EPA ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR MINORITY
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS

EPA is now accepting applications for its undergraduate and graduate Minority Academic Institutions fellowship programs. The fellowship programs were created to encourage promising students to pursue careers in the environmental field and to support EPA's mission by ensuring a supply of well-trained environmental specialists to meet the environmental challenges of the future. Minority Academic Institutions are defined as Historically Black Colleges or Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges, Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions and Alaska Native Serving Institutions. Applicants must be citizens of the United States, its territories or possessions or be lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. The deadline for receipt of applications is Nov. 18. EPA plans to award about 20 undergraduate fellowships and 25 graduate fellowships by July 22, 2003. For more information about the fellowship programs, see: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/current/2003_mai_grad.html and http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/current/2003_mai_under.html.