Guidance & Frequent Questions

Special Announcements

• To ensure greater efficiency in its research and fellowship programs, EPA has decided to offer undergraduate fellowships through the Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program and graduate fellowships through the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program. The graduate Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program will no longer be offered. Students interested in graduate funding should apply through the STAR fellowship program.
  
  If you have questions please use the comment form or contact the fellowship hotline at 1-800-490-9194.
  
  
• EPA is awarding fellowships for both the 2008 and 2009 academic years from the pool of applications received from the 2008 Request for Applications (RFA). Those award recommendations have been made, recipients were notified, and the awards are being processed for both the 2008 and 2009 academic years. EPA will not issue a new RFA for the STAR Fellowship Program for the 2009 academic year. This decision allows the Agency to maintain a high quality program and maximize its efficiency, while continuing to make fellowships available to deserving students. EPA remains committed to the goal of developing and training the next generation of environmental professionals to help solve complex environmental problems. EPA expects the 2010 Academic Year STAR Fellowship RFA to open in the summer of 2009.
  
  If you have questions please use the comment form or contact the fellowship hotline at 1-800-490-9194.
  
  
• Under the Climate Change and Allergic Airway Disease RFA, individual proposals do not have to address all of the listed sources of aeroallergens or both asthma and other allergies.
• The BAA RFA has been amended. Cycle 2 has been removed due to budget constraints however Cycle 1 and Cycle 3 are still in effect.