Ten UMass students were recently awarded fellowships through the National Science Foundations Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). With an average acceptance rate of 16%, these competitive fellowships provide financial support for graduate education in sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.

These ten awards once again position UMass Amherst as the third leading institutional producer of GRFP recipients among Massachusetts colleges and universities, behind only MIT and Harvard. An additional ten individuals affiliated with UMass were awarded Honorable Mention in the GRFP competition; both the number of awardees and Honorable Mentions for 2020 are an increase over previous years.

The NSF Graduate Research Fellows for 2020 are:

Awardees:

Bridget Benner, graduate student, mechanical engineeringBrooke Burrows, graduate student, psychologyStephanie Call, graduate student, chemical engineeringSeanne Clemente, graduate student, organismic and evolutionary biologyJacob Davis, graduate student, mechanical engineeringAnnabelle Flores-Bonilla, NIH PREP scholar, neuroscienceRebecca Huber, graduate student, chemical engineeringIsabella Jaen Maisonet, undergraduate, chemistryRachel Jansen, undergraduate, biochemistry and molecular biologyKelly McKeon, graduate student, geosciences

Honorable mention:

Elizabeth Voke, undergraduate, chemical engineeringSean van Geldern, graduate student, physicsKristyn Robinson, graduate student, molecular and cellular biologyMlise Edwards, graduate student, neuroscienceKaitlyn Chhe, graduate student, chemistryCraig Brinkerhoff, graduate student, civil engineeringCierra Abellara, graduate student, psychologyAlexandra Zink, lab technician, environmental conservationRobert Yvon, graduate student, molecular and cellular biologyWalter Young, graduate student, polymer science and engineering

The next NSF GRFP competition will open in August 2020. Current UMass undergraduates planning to attend graduate school beginning in fall 2021 as well as graduate students who just completed their first year of graduate school are eligible to apply. Students interested in applying or faculty seeking more information may contact Heidi Bauer-Clapp in the Graduate School Office of Professional Development at hbauerclapp@grad.umass.edu.

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