Record Participation for the 2026/2027 Environmental Engineering and Science Foundation Scholarships - Recipients Announced
The application cycle for the 2026/2027 Environmental Engineering and Science Foundation (EESF) Scholarships received a record-breaking 76 complete applications.
Each year, the EESF Scholarships attract a growing number of high-quality applicants for this academic-based scholarship, underscoring the program’s increasing impact and prestige within the environmental engineering and science community.
Emerging from a highly-competitive process that considered academic achievement, resume, essay, and letters of recommendation, the following individuals are the recipients of $2,500 scholarships to continue their path of becoming tomorrow's environmental engineers and scientists. Congratulations to:
It is our privilege to introduce these outstanding recipients.
MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
BOB AND NANCY DEHART SCHOLARSHIP
ANNA LARSON
University of South Florida
I would be proud to spend my career decreasing the global population lacking their human right to clean water.
MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
KELIS JOHNSON
Johns Hopkins University
Through creating inclusive health research initiatives and consistently serving marginalized communities, I will champion for the fundamental human right of health
MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
LUIS MARQUEZ
University of California, Berkeley
It’s hard to imagine myself in a career path outside of environmental engineering.
MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
VINCE MENICHELLI
Brown University
My career goal is to develop efficient and practically applicable groundwater treatment technologies for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
CORINNE NICHOLSON
Stanford University
I believe healthy environments and people are the foundation of a thriving society.
MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
LUCAS RODRIGUEZ
Johns Hopkins University
I hope to build a career in water resources focused on improving public health through water security.
MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
CASSANDRA VASS
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
I have and will continue to learn about how I can serve the public and give back to the communities that have given so much to me.
MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
KAURA REYES VILLARAN
Duke University
I am committed to serving communities through leadership in the environmental engineering profession.
MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
ROSA GARCIA
Northwestern University
I learned to appreciate and value interdisciplinary classrooms because I can apply what I learn from one place to another to achieve an overarching goal: sustainability.
MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
SONIA HERNANDEZ
Columbia University
I am interested in how urbanization may reduce genetic diversity within a population and accelerate the rate at which spillover events occur.
MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
GABRIELA LEVITT
Yale University
Ultimately, I hope to help communities build resilient, equitable, and scientifically informed water, energy, and urban systems.