Yale and social robotics lab alumna, Emma Alexander, has received a 2014 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Emma graduated from Yale in 2013 and is currently pursuing her masters in Robotics and Computer Vision at Harvard University.
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), now in its 60th year, is a highly competitive program. NSF received over 14,0000 applications for the 2014 GRFP competition and made 2,000 fellowship award offers.
About the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program:
The National Science Foundation’s 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 US institutions. The NSF welcomes applications from all qualified students and strongly encourages under-represented populations, including women, under-represented racial and ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities, to apply for this fellowship.
GRFP Fellows receive:
- Three years of support
- $32,000 annual stipend
- $12,000 cost-of-education allowance to current institution
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International research and professional development opportunities
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XSEDE Supercomputer access
(Source: http://www.nsfgrfp.org/)