{"id":18,"date":"2026-06-18T20:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/schaedel-lab\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-06-19T22:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T22:05:57","slug":"opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/schaedel-lab\/opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Openings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>No current openings for 2026\/2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate students are admitted into the <a href=\"https:\/\/cropandsoil.oregonstate.edu\/cropandsoil\/graduate\/soil-science-graduate-program\">Soil Science Graduate Program<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prospective students are highly encouraged to apply for external funding through the NSF GRFP, USDA NIFA Predoctoral Fellowship, and others. Please refer to this <a href=\"https:\/\/graduate.oregonstate.edu\/finance\/graduate-fellowships-and-scholarships\">comprehensive list<\/a> of internal and external fellowship opportunities for graduate students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a variety of avenues for motivated undergraduates to become involved in research in our lab. Some students are supported by federal work-study and are employed as hourly workers during the school year. The <a href=\"https:\/\/agsci.oregonstate.edu\/education\/continuing-researcher-support-program\">Continuing Researcher Support Program<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/agsci.oregonstate.edu\/education\/beginning-researcher-support-program\">Beginning Research Support Program<\/a> are also great ways to get involved!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We invite Honors College students to inquire about conducting independent research for their thesis project. Topics may vary according to student interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Postdocs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Prospective postdocs with defined research interests should <a href=\"mailto:mchoudo@ncsu.edu\">email Dr. Schaedel<\/a> to discuss potential projects. External funding opportunities include <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/postdoctoral-research-fellowships-biology-prfb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NSF PRFB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nifa.usda.gov\/grants\/funding-opportunities\/agriculture-food-research-initiative-education-workforce-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USDA AFRI NIFA<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Openings No current openings for 2026\/2027. Graduate Students Graduate students are admitted into the Soil Science Graduate Program. Prospective students are highly encouraged to apply for external funding through the NSF GRFP, USDA NIFA Predoctoral Fellowship, and others. Please refer to this comprehensive list of internal and external fellowship opportunities for graduate students. Undergraduates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15206,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/schaedel-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/schaedel-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/schaedel-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/schaedel-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/schaedel-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/schaedel-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/schaedel-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/schaedel-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}