CBE Alumni Selected to Receive a 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

April 30, 2019

The 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) selections for Fellow candidate have been announced and the following CBE alumni were selected: 

Mariah Jo Austin
BS 2017 - UNM  
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas at Austin

Mische Hubbard
BS 2018 - UNM                                
Chemical Engineering                         
University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Angelea Monique Maestas-Olguin                                                 
BS 2019 - UNM
Chemical Engineering                         
University of New Mexico

Ava Mauser
BS 2018 - UNM                                       
Biomedical Engineering                       
University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Marissa Renee Perez
BS 2019 - UNM                         
Biomedical Engineering                       
Rice University

About the Program
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions. 

As the oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the GRFP has a long history of selecting recipients who achieve high levels of success in their future academic and professional careers. The reputation of the GRFP follows recipients and often helps them become life-long leaders that contribute significantly to both scientific innovation and teaching. 

Fellows share in the prestige and opportunities that become available when they are selected. Fellows benefit from a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees (paid to the institution), opportunities for international research and professional development, and the freedom to conduct their own research.

NSF Fellows are anticipated to become knowledge experts who can contribute significantly to research, teaching, and innovations in science and engineering. These individuals are crucial to maintaining and advancing the nation's technological infrastructure and national security as well as contributing to the economic well-being of society at large.