AAAS--EPA and USDA Risk Assessment Science & Engineering Fellowships

The fellowships are designed to provide an opportunity to learn first-hand
how scientific and technological information is used in science policymaking
for human and environmental health at the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) or the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broad areas of
research interest within EPA include: environmental socioeconomic concerns;
hazardous air pollutants; human and environmental risk assessment; global
environmental hazards; pesticides, and innovative technologies such as
green technologies. Broad areas of research within USDA include human and 
environmental risk assessment to promote human and environmental health,
including the sustainability of farming through good conservation practices. 
The USDA is particularly interested in risk assessment for organisms which
replicate and thereby threaten human health or the environment, including
environmental biostressors and foodborne pathogens.

Risk Assessment Science & Engineering Fellowships: The program is designed
    for Fellows to serve for one-year at the EPA or the USDA, in Washington, D.C.,
    as special research consultants, assessing the significance of
    environmental and/or human health problems through application of risk
    assessment. At the EPA, Fellows will work in the National Center for
    Environmental Assessment, in the Office of Research and Development,
    on risk assessment research, methods, and guidelines. Fellows will
    perform health and ecological assessments, develop risk assessment
    information and training and help set research priorities based on
    risk.

Eligibility: Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral level 
    degree at the time of application. Person's with a master's degree in
    engineering and at least three years post-degree experience may also
    apply. All applicants must be U.S. citizens. Federal employees are not
    eligible for the fellowships.

Period: The fellowships are for a one-year appointment beginning in 
    September 1998. 

Stipend: The stipend for the EPA and the USDA fellowships are $42,000, plus
    allowances for moving, health, and professional travel. 

Deadline: All applications must be postmarked by January 15, 1998.

Contact: AAAS Fellowship Programs
 	 1200 New York Avenue, NW
	 Washington, D.C. 20005
	 Tel. (202) 326-6600
 	 Fax: (202) 289-4950
	 Http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/stg/cover.htm


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