Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Graduate Assistantship at UW-Madison
We are seeking applications for the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (Midwest CASC) Graduate Assistantship for the 2025-26 academic year (Sept 2025-August 2026). Current or incoming UW-Madison Ph.D. or M.S. students pursuing research applicable to the mission of the Midwest CASC are eligible for consideration. One research assistantship, which includes tuition, will be awarded. Students interested in working with state, federal, non-governmental, and tribal natural resource managers to create actionable science are particularly encouraged to apply. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is part of the USGS Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (Midwest CASC) consortium. More information and application process. Application deadline is May 5, 2025.
Summer Undergrad Field Season: Eligibility: Students must be currently enrolled or accepted for enrollment in summer 2025 or fall 2025 at an accredited college or university in the USA are eligible. UW-Madison students would be given priority. Application link for students only provided within each position description listed below – this application link is for students who will NOT graduate in spring 2025.
If you graduate in spring 2025, (do not use the application link provided) you may be eligible for hourly positions for the summer of 2025 on some projects. DO NOT USE THE APPLICATION LINK IN THE POSITION DESCRIPTION; contact the people listed on the position description.
- Cascade Project Field Technician: Whole-Lake Dye Experiment – FILLED
- Fisheries Research Technician – FILLED
- Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in Wisconsin Streams and Rivers: Field & Lab Assistant – FILLED
- Lake Littoral Zones Fellow at Trout Lake Station – FILLED
- LTER Base Crew – Southern Lakes – FILLED
- LTER Base Crew – Trout Lake Station – FILLED
- Mendota Microbial Observatory (MeMO) Research Technician
- PhIN Project Intern at Trout Lake Station – FILLED
- Research Assistant – Bog Microbial Observatory – FILLED
- Science Communication Intern – Trout Lake Station – FILLED
- Seepage Lake Water Quality Field & Laboratory Assistant – FILLED
UW-Madison Center for Limnology is committed to providing opportunities to people from all backgrounds to help create a welcoming, empowered, and inclusive community; encouraging women, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities to apply.
“Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background—people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.”
SummerUndergrad Field Season Hiring