Three UC Merced graduate students and two undergraduate alumni were recently offered fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
“I am delighted that our students continue to be recognized by the National Science Foundation as some of the nation’s most promising scientists and engineers,” Vice Provost and Graduate Dean Hrant Hratchian said. “Our GRFP awardees and those named as honorable mentions have demonstrated the potential for meaningful achievements in their fields.”
The five-year fellowship is awarded to senior undergraduates and first- and second-year graduate students in STEM and provides three years of financial support inclusive of an annual stipend of $37,000. This year, 2,037 fellowships were awarded and 1,788 honorable mentions were acknowledged out of 12,000 applicants to the program.
