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• Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP)
  SFFP offers hands-on exposure to Air Force research challenges through eight to twelve week research residencies at participating Air Force Research Facilities for full-time science and engineering faculty at U.S. colleges and universities. SFFP participants receive a weekly stipend; the weekly stipend amount depends on the faculty status of the participant’s application. Applications and Curriculum Vitae must be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 7. Reference forms must be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 14.
• Directorate for Biological Sciences ( BIO ) Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
  The BIO and the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) offer Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and related supporting activities in an effort to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the U.S. These fellowships support training and research at the postdoctoral level in a host institution in the areas of biology and social, behavioral, and economic sciences supported by NSF. Supporting activities are travel grants to graduate students to visit prospective sponsors, starter research grants for Fellows, and an annual meeting of Fellows and their mentors. Full Proposal Deadline Date:  December 5. Graduate Student Travel award requests must be received no later than 3 months prior to the proposed travel. Fellows may submit Research Starter Grant proposals at any time.
• Elements of Science & Technology American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowships
  Underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applications are invited from candidates in any physical, biological or social science, any field of engineering, or any relevant disciplinary field. Applicants must have a PhD, MD, DVM, or equivalent doctoral-level degree by the application deadline (January 10) The prestigious fellowship programs are designed to provide each qualified individual with a unique public-policy learning experience and to bring technical backgrounds and external perspectives to decision-making in the U.S. government. AAAS is proud to sponsor these programs to facilitate science/government interaction. Stipends begin at $62,000.
• Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) Fellowship
  The ELP Fellowship is an innovative national program designed to build the leadership capacity of the environment field’s most promising emerging practitioners. The three year fellowship offers unique networking opportunities. Fellows receive a $2,000 participation stipend. The ELP Fellowship provides an opportunity for talented individuals to have a unique and substantial impact on the environmental movement through collaboration with other emerging leaders. Applicants should be relatively new to the environmental field with approximately three to ten years of professional or post-undergraduate experience. Application deadline is October 1.
• Greater Research Opportunities ( GRO ) Program Fellowships
  The U.S. EPA, as part of its GRO program, is offering Graduate Fellowships for master's and doctoral level students in environmentally related fields of study. The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is November 23. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 20 new fellowships by July 21, 2005 . Master's level students may receive support for a maximum of two years. Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of three years with funding available, under certain circumstances, over a period of four years. The fellowship program provides up to $37,000 per year of support.
• Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program
  IGERT fellows enter at, or near, the start of doctoral study and receive two years funding (currently $30,000 per year), plus a fee waiver for the duration of their fellowship. The Biological Invasions IGERT also supports postdoctoral and undergraduate fellows, internships, and collaborative projects. Students in Biological Invasions IGERT program complete and interdisciplinary program that draws on research in ecology, evolution, economics, law, and social sciences, and that enables students to comprehend the multifaceted problem of biological invasions in a broad and deep way. Interested students should apply to both the IGERT and to an appropriate program at UC Davis. Note: most graduate deadlines are early December.
• NASA Summer Faculty Research Opportunities (NSFRO)
  The intent of NSFRO is to provide faculty an opportunity to engage in research at one of the participating NASA Centers or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Fellowships are awarded to qualified faculty members in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) disciplines faculty members for work on collaborative research projects of mutual interest to the fellow and the NASA center or JPL. Each fellow will work with a colleague from the NASA Center or JPL. Application deadline February.
• Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
  NRL sponsors a Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at a number of Naval R D centers and laboratories. The program is designed to significantly increase the involvement of creative and highly trained scientists and engineers from academia and industry to scientific and technical areas of interest and relevance to the Navy. The selected participants will work in a unique Navy laboratory environment, while interacting with senior laboratory scientists and engineers.
• Office of Naval Research (ONR) Summer Faculty Research Program and Sabbatical Leave Program
  ONR sponsors the Summer Faculty Research Program and the Sabbatical Leave Program for U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents who hold teaching or research appointments at U.S. colleges and universities. The Summer Faculty Research Program is a 10-week program, beginning in May 2005. There are three levels of appointment: Summer Faculty Fellow, Senior Summer Faculty Fellow, and Distinguished Summer Faculty Fellow. Stipends range from $1,400 to $1,900 per week for the summer program. Applications for the ONR Summer Faculty Research Program are due by December 1. Applications for the Sabbatical Leave Program should be submitted six months prior to the start of the proposed sabbatical..
• Science to Achieve Results ( STAR ) Program Fellowships
  The U.S. EPA, as part of its STAR program, is offering Graduate Fellowships for master's and doctoral level students in environmentally related fields of study. The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is November 23. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 100 new fellowships by July 21, 2005 . Master's level students may receive support for a maximum of two years. Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of three years with funding available, under certain circumstances, over a period of four years. The fellowship program provides up to $37,000 per year of support.