Largest-Ever Cohort Of U Grad Students Awarded Prestigious NSF Fellowship

Salt Lake City UT

14 April, 2022

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Press release from The University of Utah: April 12, 2022 Twenty University of Utah graduate students have been offered awards in the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) for 2022, the largest U cohort to date. The prestigious fellowship supports outstanding doctoral and research-based master's students doing research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, disciplines. A total of 17 fellowship winners received their baccalaureate degrees here at the U, the largest group of winners ever who trained at the U as undergraduates. "We had really moved the mark over the past few years, but this year we hit it out of the park," said David Kieda, dean of the U's Graduate School. Established in 1952, the NSF GRFP is the oldest fellowship program of its kind. The 2022 fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000, a $12,000 cost of allowance for tuition and fees, and numerous research and professional development opportunities. Kieda notes that this year's cohort of 20 fellows is the sixth-highest among Pac-12 peers and includes graduate students in 16 different departments, ranging from Child Development to Ecology to Biomedical Engineering. Devaki Abhyankar, biomedical engineering Tyler Ball, chemical catalysisHannah Duffy, biomedical engineeringRobert Falconer, biomedical engineeringOliver Flatt, formal methods, verification and programming languagesJordan Grammer, neurosciencesCleo Hancock, chemical engineeringMartina Hollearn, cognitive neuroscienceLewis Kunik, biogeochemistryShaylee Larsen, chemical engineeringSamantha Linn, mathematical biologyNicole Losurdo, neurosciencesMadeline Meyer, chemistry of life processesNicolette Molina, physiological psychologyMegan Mullineaux, child developmentShai-anne Nalder, biochemistryKaitlin O'Dell, applied mathematicsNathan Ortiz, mechanical engineeringAndrew Simonson, chemical engineeringCaleb Thomson, biomedical engineering Congratulations to the 11 graduate students who received honorable mentions: Donovan Birky, mechanical engineeringHannah Burton, chemical theory, models and computational methodsKayla Eschenbacher, neurosciencesShelby Galinat, sustainable chemistryRachel Hurrell, biochemistryMaci Jacobson, neurosciencesRachel Klink, biomedical engineeringRoxanne Lamson, ArchaeologyTre Presley, mechanical engineeringMoe Samha, chemical catalysisDavid Williamson, analytical chemistry This press release was produced by The University of Utah. The views expressed here are the author's own.