HACU Member Advisory October 4, 2010

EPA Grants and Fellowship Opportunities

HACU encourages institutions to apply for the following opportunities available at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):

EPA STAR Fellowships:

Graduate: Benefits of an EPA STAR Fellowship include: Up to $42,000 per year of support, including $12,000 per year for tuition and fees, $25,000 per year in a monthly stipend, and an annual expense allowance of $5,000. Master’s level students can receive support for a maximum of two years. Doctoral students receive up to three years of funding, under certain circumstances, over a period of four years.

Undergraduate: Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer between their junior and senior years. The fellowship provides up to $19,700 per year of academic support and up to $9,500 of internship support for the three-month summer period,

for a total of up to $48,900 for the two year period.

Deadline: November 5, 2010

For additional information: http://www.epa.gov/ncer/fellow/

People, Prosperity, and the Planet Program

EPA's P3 – People, Prosperity, and the Planet -- Program is a unique college competition for designing solutions for a sustainable future. P3 offers students quality hands-on experience that brings their classroom learning to life.

The competition has two phases. For the first phase, teams are awarded a $15,000 grant to develop their idea. They bring the design in April to the National Sustainable Design Expo in Washington, DC, to compete for the P3 award and a second phase grant of $90,000 to take their design to real world application.

Deadline: December 22, 2010

For additional information: http://www.epa.gov/ncer/p3/

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