EPA Air Pollution Science Librarian Assessment Fellowship

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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To submit your application, scroll to the bottom of this opportunity and click APPLY.

A Complete Application Consists Of:

• An application
• Transcripts –  for detailed information about acceptable transcripts
• A current resume/CV, including academic history, employment history, relevant experiences, and publication list
• Two educational or professional recommendations. Your application will be considered incomplete, and will not be reviewed until one recommendation is submitted.

All documents must be in English or include an official English translation.

7/17/2026 3:00:00 PM Eastern Time Zone

Applications may be reviewed on a rolling basis and this posting could close before the deadline.

A research opportunity is currently available at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), with the Integrated Health Assessment Branch (IHAB) within the Impacts and Ambient Standards Division (IASD) located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment. EPA works to ensure that:
Americans have clean air, land and water;
National efforts to reduce environmental risks are based on the best available scientific information;
Federal laws protecting human health and the environment are administered and enforced fairly, effectively and as Congress intended;
Environmental stewardship is integral to U.S. policies concerning natural resources, human health, economic growth, energy, transportation, agriculture, industry, and international trade, and these factors are similarly considered in establishing environmental policy;
All parts of society have access to accurate information sufficient to effectively participate in managing human health and environmental risks;
Contaminated lands and toxic sites are cleaned up; and chemicals in the marketplace are reviewed for safety.

IASD provides expert evaluation and analysis of health, environmental, and economic impacts of air pollution to inform national regulations. The division leads reviews of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and conducts quantitative assessments of exposure and risk for air pollutants. IHAB is responsible for scientific assessment activities related to the health effects of air pollutants within the Integrated Science Assessments (ISAs).

The ISAs provide the scientific foundation for EPA regulatory decisions on the NAAQS.

The selected participant will report to IHAB. This opportunity is suited for someone who is seeking an opportunity to contribute to high-impact policy‑relevant scientific assessments and research in support of the EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment.

The participant may be engaged in one or more of the following training opportunities:

• Applying systematic review methods to air pollution data, including development and application of literature search and screening strategies.
• Developing and applying the skills needed to prepare Integrated Review Documents.
• Devising scientific literature searching approaches for IHAB’s science‑based assessment process and interacting with EPA scientists to improve assessment methodologies (e.g., evaluating the effectiveness of competing scientific literature search strategies for identifying studies included in the ISAs).
• Interacting with scientific literature databases and improving integration between literature screening software, repositories, and users (e.g., evaluation of machine learning‑based literature screening tools; development of techniques for AI based‑data extraction from scientific manuscripts during literature screening).
• Conducting independent library science research projects, while receiving guidance from the EPA mentor, with the potential opportunity to author peer‑reviewed publications or develop conference presentations.

Under the guidance of the mentor, the selected participant will have the opportunity to be involved in a variety of projects that can include scientific…