EPA Awards 105 Research Fellowships

105 US Graduate to Receive $8.6 million in Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship Grants to Conduct Research on Topics Ranging from Climate Change to Public Health to Water Quality, Chemical Safety and Sustainability

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Suzanne Young, PhD and Joshua Breithaupt, PhD at the University of South Florida are two of 105 graduate students across the nation to receive $8.6 million in Science to Achieve Results (STAR) fellowship grants. The grants will be used to conduct research on topics ranging from climate change to public health to water quality, chemical safety 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.

"These fellowships are helping our next generation of scientists and engineers earning advanced degrees in environmental sciences conduct cutting edge research," said Lek Kadeli, Acting Assistant Administrator for EPA's Office of Research and Development. "Through this support, EPA is ensuring that the United States will have the scientific knowledge to meet future environmental challenges, which will strengthen our nation's economy and security, while better protecting our health and environment in addition to combating climate change."

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 we restore wetlands, and improving our understanding of where and why harmful algal blooms occur by examining the way nutrients move through river systems. In addition, the grants will 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.

Many STAR fellows continue on to find success in the public and private sector focusing their efforts on environmental and public health issues. A 1996 STAR fellow from the University of California, Berkeley, is helping to lead TransForm, anaward-winningnonprofit organization working in the San Francisco Bay Area and California; the organization's campaigns have helped raise over $8 billion for sustainable and socially-just transportation and led to ground-breaking policies linking transportation and land use planning. A 2009 STAR fellow is now studying the chemistry of the lower atmosphere at the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Labo

Source: EPA

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