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Tech Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
 
 
Two Michigan Tech students have been awarded $40,500 each in research funding through the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program, and two have received an honorable mention from NSF.

Heather Wright, a doctoral candidate in environmental engineering, will use the fellowship to continue her graduate education at Michigan Tech. Alexandra Zevalkink, an undergraduate in materials science and engineering, plans to use the funds to attend graduate school at Michigan Tech.

The awards consist of a fellowship stipend of $30,000 for a one-year period, while the university is allowed $10,500 for the cost of education. With satisfactory progress, awards are renewable for up to three years of graduate study and a total award amount of $121,500.

The honorable mentions are graduate students Joshua Richardson (GMES) and Joseph Miller (Civil and Environmental Engineering).

As part of the award, fellows and honorable mention recipients are able to request time to use one of the NSF supercomputer centers.

An applicant's proposed plan of research is reviewed on the basis of intellectual merit. Proposals are also judged on the broader impacts of the research, including integrating research and education, encouraging diversity, enhancing scientific and technical understanding and benefiting society.

Jacqueline Huntoon, dean of the Graduate School, encourages qualified undergrads and beginning graduate students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics to apply. Applications for next year's fellowships will be due in November and require a strong GPA and GRE score, three letters of recommendation and a personal statement. Peter A. Larsen, administrator of research enhancement, assists students with the preparation of the proposals and can be contacted at palarsen@mtu.edu .
   

02/11/2008