US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces Graduate and Undergraduate Fellowships.

STAR FELLOWSHIPS

EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) graduate fellowship program supports Master’s and Doctoral candidates in environmental studies. Each year, students in the United States compete for STAR fellowships through a rigorous review process. Students can pursue degrees in traditionally recognized environmental disciplines as well as other fields such as social anthropology, urban and regional planning, and decision sciences. Since the program began in 1995, EPA has awarded approximately 1,500 STAR fellowships to students in every state and most territories. Fellowships have helped educate new academic researchers, government scientists, science teachers, and, environmental engineers.

Benefits of an EPA STAR Fellowship includes: Up to $42,000 per year of support, including $12,000 per year for tuition and fees, $25,000 per year in a monthly stipend, and an annual expense allowance of $5,000. Master’s level students can receive support for a maximum of two years. Doctoral students can be supported for a maximum of three years with funding available, under certain circumstances, over a period of four years.

Visit http://www.epa.gov/ncer/fellow/ for Application forms. Applications due on 5 November, 2010


GRO UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Undergraduate Fellowships for bachelor level students in environmentally related fields of study: Natural and Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Interdisciplinary Programs, Engineering, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science.

Eligible students will receive financial support in their last two years of undergraduate study (current sophomores apply) and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer between their junior and senior years. The students must attend a GRO eligible institution (<$35M in Research and Development). The fellowship provides up to $19,700 ($10,000 for tuition and fees, $7,200/yr stipend, $2,500-expense allowance) per year of academic support and up to $9,500 of internship support for the three-month summer period, for a total of up to $48,900 for the two year period. Visit http://www.epa.gov/ncer/fellow/ for Application forms. Applications due on 9 December, 2010.

For further information please contact:

STAR: Brandon Jones, Ph.D., Fellowships Team Leader. 202-343-9850; jones.brandon@EPA.gov
GRO: Georgette Boddie, Project Officer. 202-343-9741; boddie.Georgette@EPA.gov

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