NPSC Fellow Dr. Catherine Beni
Youngest person to receive a PhD from the California Institute of Technology
Merck Research Laboratories
Dr. Stephanie Land
Research Associate Professor
Director, ReSET Center
Department of Biostatistics
Graduate School of Public Health NSABP
and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Dr. John Cavazos
Assistant Professor of Computer & Info. Sciences
University of Delaware
Dr. Kimberly Weems
Associate Professor of Statistics
North Carolina State
Dr. Eric Pierce
Senior Scientist
Energy & Environment Directorate
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dr. Matt Borselli
Senior Research Staff Physicist
HRL Laboratories
Dr. Rachel Kurtz
Product Research Developer
Clorox
Dr. Carlos Valdez
Research Scientist
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dr. Alicia Abella
Executive Director of Technical Research
AT&T
Dr. Jakita Thomas
Service Design
IBM Research
Dr. Brent Lagesse
Research Scientist
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Amelia Estwick receives her hood at
George Washington University
Dept. of Defense Research Analyst
Since inception in 1989, NPSC has awarded 420 graduate fellowships. Of those fellows, 176 have received a PhD and 88 have received an MS. Seventy-three students are currently enrolled. Ninety-three percent of NPSC fellows have been minority, female, or both, those historically underrepresented in science. Recent alumni have received PhD's from Caltech, Cornell, Duke, George Washington, North Carolina State, Stanford, Texas A & M, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, University of Maryland – CP, University of Michigan, University of Missouri, and University of Wisconsin.
By helping to provide a continuous source of scientists who are U. S. citizens, employers and universities can achieve diversity and balance in our nation's scientific community. In turn, NPSC can help today's promising young scientists — tomorrow's science leaders — to realize their dreams.
The application is easy to complete, requiring the same information as other national fellowships. The online application typically opens August 25 and closes November 30.
If you have interned, have been employed or are employed by a government agency or laboratory, ask your mentor/research supervisor to nominate you directly for an NPSC fellowship. Contact NPSC for details.
NPSC offers two programs, each using the same online application (opens August 25):
The Traditional NPSC Fellowship provides support for up to six years, depending on degree sought and employer funding. Students may apply during their senior year in college, or in the first year or two of graduate school, as long as they are not eligible for the program below.
The Dissertation Support Fellowship provides support while a graduate student conducts dissertation research. Students should apply in the year of graduate school prior to the beginning of their dissertation research program, but not before they can describe their intended research in general terms.
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