Employment and Training

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@igc.org>]

DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTS AWARDED

 On September 27, the Department of Defense announced the 16
recipients of awards under its Environmental Scholarships/Fellowships and
Grants Program. This program was created pursuant to authorization
contained in Section 4451 of the fiscal year 1993 and Section 1333 of the
fiscal year 1994 Defense Authorization Acts. The program has two
purposes. One is to provide scholarships and fellowships to enable
individuals to qualify for employment in various Defense environmental
programs. The other is to provide demonstration grants to assist institutions
of higher education in developing programs in environmental fields
applicable to the Department of Defense.

 Approximately $20 million in awards were announced. Each
institutions will receive nearly $1.3 million, of which about $437,500 will
be for scholarships and fellowships and $836,375 will be for the
demonstration grant. Section 4451, the scholarship/fellowship element of
the program, was reauthorized for fiscal year 1995, but no funds were
included for the continuation of Section 1333.

The sixteen recipients are:

Clark Atlanta University
Clemson University
Iowa State University
Jacksonville State University
Kansas State University
Michigan State University
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Mexico State University (College of Engineering)
Ohio State University
San Jose State University (Moss Landing)
Texas A&M University
University of California at Davis
University of California at Los Angeles
University of Connecticut
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
University of Rhode Island