EERI/FEMA Graduate Fellowship in Earthquake Hazard Reduction

The one-year fellowship, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is designed to foster the participation of capable individuals in working toward goals and activities of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.

The EERI/FEMA NEHRP fellowship provides a stipend of $12,000 that can be used for tuition, fees, research expenses and the required attendance and participation at the EERI Annual Meeting.

This fellowship recognizes graduate students with strong promise to advance the field of earthquake risk mitigation. Students are evaluated based on a combination of graduate and undergraduate research experience and accomplishments, alignment of their work with the mission of EERI, academic excellence, leadership potential, extracurricular activities that contribute to reducing earthquake risks, and their ability to articulate their planned path forward in the field of earthquake risk reduction. The applicants are strongly encouraged to address each of these components in their application statement and describe the potential impacts of their research on earthquake risk mitigation.

Criteria

Applicants must:

• be enrolled in a graduate degree program at an accredited U.S. college or university and
• hold U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status.