Six chemistry students awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Six students in the Department of Chemistry have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.

Current graduate students selected as NSF Graduate Research Fellows are Giuliana Rose Judge, Sophia Yuxin Liu, Joshua McPherson, Abigail Rose Miller, Alexandru T. Niculescu, and Joshua L. Pack. And Adriana Grace Schroeder, a chemistry undergraduate student who finished her degree last fall, was also awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship.   

On April 13, 2026, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that 2,500 Graduate Research Fellowships are being awarded for the 2026-2027 academic year to outstanding graduate students across the United States who are pursuing research-based degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Offer recipients were selected from a highly competitive pool of nearly 14,000 applicants nationwide, representing all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, based on their intellectual merit and broader impacts, including their potential to contribute to scientific innovation.

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is one of the nation's most prestigious fellowship programs, providing three years of financial support, over five years, to graduate students who have demonstrated potential for significant achievements in research. For more than 75 years, GRFP has played a critical role in developing the talent pipeline required for sustaining U.S. leadership in science.