A.  Environment Section Student Scholarship Awards

    The APHA Environment Section is pleased to announce our fourth annual Student Scholarship Program!  The Section will provide travel, registration, and/or student membership scholarships to a selected group of deserving undergraduate and graduate students involved with environmental health in some capacity.  The scholarships will be based on need and the identified criteria below.  Funds will be used toward travel to APHA's 135th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., with a theme of "Politics, Policy and Public Health," Nov. 3-7, 2007. 

    Review of applications will be based on the following criteria:

• Current APHA Environment Section membership;
• Plans to present at APHA Annual Meeting;
• Identified financial need;
• Geographic balance;
• Involvement with environmental health promotion/research;
• Identified interest in engaging with the APHA Environment Section. 

    The expectations of all scholarship recipients are the following  (Please make sure that you can meet all expectations before applying):

• Sign and submit letter of acceptance and commitment.
• Attendance at the following events at the APHA Annual Meeting: "Meet and Greet" for scholarship recipients, all Environment Section Business Meetings, Environment Section scientific/poster sessions, the Calver Award Luncheon and Environment Section Social.
• Participate in monthly Environment Section conference calls after the APHA Annual Meeting.
• Serve on an Environment Section Committee of choice during the next year.

    Interested applicants should submit the following information to the Environment Section Student Involvement Committee member below by 5:00 p.m. EST on Sept. 14.  The Student Involvement Committee will review applications and announce award recipients by Sept. 28.  Incomplete and late applications will not be accepted.  Application Requirements:

I)    Name, e-mail address, contact phone number(s).

II)    School, department, major, and contact information for Dean and Department Chair.

III)    Undergraduate or graduate student?

IV)    Are you an APHA Member?  If Yes, what Section(s) have you joined? 

V)    Submit an essay no longer than 300 words about what you hope to gain by attending the 2007 APHA Annual Meeting and participating in the APHA Environment Section.  In your answer identify three concrete examples of how you currently are or plan to become more involved with the APHA Environment Section.  Please also identify at least one Environment Section Committee that you are interested in working with (Membership, Policy, Student Involvement, Green Conference, Built Environment, Fundraising).

VI)    Which are you applying for: Registration scholarship? Or Registration and travel scholarship?

V)    What is the total scholarship amount you seek? 

* Please note, even if awarded a scholarship your total amount requested may not be able to be offered.

Please send your completed application to Rebecca Gluskin at <rtg230@nyu.edu>  by Sept. 14!!   If you have any questions related to this application ,please contact Nse Obot Witherspoon at <nobot@cehn.org>  or (202) 543-4033 ext. 14,

Submitted by Nse Obot-Witherspoon, Student Involvement Chair

B.  SOPHE/ATSDR Student Fellowship in                               Environmental Health Promotion

    The Society for Public Health Education is accepting applications for the SOPHE/ATSDR Student Fellowship in Environmental Health Promotion. This fellowship is designed to recognize, assist and train students working on research or practice-based projects in environmental health education/health promotion or environmental justice from the perspective of health education or the behavioral sciences.

    Fellowship recipients will receive: a $1,500 stipend to be distributed throughout the year; a Fellowship certificate; a Free student membership in national SOPHE for one year; Complimentary registration at the SOPHE Annual Meeting (San Diego - 2008) and a presentation on the proposed project; and Recognition in SOPHE's newsletter, News & Views, on SOPHE's Web site, and through postings to related listservs.

    Application Procedures: Applicants must be enrolled as a full-time student in a masters or doctoral degree program in health education, health promotion, behavioral sciences, environmental health or a related field. Students are not required to be national SOPHE members at the time they apply. Students must submit the original and three copies of: a completed application form; a current resume or curriculum vitae; and a project proposal describing the rationale, intended purpose, process/methodology, and potential contribution or impact of the project in 800 words or less. In addition, applications should include one letter of recommendation (from an internship coordinator, preceptor, faculty member or other professional); and one letter of support from a designated faculty member who plans to work with the applicant on the proposed project and can verify that the student is following a course of study in one of the above mentioned disciplines. Letters should be submitted in sealed envelopes with authors' signatures across the seal. Application forms, detailed instructions and review criteria are available at: <http://www.sophe.org/content/awards.asp>.  

    Applications should be submitted to: Society for Public Health Education, Environmental Health Promotion Fellowship, 750 First Street, NE, Suite 910, Washington, D.C. 20002.  All applications must be postmarked by July 31 to qualify for consideration.  If you have any questions, contact Tanya Maslak at (202) 408-9804 or <tmaslak@sophe.org>

Submitted by Tanya Maslak, MPH, Director, Environmental Health Promotion, Society for Public Health Education