The School of Biology at Georgia Tech, with 21 faculty members, and approximately 50 currently enrolled graduate students, offers an exciting environment for graduate education and research. The fellowship may be renewed up to a total of 3 years. Fellows must be engaged in full-time coursework or research during the summer semester. Labs are outfitted with state of the art equipment in environmental biology, microbiology and molecular and cell biology. Other campus facilities and equipment available to fellows include X-ray, NMR, atomic force and electron microscopy, as well as computer workstations for bioinformatics analysis and biomolecular modeling.
Special facilities are available for behavioral studies of marine organisms and aquatic animals.
Facilities for environmental field studies include the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and the Marine Institute on Sapelo Island. Construction on the new Environmental Science and Technology Building will start in late 2000. Applicants must have applied to the School of Biology graduate program, and must have excellent academic achievement, as demonstrated by an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.1, with a GPA of 3.5 in their last two years, and GRE scores in the 70th percentile. Applicants must have demonstrated motivation, initiative, and performance, as evidenced by statements of purpose, letters of reference, and previous activities. Most graduate students will qualify.