The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced the 2024 award winners for its Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), a prestigious and competitive fellowship that supports outstanding graduate research across the country.
NSF Fellows are anticipated to become knowledge experts who can contribute significantly to research, teaching and innovations in science and engineering. These individuals are crucial to maintaining and advancing the nation’s technological infrastructure and national security as well as contributing to the economic well-being of society at large.
Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $37,000 as well as a cost-of-education allowance of $16,000 to conduct research at any accredited U.S. graduate school.
Of the many deserving awardees, an impressive 31 are currently graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin. In addition, the NSF acknowledged 28 UT students with an honorable mention.
The 2024 GRFP awardees currently attending UT and their fields of study are:
- Luisa Marie Velasco, Mathematical Sciences
- Kyle Anthony Trojahn, Political Science
- Kara Elizabeth Samuel, Mechanical Engineering
- Anakaren Romero Lozano, Biomedical Engineering
- Elizabeth A. Recker, Chemical Engineering
- Audrick Moses Pyronneau, Topology
- Shankar Padmanabhan, Natural Language Processing
- Leo Orshansky, Unconventional Computing, Quantum Computing
- Sara Nixon, Chemistry of Life Processes
- Lacie Larschan Levy, Chemical Oceanography
- Alexandra Lee, Condensed Matter Physics
- Rebecca Lee, Chemical Engineering
- Rosemary Lach, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Mathea Kurtz-Shaw, Geosciences
- Pamela Hernandez, Sociology
- Stephane Hatgis-Kessell, Artificial Intelligence
- Ethan Sumner Hartzell, Linguistics
- Kobe Grismore, Chemical Engineering
- Samuel T. Freer, Biomedical Engineering
- Claudia Katrina Fierro, Civil Engineering
- Jennie Elizabeth DeVore, Animal Behavior
- Hailey A. Currie, Physics of Living Systems
- Morgan Alexandria Carrington, Geomorphology
- Alyssa Riley Brown, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Jason R. Boynewicz, Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
- Marcus S. Benyamin, Chemical Engineering
- Cole Raymond Barnett, Biomedical Engineering
- Claire K. Baldus, Environmental Engineering
- Duaa N. Ansari, Chemistry of Life Processes
- Hollis B. Akins, Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Nora Agah, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The 2024 Honorable Mentions and their field of study are:
- Grace N Bechtel, Biomedical Engineering
- Jacob Levi Block, Machine Learning
- Alexandra Boville, Evolutionary Biology
- Benjamin G. Broekhuis, Materials Engineering
- Nicole Lauren Ferrie, Geochemistry
- Elijah Stephan Garcia, Chemistry of Life Processes
- Tynan Gardner, Systems and Molecular Biology
- Arturo Hernandez, Manufacturing Engineering
- Jason Ho, Computer Architecture
- Eric Hu, Mechanical Engineering
- Ravi K. Koka, Nuclear Physics
- Zachary Lee, Mathematical Sciences
- Crystal B. Li, Human Development & Family Sciences
- Harrison Lippie, Chemical Engineering
- Lan H. Nguyen, Environmental Engineering
- Rachel A Paddock, Mechanical Engineering
- Connor A. Painter, Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Harsha Ramya Rajesh, Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering
- Livia Raulinaitis, Ecology
- Tamara Margarita Rivera, Marine Biology
- Allison Jane Segapeli, Chemical Engineering
- Abhishek Shivkumar, Topology
- Kathleen E. Taylor, Chemical Engineering
- Michael H. Updike, Theoretical Physics
- Yanran Wang, Chemical Engineering
- Eric Wang, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Daniel Wu, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Arthur King Zhang, Robotics
To learn more about the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, visit their website.