EPA Awards 105 Fellowship Grants

Science to Achieve Results (STAR) fellowship grants are given to U.S. graduate students to conduct research on topics ranging from climate change and public health to water quality and sustainability that will have cross-cutting impacts in the environmental science field. The 105 STAR fellows will receive a maximum funding of $42,000 for one year for master’s students and up to two years for doctoral students.

This year’s fellowships will support scientists and engineers who are working on research related to mitigating the impacts of climate change on plant communities by transforming the way wetlands are restored, and improving the understanding of where and why harmful algal blooms occur by examining the way nutrients move through river systems.

The grants will also support research to investigate environmental challenges such as the effects of climate change on waterborne human pathogens and antibiotic resistant bacteria, study the interaction between pollutants and infectious disease, and classify and restore Pacific Northwest streams to improve water quality and fish habitat.

Since its creation in 1995, the program has awarded fellowships to 1,884 students, totaling more than $65 million in funding.

See a full list of the universities of the fellows.

Source: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency