Academics & Research

Earn your degree from the Richard Gilder Graduate School

 

“As a graduate student in the AMNH, I was immersed in the exhilarating atmosphere of non-stop scientific discovery, intellectual debate, and passion for biodiversity. ”


Cheryl Y. Hayashi

1996 Ph.D. in AMNH-Yale collaborative program
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of California Riverside
2007 MacArthur Fellow
Photo Credit: The MacArthur Foundation

The Richard Gilder Graduate School at the AMNH offers a wide range of training opportunities for students and postdoctoral trainees in the life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities. These include not only the Museum’s unique Doctoral Program in Comparative Biology, but also a variety of fellowship opportunities for both students and scientists, ranging from small grants in support of collection visits through collaborative Ph.D. programs involving other universities in New York State.