As part of the two-year program, students must complete a 'Summer Internship' at an EPA facility between their junior and senior years. During the summer immediately following the first year of support under the undergraduate fellowship program, students will complete a 10-12 week internship at one of EPA's many facilities around the country. The project will be designed to compliment and enhance the training received under the fellowship program. This program supports student training at both the masters and doctoral levels. Masters traineeships are offered for two years, tenable over three years while doctoral traineeships are awarded for three years, tenable over five years.
Support covers tuition, fees, books, and provides a modest monthly living stipend.
The following RFA was written by the National Center for Graduation Education for Minorities in Notre Dame, Indiana. The American Association for the Advancement of Science offers public policy fellowships which bring scientists and engineers to work in Congress, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Critical Technologies Institute, the US Agency for International Development and the US Environmental Protection Agency. The programs are designed to provide each fellow with a unique public policy learning experience and to make practical contributions to the more effective use of scientific and technical knowledge in the US government. EPA and AAAS have sponsored the Environmental Science and Engineering Fellowship Program since 1981 to assist in the identification and evaluation of long-term environmental issues, by observing the processes involved in environmental decision making, while providing technical expertise to various Agency offices. The purpose of the fellowship program is to provide an opportunity to learn first-hand how science and technology information is used in environmental decision making.