Thirty-three affiliates of Columbia’s three undergraduate programs awarded graduate research fellowships the NSF-GRFP

Thirty-three students and alumni of Columbia’s three undergraduate programs have been awarded graduate research fellowships through the National Science Foundation. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP) represents one of the nation’s most prestigious recognitions for young engineers, scientists, and social scientists.

The NSF-GRFP supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported scientific disciplines or in STEM education, who are pursuing full-time, research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited American institutions. Each Fellowship provides three years of support over a five-year fellowship period. For each of the three years of support, NSF provides a $37,000 stipend and $16,000 cost of education allowance to the graduate degree-granting institution.

NSF Fellows are expected to become “knowledge experts” who will contribute significantly to research, teaching, and innovations in science and engineering and, as the oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the GRFP has a long history of selecting recipients who achieve high levels of success in their future academic and professional careers.

The NSF typically receives over 12,000 applications and offers approximately 2,000 fellowships each year. This year, 33 Columbia College, General Studies, and Columbia Engineering affiliates have been awarded fellowships, with an additional 25 affiliates receiving an Honorable Mention.

Congratulations to this year’s awardees!