Do you want to be a graduate student at Penn State in a new transdisciplinary training program that spans many disciplines across campus? Are you passionate about landscape science, spatial reasoning, and complexity across the food-energy-water nexus?
While LandscapeU is in its final grant year and applications for LandscapeU are closed, students interested in similar programming are encouraged to apply for the dual-title program Transdisciplinary Research on environment and the Society, TREES. Learn more about TREES here: Transdisciplinary Research on Environment and Society (TREES) | Penn State College of Health and Human Development
Our Program
- Our goal is to train students for diverse career pathways in landscape science, ready to apply their science to solutions
- Open to Ph.D. applicants from one of our participating departments
- Trainees will gain competencies in transdisciplinary science, science communication, ethics, design & systems thinking, team facilitation, innovation, and interdisciplinary proficiency
- Fellowship opportunities for PhD students ($34,000/year + tuition/fees)
Participating Departments and Programs
- Geography
- Ecosystem Science and Management
- Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Management
- Rural Sociology
- Geosciences
- Anthropology
- Architecture
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Energy and Mineral Engineering
- Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
- Dual-title program in International Agriculture and Development
- Dual-title in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and the Environment
- …and more!