Mississippi A&WMA Scholarships
The purpose of the Mississippi A&WMA Scholarship Program is to assist graduate students pursuing careers in the areas of air & water pollution control and hazardous waste management, such as transportation control measures, acidic deposition, indoor air quality, new or improved control technology, physical or chemical characterization of pollutants and/or innovative policies that might achieve the same result. The applicant's goals should be directed toward achievement of A&WMA's purpose as stated in the Bylaws quoted below:
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"The purpose of the Association is to promote better understanding of problems in the fields of air pollution and hazardous waste management within the geographic area of the Section and to provide a means for exchanging information directed toward solving those problems."
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Applicants must be pursuing a graduate-level course of study and research leading to a career related to air or water quality, waste management, pollution prevention, environmental policy/compliance/law, or sustainability.
There is no scholarship for the 2022-2023 academic year.
There is no scholarship for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Scholarship Qualifications and Guidelines
- Applicants must be pursuing a graduate-level course of study and research leading to a career related to air or water quality, waste management, pollution prevention, environmental policy/compliance/law, or sustainability. Applicants must also be attending a full-time graduate school program at a Mississippi university for the academic year.
- Applicants are encouraged to be student members of the A&WMA or environmental professionals returning to school for graduate study.
- Awards will be made on the basis of academic record and career goals, without consideration of sex, race, national origin, age, or physical disability.
- Scholarship recipients are encouraged to attend the Southern Section Annual Meeting. Registration fees for the Southern Section Annual Meeting will be waived for scholarship recipients, and limited travel reimbursement may be available. Scholarship recipients will also be awarded a complimentary one-year student level membership to the international Air & Waste Management Association.
Should you have any questions, please contact Ms. Laura James at (601) 961-5675 or via email at ljames@mdeq.ms.gov.