Nine Bioengineering graduate students receive NSF and Heart Association fellowships
July 15, 2010 | UW Bioengineering
Nine Bioengineering graduate students receive NSF and Heart Association fellowships
Seven graduate students in the Department of Bioengineering have been selected for National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Student Fellowships, and two others have received American Heart Association (AHA) pre-doctoral fellowships. The prestigious awards honor students who have demonstrated strong academic and research achievements, as well as contributions in other settings, such as volunteering in schools, tutoring students, or teaching research-related topics to undergraduates.
Five current students in bioengineering were selected for the NSF fellowships: Connie Cheng, Gina Ella Fridley, Joseph-Tin Chan Phan, Wilbert B. Copeland, and Ryan Lee Coe. In addition, Carly Ann Holstein from Boston University and Theodore Chen from the Georgia Institute of Technology have received NSF fellowships and will be joining UW Bioengineering for their graduate education.
The NSF Fellowships are the oldest of their kind. NSF has a long history of selecting recipients who achieve high levels of success in academic and professional careers. Numerous past recipients are Nobel Prize winners. The fellowship includes a three-year annual stipend of $30,000, a $10,500 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees, and a $1,000 travel allowance.
Mandy Lund, a student in the Giachelli lab, and Kassandra Thomson, a student in the Regnier/Scatena labs, have received the American Heart Association fellowships. The AHA fellowships help students begin their careers in cardiovascular and stroke research. They are awarded to outstanding students who have potential for a research career and are embarking on an original research project that is broadly related to cardiovascular disease or stroke.
