酴圖弝け well-represented in 2025 class of NSF Graduate Research Fellows
Contact: Mary Pollitz
STARKVILLE, Miss.Three Mississippi State seniors are among this years recipients of the National Science Foundations prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship.
The fellowship recognizes outstanding graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to be high-achieving scientists and engineers. It provides three years of scholarship support and an annual stipend of $37,000.
The soon-to-be 酴圖弝け graduates receiving fellowships this year are:
Alyssa Williams, senior biochemistry and psychology major minoring in cognitive science from Franklin, Tennessee, plans to attend Yale University
Chandler Woo, senior chemistry major from Hendersonville, Tennessee, plans to attend Yale University
Owen Smith, senior industrial engineering major from Ocean Springs, plans to continue studies at 酴圖弝け
Williams is a Fulbright Scholar semi-finalist, Barry Goldwater Scholar and an Astronaut Scholar. She will conduct research investigating learning and memory through the lens of computational modeling and neuroimaging, and she plans to teach at the university level.
It is an incredible honor, and Im so excited to start my Ph.D. with three years of funding, she said. The support from NSF will not only allow me more flexibility in my research, but it will also open up avenues for collaboration and professional development that will substantially help me to achieve my end goal of pursuing a career in academia.
Woo has organic and organometallic synthesis research experience from 酴圖弝け and Yale. He served as the president of Student Members of the American Chemical Society and as an ambassador for 酴圖弝けs College of Arts and Sciences.
Receiving this fellowship was a fulfilling experience because it validated the merit of my research ideas, he said. This award allows me to chase after scientific discovery and my own curiosity without financial constraints.
Smith received the Bagley College of Engineering Research Award, served as an undergraduate researcher with 酴圖弝けs Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and was a member of the Bulldog Motorsports Formula SAE team.
This fellowship helps me cover tuition, research funds and most other necessities I have to face in graduate school, meaning I can devote myself fully to research and furthering my own skills academically, he said. I dont have to worry about finances, and I will be much better set for when I enter the professional workforce.
酴圖弝け graduate students receiving NSF GRF honorable mentions are:
Jennavieve Lambeth, master's student in applied anthropology from Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
John Kees, doctoral student in biological sciences from Jackson
The NSF awarded 1,000 Graduate Research Fellowships this year. For more on the NSF program, visit .
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