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14 Graduate School Students Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Fourteen students in The Graduate School have received awards from the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) for 2025. 

Since 1952, the NSF GRFP has supported outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. The foundation presents 2,000 awards annually. Fellows receive a three-year stipend, coverage of tuition and fees, and access to professional development opportunities.

The Graduate School students who received GRFP awards this year, and their field of study, are: 

  • Lydia Cox, Life Sciences - Ecology
  • Carmen Cromer, Life Sciences - Organismal Biology
  • Juliet Jiang, Life Sciences - Neurosciences
  • Sarah Jiang, Engineering - Biomedical Engineering
  • Alia Johnson, Life Sciences - Developmental Biology
  • Caitlin Lewis, Life Sciences - Neurosciences
  • Trina Nguyentu, Engineering - Biomedical Engineering
  • Benjamin Perry, Engineering - Biomedical Engineering
  • Victoria Ravel, Engineering - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Kendra Rentz, Geosciences - Environmental Science
  • Michelle Si, Comp/IS/Eng - Fairness, Explainability, Accountability and Transparency in Analy
  • Henry Sun, Geosciences - Marine Biology
  • Nicole Vijgen, Materials Research - Artificial Intelligence
  • Pranay Vure, Engineering - Bioengineering