Opportunities

"This is the hottest, dirtiest, sweatiest, scratchiest job you'll ever have.  But we are all working in the corn field together." 

- Sherry Flint-Garcia

Graduate Students:

As a USDA-ARS employee, I cannot accept graduate students directly into my research program. Potential graduate students should apply directly to the Division of Biological Sciences or the Division of Plant Science and Technology.
The deadline for applying to either Biological Sciences or Plant Sciences is December 1.

If Biological Sciences accepts you as a student and if they are able to support you with a Teaching Assistantship, I would be happy to talk with you about the possibility of conducting a rotation in my lab. If you apply to either of these programs and are awarded a fellowship, I would be happy to talk with you about conducting a rotation in my lab. 

 

Undergraduate Students:

We are always looking for reliable undergraduate student workers, primarily during the summer months but also during the academic year.  Contact Sherry (sherry.flint-garcia@usda.gov) for more information.

The summer job is from mid-May to mid-August, 40 hours per week. Work includes planting corn, weeding, pollinating, measuring corn, and harvesting corn. Must be able to tolerate dust, pollen, molds, and working outside in the sun all day. Must have a driver's license and a car to drive to the farm.

Benefits include: