The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week announced two students from Lafayette College in Easton, Northampton County, one student Haverford College in Delaware County, one student Gettysburg College in Adams County, and two students from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Cumberland County will receive EPA Greater Research Opportunities Fellowships to support environmental studies.

From Dickinson: Caroline Kanaskie, an environmental science major and Keziah Groth-Tuft, a social science major, will each receive a $50,000 GRO Fellowship. 

Kanaskie will use this funding to continue her research on the impacts of citizen science projects and Groth-Tuft will use the funding to study how international communities are impacted by water pollution and limited water resources.

From Gettysburg: Micaela Edelson, an economics student, will receive a $50,000 GRO Fellowship, to conduct research on the potential risks that agricultural migrant workers face from pesticides.

From Haverford: Hannah Krohn, a political science major with a passion for the environment, will receive a $39,500 fellowship to explore environmental policy and to examine how sound science can be used for future legislative decisions.

From Lafayette: Rachel Elias, a chemical engineering major and Aliza Furneaux, an environmental science major, will each receive a $50,000 GRO Fellowship. 

Elias will use this funding for research on optimizing the use of biodiesel engines in colder climates and Furneaux will use the funding for research on the impacts of nitrogen as a pollutant. 

“With the help of this funding, undergraduates can explore their passion in environmental science and cultivate their research skills,” said EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin. “EPA knows today's students are tomorrow's environmental scientists and engineers who will lead the way in protecting human health and the environment.”

The fellowship provides a maximum of $50,000 for up to two years to each student and a summer internship at an EPA facility where students can work alongside EPA’s engineers and scientists. 

These students are pursuing degrees in environmental science and other related fields, including engineering, environmental health, and the physical sciences.

Since its inception in 1981, the GRO Fellowship program has awarded more than $13 million in funding to nearly 400 students.  This year, fellowships were awarded to 34 undergraduate students at 28 colleges and universities across the nation.

For more information, visit EPA’s GRO Fellows and GRO Program webpages.

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