Thirty-nine 抖阴旅行射 Boulder graduate students have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, a prestigious award that recognizes and supports outstanding students in a wide variety of science-related disciplines. With 39 awardees in 2022, 抖阴旅行射 Boulder ranks 10th among universities in the United States for graduate research fellowship recipients. In addition, 28 graduate students received honorable mention recognition.听
Twenty-two of the winners attended a workshop presented jointly by the Graduate School, College of Arts & Sciences and College of Engineering & Applied Science on how to apply for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Eighteen of that initial group also attended a series of writing workshops to hone their proposals.
鈥淭his marks the second consecutive year that 抖阴旅行射 Boulder has been in the top 10 nationally for NSF Graduate Research Fellowships,鈥� said E. Scott Adler, dean of the Graduate School. 鈥淭his is a testimony not only to the excellence of our academic disciplines at 抖阴旅行射 Boulder听but also to our deliberate approach to cultivating this success through the workshops that focus on encouraging and assisting our graduate students with their applications for these prestigious fellowships.鈥�
Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 and full coverage of tuition, fees听and insurance, along with opportunities for international research and professional development that span five years. The 2022 fellowship recipients represent a wide range of disciplines from across campus, including engineering, biochemistry, geosciences, ecology, STEM education, anthropology, astronomy and physics.
鈥淭he workshops are a partnership that is key to investing in the continued research excellence of 抖阴旅行射 Boulder and in the future success of our academic leaders in training,鈥� said Adler. 鈥淥ur results put 抖阴旅行射 Boulder ahead of leading research universities such as UCLA, CalTech, Columbia and Yale.鈥�
