Student receives prestigious 2024 Anchor QEA Scholarship
PhD candidate Md Shahnul Islam earned the award for his work studying trace metal contamination in the environment
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Md’s research, that also employs machine learning techniques to enhance its analysis and management, is conducted under the supervision of Dr. Hung Feng. Anchor QEA’s Scholarship Program helps graduate students pay for higher education to assist them in taking on the world’s challenging environmental problems. For more than 20 years, our scholarship program has focused on supporting graduate students in financial need who are entering fields aligned with Anchor QEA’s expertise and who are committed to giving back to their communities. Anchor QEA is committing half of all scholarship funds to Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) students as a step toward dismantling the financial barriers that contribute to inequities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.
Requirements for Anchor QEA Scholarship
- An inclusive mindset and the belief that everyone’s unique perspective deserves to be heard
- A commitment to giving back to their community and the environment
- Full-time student status (current or soon-to-be) at a school in the United States
- A demonstrated financial need
- A passion for engineering, environmental sciences, planning and restoration, technology and innovation, or a related technical field