Three GS alumni were recently selected for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which “recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.”
Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000, along with a cost of education allowance for tuition and fees, opportunities for international research and professional development, and the freedom to conduct their own research at any accredited U.S. institution of graduate education.
2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awardees
Christopher Beierschmitt GS‘17
Evolutionary Biology, University of California - San Diego
William Alejandro Falcon GS’18
Machine Learning, New York University
Abigale Wyatt GS’14
Chemical Oceanography, Princeton University
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is the country’s oldest fellowship program that directly supports graduate students in various STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields. Currently, 42 Fellows have gone on to become Nobel laureates, and more than 450 have become members of the National Academy of Sciences. In addition, the Graduate Research Fellowship Program has a high rate of doctorate degree completion, with more than 70 percent of students completing their doctorates within 11 years.
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