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24 Incoming Graduate School Students Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
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Twenty-four incoming students in The Graduate School have received awards from the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) for 2026.
Since 1952, the NSF GRFP has supported more than 70,000 outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. 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 comprise 23 Ph.D. students and one Master's student. View the complete list below. Congratulations to these spectacular students!
Graduate School NSF GRFP Recipients, Incoming Fall 2026
| Lilian June Baker | Evolutionary Anthropology |
| Kylie Chan | Biomedical Engineering |
| Charles Colvin | Biology |
| Sofia Dahlgreen | Biomedical Engineering |
| Audrey Davis | Civil and Environmental Engineering (Master's) |
| Natalie Donato | Biology |
| Kush Gandhi | Physics |
| Sarah Jiang | Biomedical Engineering |
| Brinley Jordan | Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science |
| Sophia Kurilla | Evolutionary Anthropology |
| Alexandra Eunsuh Lee | Biomedical Engineering |
| Shannon Liang | Cell and Molecular Biology |
| Kaylee Nielson | Economics |
| Janet Reddy | Marine Science and Conservation |
| Alissa Juanita Rivero | Psychology & Neuroscience |
| Shiny Shen | Biomedical Engineering |
| Dmitriy Shvydkoy | Mathematics |
| Nicholas Joseph Steele | Psychology & Neuroscience |
| Autumn Sylvestri | Marine Science and Conservation |
| Gabriel Thompson | Computer Science |
| Rachel Thoms | Marine Science and Conservation |
| Tyson Vu | Chemistry |
| Alexandra Whiteside | Mathematics |
| Douglas Williams | Public Policy |