UConn Students Earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships | Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships

2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipients — From left to right: Urvi Kaul, Tony Edgington, Raul Flamenco, Swapna Subramanian. Not pictured: Elyse Schriber (UConn Photo)

Five UConn graduate students and an alumnus have earned National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships (NSF-GRFP).

The oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the NSF-GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding students in NSF-supported disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited institutions in the United States. In addition to a three-year annual stipend of $34,000, plus another $12,000 paid to the student’s home institution, fellows have access to a wide range of professional development opportunities over the course of their graduate careers.

The Graduate Research Fellowships are highly competitive, with annual acceptance rates of about 16% from among more than 12,000 applicants.