National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the quality, vitality, and strength of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing full-time research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in STEM education. The GRFP provides three years of support over a five-year fellowship period for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant research achievements in STEM or STEM education.  NSF actively encourages submission of applications from the full spectrum of talent that the U.S. has to offer.

NSFGRFP applicants must:

• Be a US Citizen, US National, or US Permanent Resident
• Be enrolled or intend to enroll in a full-time research-based degree program in STEM or STEM education
• Not have previously received an NSFGRFP
• Completed no more than one academic year of a graduate degree program

See their website for more eligibility requirements.

2025-2026

• Calista Adler '26, biomedical engineering
• Muriel Ammon '21, linguistics
• Arjun Anand '26, economics
• Wyatt Cummings '24, ecology
• Giovanna Durante, Guarini, life sciences
• Gabriel Fajardo, Guarini, psychology
• Alexandra Farnell '24, paleoclimate
• John Guerrerio '26, machine learning
• Vanessa Haggans '23, biological oceanography
• Aidan Hennessey, Guarini, mathematical sciences
• Jessica Jiang '25, machine learning
• Matthew LaCapra, Guarini, engineering
• Yeel Lee '26, engineering
• Jeancarlos Llerena '26, engineering
• Lindsey Lu '26, environmental
• Annabelle Niblett '26, physics and astronomy
• Julia Picker '24, life sciences
• Katherine Plaza '25, volcanology
• Lara Roelofs '25, ecology
• Shannon Sartain '21, geomorphology
• Kendall Sippy '24, physics and astronomy
• Matthew Timofeev '25, engineering
• Maria Torres Gouveia, Guarini, engineering
• Devin Tulio '25, developmental biology
• Benjamin Velguth, Guarini, physics and astronomy

Honorable Mentions

• Peter Blatchford '23, geophysics
• Miranda Clack '25, cognitive neuroscience
• Claudia Gonciulea, Guarini, psychology
• Shannon Li, Guarini, psychology
• Shuxuan Li '25, developmental psychology
• Cassidy Metzger, Guarini, physics and astronomy
• Olivia Pendas '25, geochemistry
• Bradyn Quintard '25, nuclear physics
• Artemis Theodoridis, Guarini, physics and astronomy
• Matia Whiting, Guarini, geosciences

2024-2025

• Alexander Clarke '25, paleontology and paleobiology
• Thomas Fyda '22, organismal biology
• Carolina Guerrero '23, biochemistry
• Kai Herron, Guarini, physics, astronomy and astrophysics
• Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas '23, astronomy and astrophysics
• Claire McMahon '22, economics
• Alan Sun '24, machine learning

Honorable Mentions

• Krystal Bagnaschi, Guarini, ecology
• Jessica Brantez '23, sociology
• Ashley Brown '22, mechanical engineering
• Junior Burks, Guarini, ecology
• Alexis Cameron, Guarini, social psychology
• Grace Carey, Guarini, cell biology
• Jacob Chalif '21, Guarini, paleoclimate
• Erin Dickert '21, cell biology
• Anne George '22, neurosciences
• Tunmay Gerg '25, quantum information science
• Tyler Lee '21, plant biology
• Brook Leigh '22, energy and power engineering
• Emily Lukas '24, mechanical engineering
• Sophia Micale, Guarini, cell biology
• Samuel Neff '21, bioinformatics and computational biology
• Christopher Picard '23, sea ice
• Matthew Radosevich '20, algebra, number theory, and combinatorics
• Noel Siegert '21, earth system science
• Michelle Wu '20, economics