PECOP FELLOWSHIP HOME 2023 PROGRAM
The program will take place June 5 – August 11, 2023
To participate in the program you must:
- Be a junior or non-graduated senior, underrepresented minority enrolled at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), Texas A&M University (TAMU), or sophomore at Houston Community College (HCC),
- Be majoring in nutrition and dietetics, human sciences, health & kinesiology, early childhood education or agricultural sciences,
- Be at least 18 years of age, and
- Have a grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or higher
- Be a US citizen or a permanent resident
- Submit an application including a personal statement/essay using the link at end of the flyer. Personal statement/essays should be one page in length describing student’s research interests, educational and career goals, and related experience (e.g. community nutrition programs, childcare education, laboratory, etc.)
Application for the 2022 program is now open.
PECOP Fellowship program highlights:
- A $1,800 stipend,
- Accommodation/housing,
- Travels to outreach sites will be paid
- Access to state-of-the-art facilities
- Work alongside remarkable researchers, practitioners, and specialists
- Build educational goals and professional skills for your career and/or graduate school
Participants will attend lectures, seminars, and workshops as well as embark on outreach activities for experiential learning and professional development. Students will have the opportunity to be mentored and trained by a multidisciplinary pool of faculty, practitioners, and specialists in nutrition and dietetics, early childhood development and education, agricultural and food sciences, health education, and mathematics. During this period, students will also work with mothers and children in the community, through which they will set up their educational and research goals for the experience.
The application deadline is December 23rd, 2022.