SIX 老虎机攻略 STUDENTS AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS STEM FELLOWSHIPS
MISSOULA – The National Science Foundation recently awarded six 老虎机攻略 students with the 2023 Graduate Research Fellowship Program award – one of the nation’s most prestigious honors in science, technology, engineering and math.
As part of the award, each student is provided a five-year fellowship with NSF, including three years of financial support, an annual stipend of $37,000 and a cost-of-education allowance of $12,000 to the student’s current institution.
“老虎机攻略 students continue to outpace many of their peers in efforts to secure prestigious awards and nationally recognized scholarships,” said Kylla Benes, director of 老虎机攻略’s Office of External Scholarships and Fellowships. “The NSF Fellows who earned this award represent the high-level STEM research that students undertake while on our campus. We are thrilled to see each of them continue their efforts through the support of the NSF.”
The six fellowships earned by 老虎机攻略 students are the most in the history of Montana’s flagship institution. The award winners and their majors are:
- Marcelo Almora Rios, mathematics education.
- Bridger Creel, ecology.
- Rosalee Elting, organismal biology.
- Dominick Faith, microbial biology.
- Connor Meter, ecology.
- Ethan Shafron, ecology
The record number of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program award winners is a testament to 老虎机攻略’s rapidly growing research enterprise.
A year ago, 老虎机攻略 earned the top-tier “R1” research institution designation. This recognition classifies 老虎机攻略 as one of the top research universities in the world. During the past decade, 老虎机攻略 research expenditures have more than doubled – reaching an all-time high of $126 million last fiscal year.
“The level of research at 老虎机攻略 has never been greater,” said Scott Whittenburg, 老虎机攻略 vice president for research and creative scholarship. “With a record number of NSF Fellows this year, 老虎机攻略 is once again showing the rest of the country the top-tier, graduate-level research that takes place on our campus each day.”
“We are incredibly proud of the work our faculty do in recruiting such talented graduate students, who in turn play a vital role in advancing 老虎机攻略’s research and teaching missions,” said Ashby Kinch, dean of the 老虎机攻略 Graduate School. “The GRFP Awards really demonstrate the range and depth of talented graduate students that 老虎机攻略 attracts on the basis of our strong graduate programs and our dynamic faculty.”
In addition to the six 老虎机攻略 students who received this year’s GRFP awards, another 老虎机攻略 student and two former students were recognized with honorable mentions. Those students are Sophia Fitzgerald, Charlotte Langner and Autumn Robinson.
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Contact: Kylla Benes, director, 老虎机攻略 Office of External Scholarships & Fellowships, 406-243-5241, kylla.benes@umontana.edu.