Three students from the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies have been chosen 1999-2000 recipients of research grants under the Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research program. The Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research program is a project of the Teresa and H. John Heinz III Foundation. The program was created to encourage students to integrate environmental thinking across a range of disciplines. The foundation, based in Washington, D. C. and Pittsburgh, is one of the Heinz Family Philanthropies, a group of funds chaired by Teresa Heinz.
Issues related to the environment and public health are top concerns of the foundation.