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Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Texas A&M University

Ph.D. Fellowships for Minority Students

Water Quality / Agricultural Biosecurity / Sustainability

 

 
Text Box: The USDA National Needs Ph.D. Fellowships are designed to provide Ph.D. Fellows from underrepresented groups with the scientific training and leadership skills needed to meet the new and emerging challenges in water quality. This Fellowship Program will: a) prepare National Needs Fellows to find solutions to emerging threats to water quality from waterborne contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, hormones, endocrine disrupting chemicals, and pathogens; b) enroll Fellows in the Hispanic Leadership Program for Agriculture and Natural Resources to develop and improve skills to exercise leadership for diversity in the workplace and implement sustainable environmental policies; and c) provide Fellows with core competence in areas of environmental chemistry and microbiology, contaminant transport modeling, spatial analysis, and leadership and policy development skills. The plan is to: a) provide the Fellows with the academic training to conduct basic and applied water quality research; b) provide the Fellows with leadership and policy development skills through the Hispanic Leadership Program in Agriculture and Natural Resources and other programs; and c) provide the Fellows a global perspective by giving them an opportunity to co-teach environmental courses in a Belgium Study Abroad program

This webpage was last updated on March 28, 2008
Text Box: Important Facts ▪ Two USDA Ph.D. Fellowships are now available ▪ Two matching Office of Graduate Studies Fellowships are now available ▪ Fellows receive $24,000/yr for three years ▪ Fellows also receive a $34,000 Sloan Scholarship (one-time award) ▪ Applicants must be either African-American, Hispanic or American Indian ▪ Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident ▪ Available for engineering and non-engineering students ▪ M.S. degree required to apply ▪ Fellows are required to be full-time students at Texas A&M University