National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) Fellowships of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are designed to provide undergraduate and graduate students with practical research or training experiences involving environmental issues of current public interest, linked directly to their field of undergraduate or graduate study.

Research fellowships are available in five categories:

• environmental policy, regulation and law;

• environmental management and administration;

• environmental science;

• public relations and communication; and

• computer programming and development.

To date, EPA has provided approximately 850 fellowships under this program and anticipates awarding an additional 65 fellowships in 2002. The application deadline for NNEMS fellowships is Feb. 8.

Detailed information on qualifications and specific opportunities is available at the EPA's web site [http://www.epa.gov/enviroed] or by contacting Tom Sims, director, Delaware Water Resources Center, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19717-1303, call him at 831-1392 or send e-mail to [jtsims@udel.edu].

Feb. 6, 2002