What is the difference between the STAR and GRO graduate fellowships?
The STAR fellowship program is open for applications from any U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien who is currently attending or plans to attend graduate school at an accredited U.S. college or university, or in a U.S. territory. The applicants research must be in an environmentally related field. There are additional restrictions for GRO fellowship applicants. Only U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens who attend or plan to attend an accredited U.S. college or university that receives less than $35 million in federal research and development funds may apply for this fellowship. For the purposes of this solicitation, EPA considers such institutions to be those listed in the National Science Foundations publication, Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions: FY 2004, Table 11. Institutions identified as receiving $35 million or less in annual federal research and development funding, as designated in column 2 of Table 11, are
