The research laboratories are well equipped with a wide variety of scientific instrumentation. Additional research opportunities are available to students through the Department's association with staff members of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Smithsonian Institution, National Zoo and several marine laboratories. Although the Department maintains no library of its own, the University has a fine graduate library housing a Science and Technology Division. In addition, facilities such as the National Library of Medicine and the Department of Agriculture Library, as well as the Library of Congress, greatly expand the library materials within relatively easy access to the Department. Qualified graduate students normally receive teaching assistantships, which require laboratory supervision and examination grading and serve as valuable training for future careers that involve teaching.
Graduate fellowships are available on a competitive basis to both entering and continuing students.
In addition, faculty advisers may have grant support to provide graduate research assistantships for their students. This page is maintained by the Graduate School. Contact information for the Graduate School. Last modified Wednesday, January 31, 2001.