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NSF Award

Graduate Research Fellowship Program

  • Principal Investigator: Meghan Hammond, Assistant Director, Office of Graduate Affairs
  • Start Date: August 1, 2009
  • Total Award Amount: $2,000,000

Project Description

The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 1,100 graduate fellowships in this competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are in the early stages of their graduate study. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) invests in graduate education for a cadre of diverse individuals who demonstrate their potential to successfully complete graduate degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation.

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, NSF Award number: 0946805