The RGGS student body includes master’s degree students matriculated as residents in the AMNH-RGGS Master of Arts in Teaching Earth Science Residency Program (MAT ESR) and doctoral students matriculated in the AMNH-RGGS Ph.D. Program in Comparative Biology, as well as doctoral students matriculated at partner universities mentored by RGGS faculty, and other students taking courses at, or receiving fellowships from, the Richard Gilder Graduate School.