We will be recruiting one individual to join our team at the Postdoctoral level to collaborate on studies investigating movement ecology, spatial cognition, and/or auditory cognition in Clark’s nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana) in the wild. This position will be pending successful funding through a NSERC PDF application. Please watch here for more details or contact Dr. Debbie Kelly (debbie.kelly @ umanitoba.ca).”
One M.Sc. or Ph.D. position is currently available in the Comparative Cognition Laboratory for September 2025, through either the Department of Psychology (applications due December 1, 2024) or the Department of Biological Sciences (applications due in April 2025). Students with interests in: 1) corvid cognition in the wild, 2) canine cognition, or 3) human spatial cognition are particularly encouraged to apply. We will not be accepting applications for lab-based avian research for the near future.
Our lab is greatly supported by the work of our awesome volunteers. We are always interested in welcoming dedicated people to work as part of our research team. Volunteers are typically able to get a variety of experiences involving all aspects of the design, experimental implementation, data analyses, and scientific communication. If you are interested in volunteering, please email (kellylabumanitoba @ gmail.com) or Dr. Kelly (Debbie.Kelly @ umanitoba.ca)
Dr. Kelly is able to accept Graduate Students through the Faculty of Science, the the Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, and the Faculty of Arts, Psychology Department. For graduate student funding opportunities:
If you are interested in joining the Psychology Undergraduate Honours Program Dr. Kelly is able to accept students from the Faculty of Science as well as the Faculty of Arts. If you are interested in doing an Honours research project, please email Dr. Kelly with a copy of your transcript (the unofficial web version is sufficient) and a brief description of the type of research you are interested in. Undergraduate students are also eligible for funding summer research through: