First Friends of NSM Graduate Fellows Selected
Twenty-Two Ph.D. Students Receive $5,000 Stipends

The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM) announced the first group of Friends of NSM Graduate Fellows at the Fall Convocation.

The Friends of NSM Graduate Fellowship Program is supported by generous donors, who make it possible for the College to provide an additional $5,000 stipend to promising doctoral students. The competitive fellowship program is enabling NSM to increase the number of outstanding Ph.D. students entering its programs, directly impacting research productivity, faculty recruitment, and doctoral degrees awarded each year.

“These 22 Ph.D. students represent the best and brightest of NSM and embody the broad scope of research interests in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics,” said Mark A. Smith, NSM dean. “We are pleased to be able to award this additional support for their research endeavors.”

NSM plans to greatly increase the number of fellowships by the next academic year.

2012-2013 Friends of NSM Graduate Fellows