U.S. EPA awards more than $1.6 million in environmental research fellowships to 13 students in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced more than $1.6 million in Science to Achieve Results (STAR) graduate fellowships for 13 students at universities in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada. The fellowships, which will allow these students to further their education while conducting environmental research, were part of over $6 million awarded to 52 students across the nation.
“Through EPA’s funding, the STAR fellows will pursue innovative research projects while attaining advanced academic degrees,” said Alexis Strauss, EPA’s Acting Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. “The work these students are doing is inspirational, and will help address environmental challenges in fields such as atmospheric chemistry, green energy, hydrogeology and toxicology.”
STAR fellowship recipients in the Pacific Southwest will address the following projects:
Arizona
Arizona State University: 1 award
Project title: A Study of the Aqueous Phase Processing of Organic Aerosols through Carbon Stable Isotope Analysis
Award amount: $132,000
University of Arizona: 1 award
Project title: Uncertainty for America’s Coasts: The Future of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Award amount: $132,000
California
Stanford University: 2 awards
Project title: Drinking Water Security in Times of Drought and Beyond: Improved Prediction, Management, and Decision-Making Tools for Water Distribution in Southern California
Award amount: $132,000
Project title: Persistence of Environmental DNA in the Marine Environment
Award amount: $132,000
University of California, Berkeley: 5 awards
Project title: Assessment of Advanced Water Treatment Processes to Promote Safe, Stable Microbial Communities in Direct Potable Reuse Distribution Systems
Award amount: $132,000
Project title: Understanding Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Biomass Burning through Time-Resolved Speciated Volatile and Semi-Volatile Organic Compound Measures
Award amount: $132,000
Project title: Identifying Environmental Pollutants that Alter the Stress Response
Award amount: $132,000
Project title: Human Productivity in a Warmer World: The Impact of Climate Change on the Global Workforce
Award amount: $132,000
Project title: Characterization of Mobile and Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide Emissions in California
Award amount: $132,000
University of California, Davis: 1 award
Project title: Assessing the Supply of Mercury from Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining Activities, and its Fluvial Transport and Methylation in Madre de Dios, Peru
Award amount: $88,000
University of California, Irvine: 1 award
Project Title: How Does the Endocrine Disruptor Tributyltin Commit Mesenchymal Stem Cells to the Adipose Lineage?
Award Amount: $132,000
Hawaii
University of Hawaii, Manoa: 1 award
Project Title: The Dynamic Interaction of Nutrient Pollution and Seawater Temperature on Reef Corals: Is Nutrient Enrichment Undermining Coral Resilience?
Award Amount: $132,000
Nevada
University of Nevada, Reno: 1 award
Project Title: Desert Diesel: Engineering Opuntia Ficus-Indica as a Low Input Biofuel Feedstock
Award Amount: $132,000
Since 1995, the STAR fellowship program has awarded nearly 2,000 students a total of more than $65 million in funding. Recipients have engaged in innovative research opportunities, with some becoming prominent leaders in environmental science. This year’s STAR fellows are poised to become the next generation of environmental professionals who can make significant impacts in environmental science and beyond.
Learn more about these fellows: https://www.epa.gov/research-fellowships/star-graduate-and-gro-undergraduate-fellowship-recipient-list#star
Learn more about EPA’s fellowship opportunities: www.epa.gov/research-fellowships