EPA research fellowships totaling $4.5 million will provide tuition support for 142 students from across the country pursuing degrees in environmental studies, including two graduate and one undergraduate students in Pennsylvania.

Applications for the 2007 fellowships are due November 16 for undergraduate and November 20 for graduate students.

The fellowships awarded this week are part of EPA's STAR and GRO programs.

Science to Achieve Results, or STAR, is a graduate fellowship program that supports some of the nation's most promising masters and doctoral candidates. This year, more than 1,300 applicants competed for 112 STAR fellowships. These students are pursuing degrees in biology, toxicology, ecology, environmental sciences and other environmental studies.

The fellowships awarded in Pennsylvania include:

· Elizabeth A. Gilmore, Carnegie Mellon University: The air quality and human health impacts of distributed energy generation;

· Jeffrey Robert Pierce, Carnegie Mellon University: Understanding the effect of atmospheric particles on clouds and climate; and

· Frank C. Calvosa, Villanova University.

More than 1,500 fellows competed for these highly prestigious fellowships that enable students to complete their undergraduate or graduate degrees.

For more information and an application for 2007 fellowships, visit EPA’s fellowships webpage.

11/3/2006