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NSF PR 95-48 - July 18, 1995
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High-Ability College Students Offered NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the award of research
fellowships to 728 outstanding college and university students
for graduate study in the sciences, mathematics, and engineering.
Dr. Luther S. Williams, NSF Assistant Director for Education and
Human Resources, praised the outstanding contributions Graduate
Fellows have made to the nation over the 44-year history of the
program. There have been 12 individuals awarded graduate fellowships
who later won Nobel Prizes. In welcoming this new group of awardees,
Dr. Williams commented: "Those honored today are the future leaders
who are essential to maintaining the scientific and technological
enterprise that undergirds the economic strength and well-being
of this country."
Among the individuals selected as 1995 Graduate Fellows are:
- Ruth A. Pyle, from Moscow, Idaho, will receive a B.A. in biology
from Saint Olaf College. She plans to attend Washington University,
where she will pursue a Ph.D. in cell biology.
- David Ernest Huber is working toward a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology
and cognitive science at Indiana University. Mr. Huber's research
interest centers on conscious memory versus automatic memory distinction.
He completed a B.A. with a double major in physics and in psychology
at Williams College.
- Roberta Michelle Hotinski attends Pennsylvania State University
where she is pursuing a Ph.D. in paleoceanography. Ms. Hotinski's
research interest is in the cycling of trace metals in the oceans.
She holds a B.S. in environmental geology and a B.A. in German
from Southern Methodist University.
- Reid Randall Harrison, from Defuniak Springs, Florida, received
a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Florida
and plans to pursue a Ph.D. in computational neuroscience at the
California Insitutue of Technology. Mr. Harrison's research interests
involve the sensory aspects of intelligence in both biological
and artificial organisms.
- Amy Lee McDonald attends Tulane University where she is completing
a B.S. in mathematics. Ms. McDonald plans to pursue a PhD in mathematics
at Duke University. Her research interst is in mathematical modeling.
The fellowships provide a stipend of $14,400 per year for full-
time graduate study. An annual cost-of-education allowance of
$8,600 is also provided by the NSF in lieu of all tuition and
required fees at U.S. institutions. In addition, both Fellows
and Honorable Mention recipients may request the use of any of
four national supercomputer centers supported by NSF for their
graduate research work. NSF Graduate Fellows may attend any appropriate
non profit U.S. or foreign institution of higher education. Each
fellowship is awarded for three years of graduate study. The fellowships
may be used over a five-year period to permit students to incorporate
teaching or research assistantships into their education during
periods in which they are not receiving fellowship stipends. Of
the 858 new awards offered in the Graduate and Minority Graduate
competitions combined, 80 are expressly for Women in Engineering,
funded jointly with the Directorate for Engineering, and 10 are
for Women in Computer and Information Science, funded by the Directorate
for Computer and Information Science and Engineering.
Applications were submitted by 6,243 students in the nationwide
competition for NSF Graduate Fellowships. The applications were
evaluated by panelists assembled by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities,
and awards were made by NSF on the basis of merit. In addition
to the 728 fellowship awards, NSF awarded Honorable Mention to
1,415 applicants in recognition of their outstanding potential
for scientific and engineering careers.
The new Fellows represent 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Of the 728 award offers, 338 were made to women. By scientific
discipline, the distribution of awards is: 232 in engineering;
35 in mathematics and applied mathematics; 44 in computer science;
43 in physics and astronomy; 48 in chemistry; 26 in earth sciences;
90 in biological sciences; 76 in biomedical sciences, including
biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology; and 134 in the
behavioral and social sciences.
Note To Reporters: A List of NSF Graduate Fellowship Awardees
and Honorable Mention recipients is available by calling the NSF
Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at (703) 306-1070.
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