wp-image-86345 size-full" data-lazy-srcset="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-2010x648.jpg 2010w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-300x97.jpg 300w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-125x40.jpg 125w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-768x248.jpg 768w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-1536x495.jpg 1536w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-2048x661.jpg 2048w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-600x194.jpg 600w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-150x48.jpg 150w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-75x24.jpg 75w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-45x15.jpg 45w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 2010px) 100vw, 2010px" data-lazy-src="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-2010x648.jpg" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="2010" height="648" src="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-2010x648.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-86345 size-full" srcset="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-2010x648.jpg 2010w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-300x97.jpg 300w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-125x40.jpg 125w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-768x248.jpg 768w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-1536x495.jpg 1536w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-2048x661.jpg 2048w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-600x194.jpg 600w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-150x48.jpg 150w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-75x24.jpg 75w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/asm-4-45x15.jpg 45w" sizes="(max-width: 2010px) 100vw, 2010px" /></noscript><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Credit:</strong> Gabriel De La Rosa, CC BY-SA 4.0</p></div></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-graduate-student-committee">Graduate Student Committee</h2> <p>The LTER Graduate Student Committee was established to foster interaction among graduate students working at LTER sites and between students and senior LTER scientists, to create student opportunities for intersite research, and to develop interdisciplinary graduate student training programs. Membership includes student representatives from each of the LTER sites.</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button" href="/committees/graduate-student/" style="border-radius:0px;background-color:#209aca">More about the committee</a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile" style="grid-template-columns:29% auto"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><img decoding="async" width="1170" height="1733" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201170%201733'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" class="wp-image-86954 size-full" data-lazy-srcset="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling.jpg 1170w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-203x300.jpg 203w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-84x125.jpg 84w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-768x1138.jpg 768w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-270x400.jpg 270w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-135x200.jpg 135w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-68x100.jpg 68w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-55x82.jpg 55w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-34x50.jpg 34w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-20x30.jpg 20w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px" data-lazy-src="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling.jpg" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="1170" height="1733" src="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-86954 size-full" srcset="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling.jpg 1170w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-203x300.jpg 203w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-84x125.jpg 84w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-768x1138.jpg 768w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-270x400.jpg 270w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-135x200.jpg 135w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-68x100.jpg 68w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-55x82.jpg 55w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-34x50.jpg 34w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/R1-01964-0018-Lindsey-Kemmerling-20x30.jpg 20w" sizes="(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px" /></noscript></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-graduate-writing-fellows">Graduate Writing Fellows</h2> <p>Each year, the LTER Network Office supports several Graduate Writing Fellows, who write stories about the wide range of LTER science. These includes updates on current research and deep dives into the people, daily life, and long-term vision of LTER sites.</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button" href="/graduate-writing-fellows/" style="border-radius:0px;background-color:#209aca">More about the fellows</a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile" style="grid-template-columns:29% auto"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><img decoding="async" width="1506" height="2010" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201506%202010'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" class="wp-image-86200 size-full" data-lazy-srcset="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-1506x2010.png 1506w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-225x300.png 225w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-94x125.png 94w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-768x1025.png 768w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-1151x1536.png 1151w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-1534x2048.png 1534w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-300x400.png 300w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-150x200.png 150w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-75x100.png 75w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-61x82.png 61w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-37x50.png 37w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-22x30.png 22w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 1506px) 100vw, 1506px" data-lazy-src="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-1506x2010.png" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="1506" height="2010" src="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-1506x2010.png" alt="" class="wp-image-86200 size-full" srcset="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-1506x2010.png 1506w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-225x300.png 225w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-94x125.png 94w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-768x1025.png 768w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-1151x1536.png 1151w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-1534x2048.png 1534w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-300x400.png 300w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-150x200.png 150w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-75x100.png 75w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-61x82.png 61w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-37x50.png 37w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Coexistence-22x30.png 22w" sizes="(max-width: 1506px) 100vw, 1506px" /></noscript></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-ssalter-blog">SSALTER Blog</h2> <p>Short Stories About Long Term Research (SSALTER) is a blog created by graduate students involved in long term ecological research as a way to share our research experiences with each other and the public.</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button" href="/category/ssalter/" style="border-radius:0px;background-color:#209aca">More about SSALTER</a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile" style="grid-template-columns:29% auto"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><img decoding="async" width="1096" height="1118" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201096%201118'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" class="wp-image-86015 size-full" data-lazy-srcset="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color.jpg 1096w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-294x300.jpg 294w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-123x125.jpg 123w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-768x783.jpg 768w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-392x400.jpg 392w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-196x200.jpg 196w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-98x100.jpg 98w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-80x82.jpg 80w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-49x50.jpg 49w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-29x30.jpg 29w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 1096px) 100vw, 1096px" data-lazy-src="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color.jpg" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="1096" height="1118" src="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-86015 size-full" srcset="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color.jpg 1096w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-294x300.jpg 294w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-123x125.jpg 123w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-768x783.jpg 768w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-392x400.jpg 392w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-196x200.jpg 196w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-98x100.jpg 98w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-80x82.jpg 80w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-49x50.jpg 49w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ASM_wave_ASM_color-29x30.jpg 29w" sizes="(max-width: 1096px) 100vw, 1096px" /></noscript></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-all-scientists-meeting">All Scientists’ Meeting</h2> <p>The <a href="https://lternet.edu/2022-all-scientists-meeting/">LTER All Scientists’ Meeting</a><a href="/2022-all-scientists-meeting/">/2022-all-cientists-meeting/</a>, which happens every three years, brings together investigators at all levels to share ideas and strategies for moving LTER science forward.</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button" style="border-radius:0px;background-color:#209aca">More about the ASM</a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile" style="grid-template-columns:29% auto"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><div class="img-holder "><img decoding="async" width="2010" height="1508" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202010%201508'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" class="wp-image-86853 size-full" data-lazy-srcset="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-2010x1508.jpg 2010w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-300x225.jpg 300w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-125x94.jpg 125w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-768x576.jpg 768w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-533x400.jpg 533w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-267x200.jpg 267w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-133x100.jpg 133w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-109x82.jpg 109w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-67x50.jpg 67w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-40x30.jpg 40w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-400x300.jpg 400w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr.jpg 2048w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 2010px) 100vw, 2010px" data-lazy-src="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-2010x1508.jpg" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="2010" height="1508" src="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-2010x1508.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-86853 size-full" srcset="https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-2010x1508.jpg 2010w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-300x225.jpg 300w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-125x94.jpg 125w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-768x576.jpg 768w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-533x400.jpg 533w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-267x200.jpg 267w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-133x100.jpg 133w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-109x82.jpg 109w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-67x50.jpg 67w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-40x30.jpg 40w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr-400x300.jpg 400w, https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/APC_0034-hdr.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2010px) 100vw, 2010px" /></noscript><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Credit:</strong> Gabriel De La Rosa, CC BY-SA 4.0</p></div></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-synthesis-working-groups">Synthesis Working Groups</h2> <p>Graduate students routinely participate in <a href="/current-working-groups/">synthesis working groups</a>, which combine data from many sites to test broad scale ecological theory. Occasionally, groups are led by graduate students!</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button" href="/current-working-groups/" style="border-radius:0px;background-color:#209aca">More about synthesis</a></div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="opps">Graduate Student Opportunities</h2> <div class="wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow"><ul class="is-flex-container columns-5 wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow"><li class="wp-block-post post-90842 opportunities type-opportunities status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry opportunity_types-graduate-student"> <h2 class="wp-block-post-title has-small-font-size"><a href="https://lternet.edu/opportunities/movement-ecology-phd-position-florida-coastal-everglades-lter/" 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