Information on
Other EPA Student Programs is
available at the following Web sites:
For Ages 16 through Professional Schools
www. epa. gov/ohr/careers/stuopp. html
• Student Career Experience Program (SCEP), for
college or university level
• Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP)
• Student Employment Opportunities (summer,
graduate, diversity, disabled, and other)
Programs for College Level and Beyond:
• Tribal Lands Environmental Science Scholarship
and Intern Program (funded by the American Indian
Science and Engineering Society)
• Resident Research Associateship Program (operated
by the National Research Council/National Academy
of Sciences)
• Marshall Scholarship in cooperation with the United
Kingdom's Marshall Aid Commemoration
Commission
• Office of General Counsel (OGC) Honors Fellow-
ship Program (for law students and law clerks)
Fellowships:
• National Network for Environmental Management
Studies
• Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate
Fellowships
• Greater Research Opportunities (GRO)
Undergraduate and Graduate Fellowships
• Public Health Fellowships (partnership with the
Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)
• American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS) Fellowships
United States
Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20460-0001
www.epa.gov
For further information, contact the
EPA Office of Human Resources
www.epa.gov/careers/
www.epa.gov/ohr/index.htm
www.epa.gov/ohr/careers/stuopp.html
Employee Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, interns receive a
comprehensive federal compensation package that
may include:
• Advancement opportunities
• Sick and annual leave
• Flexible work hours
• Family-friendly policies
• Health and life insurance
• Federal retirement program, and
• A Thrift Savings Plan (Federal 40 IK
program)
EPA Intern Class Orientation
210-F-08-001
October 2008
www.epa.gov/careers/
Internships, Fellowships and
Other Student Programs at
EPA
Information for
Students
and
Prospective Employees
Office of Administration and
Resources Management
Office of Human Resources
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Internships, Fellowships and Other Student Programs at EPA
Student Opportunities at EPA
Are you ready to accomplish something
really worthwhile in your career? If so,
consider joining the more than 17,000 men
and women of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA).
EPA leads the nation's environmental
science, research, education and assessment
efforts, and works to protect our health and
our environment.
Numerous opportunities are available
within EPA for students from high school to
post doctoral levels to gain vital career
experience while contributing to the mission
of protecting human health and safeguarding
the environment. Our Agency employees
interact with:
• industry;
• nonprofit organizations;
• state, local, and tribal governments; and
• other federal agencies.
Assignments may be in Washington, DC,
in any of our 10 regions, 39 labs, or
administrative centers nationwide and may
include geographic rotations.
EPA's employees are highly educated and
technically trained. In fact, more than 50
percent are engineers, scientists and policy
analysts. They are joined by many other
talented individuals in scores of vital
occupations, from legal and public affairs to
finance and information technology.
Types of Programs
With more than a dozen different internship
and fellowship programs to pick from, EPA is
able to offer a unique range of opportunities and
challenges to match any stage of one's career:
from the high school student, to the recent
college graduate, or the post doctoral researcher.
The Agency's primary internship programs
for college graduates and those with advanced
degrees are EPA's agency-wide Environmental
Careers Program, the Office of Research and
Development Post Doctoral Program, and the
Presidential Management Fellows Program.
These programs emphasize a graduate's career
and leadership development.
The EPA Environmental Careers Program,
www.epa.gov/ohr/eip.html, ECP, previously
named EPA Intern Program, is a comprehensive,
entry-level, professional, full-time, career
development program. It involves an intensive
two-year assignment to help college graduates
jump-start their careers and develop their potential
for future advancement within the Agency. The
ECP seeks graduates with a bachelor's or higher
level degree in a variety of academic disciplines,
including physical and life sciences, business,
finance, computer sciences, policy and public
administration. Participating EPA offices will post
their specific ECP job announcements on
USAjobs, www.usajobs.opm.gov, each fall. For
updates, email EPA-InternProgram@epa.gov.
EPA's Office of Research and
Development (ORD) Post Doctoral Program
seeks candidates for post doctoral research
positions that focus on the exposure and effects
of environmental contaminants on human
health and the environment. The preferred
candidate will have earned a Ph.D. within the
last five years or will have it awarded prior to
his or her federal employment start date. Post
doctoral positions in ORD may last up to four
years. For additional information, please
contact: ordpostdocapps@epa.gov, or visit
www.epa.gov/ord/htm/j obs_ord.htm
The Presidential Management Fellows
Program (PMF) provides a special means of
entry into the federal service for candidates
who have completed all graduate degree
requirements. Career development is
emphasized and participants will be exposed to a
variety of work assignments. This program is
managed by the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management. An application may be obtained
from your graduate school or placement office.
For further information, call OPM at (202) 606-
2525, visit their website: www.pmf.opm.gov/, or
see www.epa.gov/careers/current_former_bios.
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