07 August 2009

US EPA Green Chemistry Program calls for interns

The US EPA in Washington, DC has openings for 4 undergrad student interns to join its Green Chemistry Program during the month of January. The position is volunteer but offers a unique opportunity for training in green chemistry.

During December, the EPA will receive nominations for the 2010 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; during January, EPA staff and interns will read all of the nominations, write brief reviews of each nomination, discuss the nominated technologies in multidisciplinary group meetings, and prepare the nominations for the anonymous judging panel convened by the American Chemical Society. This work is highly technical and so applicants need to have a strong science background (i.e. at least one year of organic chemistry).

Interested? Contact
greenchemistry@epa.gov for more details.

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