Fellowships

Fellowships provide individuals the opportunity to serve in an ideal setting for advanced subspecialty training. Individuals are given the opportunity to study and gain invaluable insight into a particular field of study. These programs can last 6 weeks to several years.

Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (AF/SFFP)
This program offers US colleges, universities, or technical institute faculty members an opportunity to perform mentor-based research in areas of interest to the Air Force in Air Force research facilities. These facilities include nine Technical Directorates of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and other Air Force research facilities including several research centers at the United States Air Force Academy and the Air Force Institute of Technology.

Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program
This program administered by the Department of Energy is designed for elementary and secondary school mathematics and science teachers. Selected teachers spend up to one year in a Congressional Office or a federal agency. The Fellows provide their educational expertise, years of experience and personal insights to these offices.

American Institute of Physics (AIP) Congressional Science Fellowship Programs
This 1-year program sponsors at least one scientist annually to spend a year providing scientific knowledge and technical advice to members of Congress.

American Institute of Physics (AIP) State Department Science Fellowship program
This 1-year program sponsors at least one scientist annually to spend a year working in a bureau or office of the State Department. This is an opportunity for a scientist to provide scientific and technical expertise to the Department, and help raise awareness of the value of scientific input, while learning about and contributing to the foreign policy process.

American Planning Association Congressional Fellowships
This program provides Fellows an opportunity to work directly with congressional staff and APA's government affairs department. Projects include conducting policy and legislative research, drafting policy briefs, developing briefings and resources for congressional staff on planning and livability issues, and serving as liaison to congressional staff and advocacy organizations interested in planning and smart growth.

American Psychological Association (APA) Congressional Fellowship Program
This 1-year program provides psychologists with an invaluable public policy learning experience, to contribute to the more effective use of psychological knowledge in government, and to broaden awareness about the value of psychology-government interaction among psychologists and within the Federal government.

Argonne National Laboratory Named Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The program provides special postdoctoral fellowships to outstanding doctoral scientists and engineers who are at early points in promising careers. Candidates must display superb ability in scientific or engineering research, and must show definite promise of becoming outstanding leaders in the research they pursue. The Laboratory intends to award fellowships in the following areas: Basic Science, Scientific Facilities, Energy Resources and Environmental Management.

Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program
The Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program offers postdoctoral training in the field of cancer prevention and control, including molecular prevention, biomarkers role in early detection, molecular epidemiology, clinical trials and behavioral/nutritional interventions. First-year fellows have the opportunity to receive Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) training at accredited university programs, which is followed by independent research at national Caner Institute (NCI)'s Bethesda, Rockville, and Frederick Maryland facilities. Other Program offerings for fellows include NCI's Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention, grant writing, effective presentations workshops, weekly prevention lectures, and fellows' research meetings.

CDC Bioterrorism Fellowship
The primary purpose of this program is to identify new approaches and opportunities for field experience in which graduate candidates and early career professionals with graduate degrees can practice applying skills and knowledge learned in the classroom and field.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR) Public Health Fellowships
The goal of the program is to address emerging needs of public health, and to provide leadership and professional opportunities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR) for students and graduate students of ASPH member graduate schools of public health. The fellowships are from one to two years in duration, depending on the needs of CDC and the fellow. The types of fellowships will vary according to specific areas of research or training within CDC's Centers/Institutes/Offices (CIOs).

Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CDC/CSTE) Applied Epidemiology Fellowship Program
Fellows receive on-the-job training in a state health agency under the guidance of an experienced mentor. Fellows will work in particular program areas such as infectious disease, chronic disease, maternal/ child health, injury, birth defects, developmental disability, environmental, and emergency response (bioterrorism) epidemiology. Fellows will work towards developing specific skills and core competencies in applied epidemiology. The goal of the program is to secure long-term job placement at the state level for interested fellows.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention / Prevention Research Center (CDC/PRC) Minority Fellowship
This program is designed to enhance the preparation of future public health professionals from ethnic and racial minorities by providing unique training opportunities in prevention research. The support offered through this program will expand minority representation in the public health prevention research workforce and provide fellows an opportunity to gain practical, first-hand experience in prevention research.

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Program
The program is designed and funded to encourage and support research, study, and labor designed to pursue and produce new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind.

Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP) Fellowship
The year-long program is designed to attract the most creative, research-oriented medical and dental students. Fellows are engaged in a mentored clinical research project in an area that matches their personal interests and goals. Fellows will also participate in an interactive, small-group learning experience with the 15 members of the class and leading physicians and scientists.

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Congressional Fellows Program
This program offers Fellows an opportunity to gain invaluable experience as they assist in the development of legislative and public policy initiatives. Fellows works on a wide range of staff assignments, including conducting research and analysis, responding to constituent mail, drafting legislation, and coordinating logistics and public testimony for congressional hearings.

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Louis Stokes Urban Health Policy Fellows Program
This educational, leadership development program is designed for health policy professionals who through original research, advanced legislative training, and health policy analysis will significantly aid efforts to eliminate health disparities in the United States and abroad.

Congressional Fellowships on Women and Public Policy
This program provides fellowships opportunities to a select number of graduate students with a proven commitment to equity for women. Fellows gain practical policymaking experience and graduate credit as they work from January to August as Congressional legislative aides in Washington, D.C.

Congressional Fellowship Program
The program provides an opportunity for senior level personnel (GS 13-15 or uniform service equivalents) to work in Congressional offices or with committee staff members to develop legislative issues. The fellows gain an in-depth understanding of legislative branch processes and culture.

David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships
The program provides opportunities for U.S. graduate students to pursue specialization in area and language study or to add an international dimension to their education. The fellowships support students pursuing the study of languages, cultures, and world regions that are critical to U.S. national security but are less frequently studied by U.S. graduate students, i.e., areas of the world other than Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Dwight David Eisenhower Faculty Fellowships
The program provides faculty members in transportation fields with opportunities to enhance and update their transportation knowledge. During the fellowship, faculty members attend conferences, courses, seminars, and workshops with well known leaders in the transportation field of study.

Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Fellowships
The program enables masters and doctoral degrees students to pursue an education at a college or university of their choice in a transportation-related field.

Dwight David Eisenhower Grants for Research Fellowships
The program provides undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral level students with opportunities to conduct transportation research, development, and technology transfer at U.S. Department of Transportation facilities.

Dwight David Eisenhower Hispanic Serving Institutions (HIS) Fellowships
The program provides students with opportunities to enter careers in transportation fields of study (accepts a variety of degrees). By entering this program, students enhance their opportunities to gain acceptance into other Eisenhower fellowship programs. Contact your local HSI for applications.

Dwight David Eisenhower Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Fellowships
The program provides students with additional opportunities to enter careers in transportation. The program also serves as a feeder for other Eisenhower fellowships.

Dwight David Eisenhower Tribal Colleges Fellowships (TCF)
The program provide students and faculty with opportunities to enter careers in transportation-related fields (accepts a variety of degrees) of study. By entering this program, students and faculty enhance their opportunities to gain acceptance into other Eisenhower fellowship programs. Contact your local TCF for applications.

Economic Policy Fellowship Program
The program aims to provide experts in macroeconomics, health economics, financial economics, public finance, and other specialties with a unique opportunity to address complex budgetary and economic policy issues.

Emerging Infectious Diseases Advanced Laboratory Training Fellowship Program
This 1-year training program provides bachelor and masters-level scientists with practical application of technologies, methodologies, and practices related to emerging infectious diseases. Fellows are placed within local, state, or federal (CDC) public health laboratories and receive advanced training. A program is developed for each fellow focusing on one or two areas such as: vaccine preventable diseases, drug-resistant pathogens, molecular methods, vector-borne or zoonotic diseases, foodborne illnesses, waterborne illnesses, sexually transmitted diseases, imported infections, computer and systems support, applications of vector or animal control, diagnostic testing methods, and instrumentation.

Emerging Infectious Diseases Post-Doctoral Laboratory Research Fellowship Program
This 2-year training program provides doctoral-level (Ph.D., M.D., D.V.M.) scientists with an emphasis on research or development in infectious diseases. Fellows will conduct applied research or development in areas relevant to public health including, but not limited to the following: development and evaluation of diagnostic and subtyping techniques, antimicrobial sensitivity and assessment of mechanisms of resistance, principles and practices of vector or animal control, improved methodologies for environmental sampling, testing, and evaluation.

Energy Research Undergraduate Laboratory Fellowships at NREL - Science and Technology National Renewable Energy Laboratory
The program provides undergraduate students with educational training and research experiences by placing them on teams with laboratory scientists and engineers in DOE national laboratories. The program’s goal is to strengthen student’s knowledge and skills while deepening their commitment to pursue careers in science and technology. Programs are 10 weeks during the summer and 16 weeks in the fall and spring. The program attracts eligible applicants which vary in gender, ethnicity, economic background, geography, and the type of college or university attended.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Fellowship
This program provides professional training and opportunities for public health professionals by enabling them to work with the EPA on current and emerging environmental public health needs. In most cases these placements will be for a minimum of one year with the possibility of extension. The nature of the work for each fellowship project will vary according to the background, interests, and career paths of each fellow.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Network for Environmental Studies Fellowship Program
This program provides undergraduate and graduate students with practical research opportunities and experiences in an EPA office or laboratory. Research project topics include environmental law, environmental management, environmental science, public relations, and computer programming.

Environmental Protection Agency: Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships
The program provides opportunities and support to assist graduate level students in completing and obtaining advanced degrees in environmentally related fields of study. Applicants are accepted from the following fields of study but they are not limited to Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Social Sciences and Multi-Disciplinary Studies related to environmental sciences and technology.

Fascell Fellowship Program
The program provides fellowships intended for, but not necessarily limited to, teachers, scholars, academics, and other individuals currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a graduate level program focused on Eastern European, Slavic, or Mandarin languages. Fellows will occupy positions in United States embassies or consulates. A high level of language proficiency is required.

Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities
Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research in the humanities that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities.

Fellowship Opportunity in Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response
The fellow will have a broad-based experience working as a member of the Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response. The fellow will support and participate in new and on-going program initiatives and may be required to travel to assist with preparedness and response activities.

Fermilab Teacher Fellowship Program - Science, Math & Technology
Teacher Fellowships are available each year at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois. Designed for outstanding middle and high school teachers the duration of this program is 9 to 12 months sabbatical to participate in research in particle physics and to develop educational materials related to their experience. Female and minority candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.

Ford Fellowship
The Ford programs offer predoctoral, dissertation, and postdoctoral support for members of specific underrepresented minority groups, U.S citizens who are Alaska Natives, African-American, Mexican-American, American Indian, Native Pacific Islander, or Puerto Rican, and who aspire to, or are engaged in, a career in college teaching and research are eligible.

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Program
This program provides academic year and summer fellowships to institutions of higher education to assist graduate students in foreign language and either area or international studies. The goals of the fellowship program include: (1) to assist in the development of knowledge, resources, and trained personnel for modern foreign language and area/international studies; (2) to stimulate the attainment of foreign language acquisition and fluency; and (3) to develop a pool of international experts to meet national needs.

Fulbright Fellowships for American Citizen Students, Scholars, and Teachers
This program makes awards in open, merit-based competition for the USA flagship international exchange program for students, artists, young professionals, teachers, faculty, and advanced research. It affords opportunities for study, research, professional development, and teaching in more than 140 countries. Awards can be for several months up to 1 year.

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program
The program provides opportunities for overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for groups of teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development or group research or study. This competition will not support advanced overseas intensive language projects.

Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program
This program provides short-term study/travel seminars abroad for U.S. educators in the social sciences and humanities for the purpose of improving their understanding and knowledge of the people and culture of other countries.

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program
The program provides opportunities for selected graduate students to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad (outside the United States) in modern foreign languages and area studies.

Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program
The program provides opportunities for selected faculty members of institutions of higher education to engage in research abroad (outside the United States) and study in modern foreign languages and area studies.

Fulbright Indo-American Environment Leadership Program (F-IAELP)
The program is designed for mid-level environmental professionals in the private sector, or with government or non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The program combines 8-12 week practical fellowships in India with opportunities for networking with Indian counterpart organizations. The selected individuals will be placed at Indian public, private, or non-governmental organizations, including academic institutions and research centers.

Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program
The program provides exchange opportunities for qualified educators to teach in other countries for 6 weeks, a semester, or a full academic year. U.S. administrators will work together with the foreign administrator as a team, shadowing and sharing administrative duties. Exchanges may be in the areas of personnel administration, curriculum development, student affairs, or educational policy and methodology. Program participants have the opportunity to live and work in the cultures of their host countries, an experience which has benefits for the teachers, their schools, and their communities.

Global Change Education Project (GCEP) with Department of Energy
The program provides funding to support graduate students interested in collaborative global change research with universities and national laboratories. The program also encourages interdisciplinary work. Programs supported, but are not limited to the following fields of study: atmospheric sciences, ecology, global carbon cycles, climatology, pale climatology, terrestrial processes, integrated assessment and prediction, computer modeling, earth system processes.

Global Change Education Program - Graduate Research Environmental Fellowships (GREF)
This fellowship program provides monetary support to graduate students engaged in biological and environmental research at a participating university and/or national laboratory.

Goddard Coastal Research Graduate Fellowship Program
This program gives graduate students in and related disciplines the opportunity to work with the Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology (GEST) Center on a research project relating to physical and biological oceanography.

Graduate Assistance Fellowship in Areas of National Need
This program provides fellowships, through academic departments and programs of institutions of higher education, to assist graduate students with excellent records who demonstrate financial need and plan to pursue the highest degree available in a field designated as an area of national need. The areas of national need include biology, chemistry, computer and information science, engineering, geological science, mathematics, and physics.

Graduate Student Research Fellowship Program
This NASA program awards fellowships up to $22,000 a year to graduate students pursuing advanced degrees in science and engineering. NASA's scientists and engineers competitively evaluate students applying for these fellowships on their academic qualifications, proposed research, and plan of study. Approximately 300 graduates are accepted into the program each year.

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Fellowship
This program provides an opportunity for early career public health professionals from accredited graduate schools of public health to further their professional development through direct training and service within the various Bureaus, Offices, and Field Offices of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Homeland Security Awards presented by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation
The four $2,500 Homeland Security Awards are designed to encourage, promote and to provide incentives for individuals/companies within the United States to continue research that leads to the development of "cutting edge" Homeland Security innovations.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)-USA Congressional Fellowship program
This 1-year program is designed to further the effective use of scientific and technical knowledge in government, to help educate the scientific and engineering community on the public policy process, and to broaden the perspectives of the science, engineering, and governmental communities regarding the value of such interaction.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)-USA Executive Fellows Program
This 1-year program is intended to make practical contributions to U.S. competitiveness by providing a resource of industrial experience and scientific and technical knowledge to key Executive Branch policymakers.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)-USA Engineering and Diplomacy Fellow
This 1-year program is designed to provide engineers with opportunities to provide technical expertise to the State Department, and to help raise awareness of the value of engineering input, while learning about and contributing to the foreign policy process.

Intelligence Community (IC) Fellowship Program Defense Intelligence Agency
The program provides a small select number of college graduates seeking a career in intelligence the opportunity to obtain a quality education that will get their career off to a successful beginning. The program allows entry-level professionals to enroll in the Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence degree program at the Joint Military Intelligence College (JMIC).

International Studies Fellowship at Library of Congress
The program is from four to nine months and designed for postdoctoral scholars who are at an early stage of their career, within seven years of their degree. Research projects in the history, language, culture, politics, economics, and other disciplines of the humanities and social sciences that further understanding of the global partners of the United States will be welcome, as will multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary proposals, and proposals focused on single or multiple geographical areas.

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program
This program provides financial assistance to students who have demonstrated (1) superior academic ability and achievement; (2) exceptional promise; and (3) financial need to undertake graduate study leading to a doctoral degree or a master's degree in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree in the selected field of study.

Kluge Center Fellowship at Library of Congress
This program provides the opportunity to qualified scholars to conduct research at the Library of Congress collection and resources for a period of up to 11 months. The Kluge Center especially encourages humanistic and social science research that makes use of the Library's large and varied collections.
Mansfield Fellowship Program
The 2-year (1 year language/area training and 1 year working full-time in Japan) fellowship program provides U.S. Federal government employees with an opportunity to develop an in-depth understanding of Japan, learn how its government works, and establish relationships with their counterparts in the government of Japan as well as in the business, professional, and academic communities.

Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Distinguished International Postdoctoral Research Fellows (MPS-DRF)
The program provides opportunities for postdoctoral investigators to conduct research projects abroad. The program provides talented recent doctoral recipients in the mathematical and physical sciences an effective means of establishing international collaborations in the early stages of their careers, thereby facilitating and enhancing connections between the U.S. science and engineering community and its international counterparts.

Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship: Hispanic Internship Program (HIP)
The 10-week program focuses on geology and expanded disciplines used in the oil and gas industry at the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) sites. The program provides "real" application of academic knowledge in a professional working environment to develop highly skilled students who may choose to pursue a career within the Department of Energy or FE while supporting diversity in an area (the oil and gas industry) where minorities are underrepresented.

Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU-UP) Internship Program
The program began with a geology focus and has expanded into disciplines used in the oil and gas industry at Office of Fossil Energy (FE) sites. The program provides "real" application of academic knowledge in a professional working environment to develop highly skilled graduates who may choose to pursue a career within the Department of Energy or FE while supporting diversity in an area (the oil and gas industry) where minorities are underrepresented.

Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship: Tribal Colleges and Universities Internship Program (TCUP)
The 10-week program provides students who have completed their sophomore year, or have graduate level standing pursuing academic degrees in science, math and engineering. The program focus is geology and expanded disciplines used in the oil and gas industry at the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) sites. The program provides "real" application of academic knowledge in a professional working environment to develop highly skilled students who may choose to pursue a career within the Department of Energy or FE while supporting diversity in an area (the oil and gas industry) where minorities are underrepresented.

Minority Leaders Fellowship Program
The nationally competitive academic program focuses on preparing the next generation of public service leaders. College students are provided opportunities to explore issues of leadership and diversity, develop professional skills, and investigate various aspects of governance and citizenship, in both theory and practice for academic credit in the capital city of Washington, D.C.

Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Supporting Activities
The grant program supports fellows in conducting research with in the United States and aboard. The fellowships are focused on supporting activities in an effort to increase the participation of underrepresented groups (Native Americans, American Indians, Alaskan Natives, African-Americans, Hispanics, and Native Pacific Islanders) in selected areas of science in the United States. These fellowships support training and research at the postdoctoral level at a host institution in the areas of biology and social, behavioral, and economic sciences.

MSET Faculty Fellowship
This program awards fellowships to scientists, mathematicians, and engineers of HBCUs or minority-serving institutions to enhance the basic research and management capability of the schools, so that they may become involved in science and technology areas of interest to NASA and other government entities. Fellows will interface with high level NASA and other government officials, participate in NASA's R&D programs, learn about innovative scientific and engineering research methods and participate in discussions of the pedagogy of Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Technology disciplines.

NASA ACCESS (Achieving Competence in Competence in Computing, Engineering, and Space Science)
This program provides disabled undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to work for 10 weeks during the summer with a NASA mentor in either a lab or office environment. Jobs are related to the participant's interests and abilities.

NASA/American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Faculty Fellowship Program
This 10-week summer program offers science and engineering faculty members hands-on exposure to NASA's research challenges. There are extended research opportunities at participating NASA research centers, working closely with NASA colleagues on challenges important to NASA's strategic enterprises.

NASA Earth System Science Fellowship Program:
This program for graduate students offers fellowships for persons pursuing a Master of Science or Doctoral degree in Earth System Science.

NASA Employee Fellowship
This 18 - 22 month program provides selected fellows with the opportunity to teach and/or conduct research at a Minority Institutions (MI) and participate in developmental assignments at NASA Headquarters, another government agency, in the private sector, and/or at other appropriate organizations. Employee fellows will spend approximately 9 months teaching at a MI and 9-13 months in professional development assignments.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Faculty Fellowship Program
The 10-week program provides college/university faculty in science and engineering hands-on exposure to NASA's research challenges through summer research residencies and extended research opportunities at participating NASA research centers. Faculty members will work closely with NASA colleagues on challenges important to NASA's strategic enterprises.

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships
The program seeks to identify individuals who desire to pursue careers in science and engineering fields of study. Selected fellows are allowed to pursue their graduate studies at whichever university they choose to attend. The goal is to provide the United States with talented, doctorally trained American men and women who will lead state-of-the-art research projects in disciplines having the greatest payoff to national security requirements.

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
The program provides opportunities for high school, college, master's, Ph.D., and M.D. candidates fellowship and summer internships to research into causes, treatments, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases. Research may include but not limited to the following: rheumatic diseases, bone diseases (including osteoporosis and Paget's disease), skin diseases, autoimmune diseases (including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and scleroderma), connective tissue diseases, musculoskeletal diseases and disorders, muscle diseases (such as muscular dystrophy), exercise physiology and musculoskeletal fitness, sports injuries.

National Institutes of Health Academy Fellowship Program
The program provides opportunities for recent college graduates to spend a year engaged in biomedical investigation at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. The mission of the Academy is to enhance research dedicated to the elimination of domestic health disparities through the development of a diverse cadre of biomedical researchers. While in this program, fellows work side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research. The program usually last 12 months but can be extended for a second and final year.

National Library of Medicine (NLM) Associate Fellowship Program
This one-year postgraduate training fellowship at the NLM in Bethesda, Maryland, with an optional second year program component. The program is designed to prepare librarians for future leadership roles in health services research. The Associate Fellows are introduced to a wide range of technologies and skills used in managing information at a national library.

National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) Undergraduate & Graduate Student Fellowship Program
The program provides undergraduate and graduate students with opportunities to conduct practical research and gain invaluable experiences in an EPA office or laboratory. The program increases public awareness and involvement in environmental issues while encouraging qualified individuals to pursue environmental careers. Students will be accepted into the program with a wide variety of academic backgrounds.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program with Minority-Serving Institutions Graduate Research Fellowship Program
This program provides an individual holding junior or senior class status at a minority serving institution with scholarships and internship experiences for junior and senior year students attending minority serving institutions pursuing degrees in areas related to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Oak Ridge Associated Universities HBCU/MEI Summer Faculty Research Program
This program provides full-time faculty at institutions of higher learning that are designated by the Federal government as HBCUs, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, or Tribal Colleges with the opportunity to collaborate with Oak Ridge National Laboratory faculty on a research project related to Advanced Materials, Advanced Scientific Computing, Complex Biological Systems, Energy and Environmental Systems of the Future, or Homeland Security.

Pamela Harriman Foreign Service Fellowships:
This program inspires the best of a new generation to pursue careers in public service. The fellowships are offered annually to three outstanding undergraduates from across the nation. Each student will be given the opportunity to spend a summer in a professional position with the United States Department of State.

Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Fellowship
The program provides opportunities for recent college graduates to spend a year engaged in biomedical investigation at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland and selected off-campus locations. While in this program, fellows work side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research.

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Microbial Biology
The Microbial Biology Fellowships provides selected applicants with training and research opportunities on the basic biology of protozoan, microalgal, fungal, archaeal, bacterial, and viral species that are not generally considered to be model organisms, e.g., E. coli, Saccharomyces cerevesiae, TMV.

Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program at CDC
This program at CDC provides training and experience for its participants to effectively apply computer and information science and technology to real public health problems, including the ability to lead and manage all aspects of the design, development and implementation of public health information systems.

Public Health Prevention Service (PHPS)
This fellowship program has both a domestic and global track. Each assignment is in a different program area (e.g., immunization, injury control, environmental health) and focuses on the development and application of certain skills. During these rotations, participants develop relationships and build networks that benefit them throughout their career. Work assignments are supplemented with PHPS-sponsored training on a regular basis.

Public Policy Fellowship Program
This 9-month program (late August to late May) offers up to 21 promising Latinos from across the country the opportunity to gain hands-on experience at the national level in the public policy area of their choice (General Public Policy Fellowship).

Public Policy Fellowship Program, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI)
This 9-month program (late August to late May) offers promising Latinos who have graduated from a college or university (with a BA/BS degree) with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience at the national level in the public policy area of their choice.

Research Fellowships in Japan
The program focuses on scientist and engineers by nominating researchers for six different fellowship programs administered by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). The range of programs allows visits of 1 week to 2 years to Japanese universities, inter-university research institutes, and over 120 Japanese national laboratories, public corporations, non-profit research organizations, and prefectural research institutions.

Rockefeller Fellowship in Islamic Studies at the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress has established a program of residential fellowships for postdoctoral scholars wishing to conduct research in the humanities on globalization and Muslim societies. Scholars who have received a terminal advanced degree in the humanities, social sciences or in a professional field such as architecture or law are eligible, also open to foreign nationalities.

Ronald H. Brown Commercial Service Fellowships
The program provides talented undergraduates with an international and domestic public service education. Professional work study and practical classroom experience in global economic policy prepares fellows for successful entry into the Commercial Service as tomorrow's United States commercial representatives. Strongly considers applicants who demonstrate financial need.

Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate - Fellowships
The program awards fellowships to graduate (masters and doctoral) level students who have a sincere desire to further their studies in an environmentally-related field of study. The goal is of the program is to encourage promising students to obtain advanced degrees and pursue careers in environmentally related fields.

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
This 10-week program is designed to provide individuals an opportunity to conduct hands-on research in ceramics, metallurgy, polymers, neutron condensed matter science, and materials reliability.

Technical Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) Fellowship
The program is designed to produce a cadre of highly trained support professionals capable of performing the latest advanced techniques in a research laboratory. Fellowships are available in several states across the nation. In addition to the developmental experiences afforded to fellows in the laboratory, additional training at accredited institutions as well as through the foundation for the Advanced Education in the Sciences is available.

Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship
The program seeks to recruit talented graduate students in academic programs relevant to international affairs, political and economic analysis, administration, management, and science policy. The program attracts outstanding students from all ethnic, racial and social backgrounds, who have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State. The Program develops a source of trained men and women from academic disciplines who are dedicated to representing America's interests abroad. Women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial needs are encouraged to apply.

Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship
The program seeks to recruit talented undergraduate students in academic programs relevant to international affairs, political and economic analysis, administration, management, and science policy. The program attracts outstanding students from all ethnic, racial and social backgrounds, who have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State. The program develops a source of trained men and women from academic disciplines who are dedicated to representing America's interests abroad. Women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial needs are encouraged to apply.

USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS) Fellowship
This program provides a fellowship opportunity to be filled by an Epidemiologist or Statistician with excellent data management skills. The fellow, acting as a U.S. Department of Agriculture/Food Safety and Inspection Service representative, provides support for the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch (FDDB), based at CDC in Atlanta, GA.

USDA/Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
This program selects approximately 10 scholars annually and provides financial support through graduate school education. It prepares these scholars who have graduated from an 1890 Institution for a career at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) by enabling them to earn an advanced degree in an academic discipline important to USDA's missions.

U.S. Navy Science and Engineering Development Program
This program provides college graduates majoring in science or engineering the opportunity to enter permanent employment with the Navy through a three year program for entry level scientists and engineers.

White House Fellowship Program
The program is America's most prestigious program for leadership and public service. It offers exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the Federal government. White House fellows typically spend a year working as full-time, paid special assistants to senior White House Staff, the Vice President, Cabinet Secretaries, and other top-ranking government officials.

William A. Bailey AIDS Policy Congressional Fellowship
This 1-year program provides psychologists with interests in HIV/AIDS policy, lesbian and gay issues, or related health and behavior issues with an invaluable public policy learning experience. Fellow can contribute to the more effective use of psychological knowledge in government and broaden awareness about the value of psychology-government interaction among psychologists and within the Federal government.