10 Ph.D. Assistantships at the University of Idaho The project of Climate-Smart Commodities for Idaho will build climate-smart markets and increase the adoption of climate-smart practices with a focus on barley, beef, chickpeas, hops, potatoes, sugar beets, and wheat. The project will collaborate with public, private, and tribal partners to 1) increase the adoption of climate-smart practices; 2) reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; 3) assess the GHG-mitigating potential of major crops; 4) evaluate climate-smart farming effects on yield, profitability, soil health, pest management, and supply chain development; 5) refine the COMET model for implementation in Idaho; 6) improve accuracy of GHG and soil C storage estimates for Idaho’s farming systems. We will hire a cohort of 10 doctoral students who will work and study across the state of Idaho. Students will work with faculty across the University of Idaho’s campuses and Research and Extension Centers (Moscow, Idaho Falls, Aberdeen, Kimberly, and Parma). The students are fully supported with a stipend, student health insurance, tuition, and a research allowance. There are diverse options of research themes for students to study in this program: Agronomy (e.g., crop rotations, crop yield and quality), Animal Grazing and Greenhouse Gas Flux, Crop Modeling (e.g., CropSyst, DSSAT, etc.), Entomology, Human Dimensions, Plant Pathology/Nematology, Project Management, Nutrient Management, Remote Sensing/Drone Imagery, Soil Amendments (e.g., compost, biochar), Soil-Borne Plant Pathogens, Soil Carbon, Soil Greenhouse Gas Flux and Modeling, Soil Health, Vector-Borne Plant Pathogens, Weed Ecology, etc. For application, please prepare the documents below and submit your application at https://iamp.uidaho.edu/ 1. A research statement that describes your experience with research, fieldwork, data collection, and management (max. 2 pages) 2. A Curriculum Vitae (C.V.) 3. Unofficial transcripts 4. Contact information for three references 5. One example of your published work if applicable (research report, thesis chapter, journal publication) 6. Test information if applicable: GRE, TOEFL/Duolingo, etc.