A record number of 麻豆影院 students have received a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which recognizes outstanding graduate students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Thirty CU-麻豆影院 students were among the 2,000 fellowship winners announced by NSF earlier this month鈥攖he greatest number of fellows from any school in Colorado. Last year, 21 current CU-麻豆影院 students won fellowships, setting the previous record. Twenty current students were awarded fellowships in 2012.
NSF fellows receive three years of support from the agency, including a $32,000 annual stipend, a $12,000 cost-of-education allowance to the institution, international research and professional development opportunities, and access to a supercomputer.
鈥淲e are delighted that the number of CU-麻豆影院 students who receive these sought-after fellowships is continuing to rise,鈥� said Stein Sture, vice chancellor for research. 鈥淚t reflects the success of our continued efforts to attract the best and brightest students to CU-麻豆影院 for their graduate studies.鈥�
The students awarded graduate research fellowships nationally this year come from all states and the District of Columbia, as well as commonwealths and territories of the United States. The national winners also are a diverse group of individuals. Among the 2,000 awardees, 1,069 are women, 382 are from underrepresented minority groups, 55 are persons with disabilities and 37 are veterans.
CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 winners are studying a diverse group of scientific disciplines, including aerospace engineering, geochemistry, geology, atomic physics, paleoclimatology, oceanography, cell biology, geography, ecology and sociology, among other fields.
鈥淲e can recruit so many talented individuals because we have such good programs and such outstanding faculty,鈥� said John Stevenson, dean of CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 Graduate School. 鈥溌槎褂霸� continues to be a destination of choice for the intellectual leaders of the future.鈥�
Contact:
John Stevenson, Graduate School dean, 303-492-2890
John.Stevenson@colorado.edu
Laura Snider, CU-麻豆影院 media relations, 303-735-0528
Laura.Snider@colorado.edu
