The winners will be informed directly. The American Association for the Advancement of Science invites applications for one-year public policy fellowships, which bring scientists and engineers to Washington, DC, to work in Congress, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the RAND Critical Technologies Institute. Persons with a master's degree in engineering and at least three years of post-degree professional experience may also apply. Federal employees are not eligible for the fellowships. The programs are designed to provide each Fellow with a unique public policy learning experience and to bring technical backgrounds and external perpectives to decision making in the U.S. government.
Stipends vary by program.
Projects include investigating the structure of microbial flocs, the composition of the extracellular polymeric substances and physical properties of the floc in the relation to settling phenomena, appearance of filamentous microorganisms and dewatering. Experience with fluorescent microscopy, confocal microscopy or electron microscopy would be an asset.