Environmental Fellowship Programs
APHL offers two fellowship opportunities for laboratories. One fellowship focuses on water analysis and the other focuses on health and clinical analyses. Information and application details for both programs are below.
The Environmental Laboratory Fellowship Program - New in 2012
The Environmental Laboratory (EL) fellowship gives environmental laboratories the opportunity to host a fellow for 1-2 years. The EPA-funded EL fellowship is designed to help strengthen local, state and federal environmental programs to support surveillance, and to implement prevention and control programs specific to environmental laboratory initiatives. The fellowship will also promote and support environmental laboratories by easing the workforce shortage that these laboratories face.
The EL Fellowship Program aims to attract and prepare laboratory scientists for careers in environmental public health. The fellowship allows laboratories to recruit and train qualified candidates to support environmental initiatives and provides opportunities for young scientists to gain experience in an environmental laboratory. Proposed projects for the EL Fellowship should focus on drinking and waste water analyses related to environmental contamination or security.
How to Apply
• Limited fellowships are available each fiscal year.
• Applications must be submitted by June 15, and are reviewed by a selection committee.
• Prospective host laboratories must submit an SOW for the proposed project for the fellow.
• See application materials for more requirements and information.
Eligibility
• All environmental laboratories are eligible to apply.
• Only one application per laboratory per year will be accepted.
Click here for the application materials.
The Environmental Public Health Laboratory Fellowship Program
The Environmental Public Health (EPH) Laboratory fellowship gives APHL member laboratories the opportunity to host a fellow for 1-2 years. It is designed to accomplish one of CDC's defined prevention strategy goals of "strengthening local, state and federal public health infrastructures to support surveillance and implement prevention and control programs."
The EPH Laboratory Fellowship Program aims to attract and prepare laboratory scientists for careers in environmental public health. The fellowship program recruits and trains qualified candidates to support public health initiatives and provide opportunities for young scientists to gain experience in a public health laboratory. Proposals for the EPH Laboratory Fellowship should focus on analyzing clinical samples for environmental health or exposure studies.
How to Apply
• Limited fellowships are available each fiscal year.
• Applications must be submitted by June 15, and are reviewed by a selection committee.
• Prospective host laboratories must submit an SOW for the proposed project for the fellow.
• Meet the requirements outlined in the application materials.
Eligibility
• All APHL member laboratories are eligible to apply.
• Only one application per laboratory per year will be accepted.
Click here for the application materials.
The Environmental Public Health Traineeship Program
The Environmental Health Traineeship Program offers specialized training in environmental health to public health laboratory scientists. The traineeship aims to strengthen the equipment, facilities, reporting systems and other infrastructure that support public health laboratories in order to address environmental health gaps.
Laboratorians who participate may attain this goal in multiple ways. They may, for example, attend trainings in analytical or other laboratory methods, develop screening methods for determination of exposure status or design computer systems for data reporting and transmission.
The traineeship provides reimbursement for all training expenses, including fees, travel, lodging and meals. Upon completion of the traineeship, the trainee will provide a written report of the training and outcomes.