The results of the 2010 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) competition have been announced. Michigan Tech applauds six of its student applicants who received Fellow Awards this year:
- Kaitlyn (Reed) Bunker (Electrical Engineering)
- Nicole Colasacco-Thumm (Geosciences/Climate Dynamics)
- Jared Cregg (Biomedical Engineering)
- Ashley Thode (Civil Engineering)
- Eli Vlaisavljevich (Bioengineering)
- Samantha Wojda (Biomedical Engineering)
Fellows benefit from a three-year annual stipend of $30,000 along with a $10,500 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees, a one-time $1,000 international travel allowance and the freedom to conduct their own research at any accredited US or foreign institution of graduate education they choose.
Six Michigan Tech students were recognized with honorable mention:
- Sarah Gray (Biomedical)
- Katherine Becker (Materials Science)
- Brian Devree (Biology)
- Katelyn FitzGerald (Geological Engineering, graduate student)
- Joseph Licavoli (Engineering – Metallurgical, graduate student)
- Peter Radecki (Mechanical Engineering)
As the oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the GRFP has a history and reputation of selecting recipients who achieve high levels of success in their future academic and professional careers. To be eligible for the NSF GRFP, students must:
- be a US citizen, US national or permanent resident alien
- be in a research-focused Master’s or PhD program in an NSF-supported field
- be in the final year of an undergraduate program, first year graduate student or first semester of second year in graduate school (no more than 12 months of graduate courses).
An informative session on applying to the 2011 NSF GRFP will be held at 6 p.m., Wednesday, April 14, in Fisher 130. Contact Jodi Lehman for more information.