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www.epa.gov/research

Research Fellowship Opportunities
Science to Achieve Results
> Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Fellowships
Funds up to $44,000 per year for advanced degrees and careers in
environmental science and engineering
Support for full-time students in a 2-year masters program or 3-year doctoral
program at any accredited U.S. college or university
Annual $27,000 stipend, $5,000 for expenses, and up to $12,000 tuition and
fees
U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and resident aliens with green cards may
apply.
Qualifying Areas of Research for STAR Fellowships (All categories include Social
Sciences)
Emerging Environmental Approaches and
Challenges
-Environmental Innovation
-Informational Science
-Synthetic Biology for Environmental
Purposes
Human Health Risk Assessment
-Public Health
-Risk Assessment and Risk Management
Chemical Safety for Sustainability
-Adverse Impacts from Exposures
from Exposures to Endocrine Distrupting
Compounds
- Environmental Health and Safety of
Engineered Nanomaterials
-Computational Chemistry for Predicitve
Toxicology
-Communicating and Translating
Emerging Science for Evaluating Impacts
of Chemicals
Air, Climate and Energy
-Clean Air
-Global Change
-Green Energy/Natural Resources
Production and Use
Safe and Sustainable Water Resources
-Drinking Water
-Water Quality - Coastal and Estuarine
Processes
-Water Quality - Hydrogeoly and Suface
Water
Safe and Healthy Communities
-Multidisciplinary Approaches to
Optimize Decision Outcomes
Tribes and American Indian/Alaska
Native/Pacific Islander Communities
GreaterResearchOpportunitites
Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Undergraduate Fellowships
Funds up to $50,000 for the last 2 years of an undergraduate program in
environmental studies
Support for students at 4-year, fully accredited institutions of higher
education with limited funding for research and development
$800 monthly stipend, $2,500 expense allowance, and up to $11,000 for
tuition and fees
Summer internship at EPA research laboratory or other facility with $8,600
stipend including relocation allowance
Applicants must have at least a "B" average.
U.S. citizens, permanent residents and resident aliens with green cards may
apply.
Areas of Research Supported for GRO
Natural and Life Sciences
Environmental Sciences and Interdisciplinary Programs
Social Sciences
Physical Sciences
Mathematics and Computer Sciences
Office of Research and Development
NationalCenterforEnvrionmentalResearch
Engineering
www.epa.gov/ncer/fellowships

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