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Fifteen outstanding undergraduate students, graduate students and alumni from Michigan State University have been selected for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), along with thirteen honorable mentions. The program is the country’s oldest graduate fellowship program that directly supports graduate students in various STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. NSF Graduate Research Fellows […]

Michigan State University has nominated a current Udall Scholar and an honorable mention from last year for the nationally competitive Udall Scholarship. The Udall Foundation awards scholarships to college sophomores and juniors for leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to American Indian nations or to the environment. Each year, the foundation awards up to $7,000 for […]

Two Michigan State University students are finalists for the nationally competitive Truman Scholarship. The two finalists are Celia Hallan, an Honors College junior majoring in international relations in the James Madison College and environmental geography in the College of Social Science, and Tristyn Walton, an Honors College junior majoring in interdisciplinary studies and public policy in […]

Amber DeJohn has been nominated by Michigan State University for the nationally competitive Beinecke Scholarship, which pays for graduate studies in the arts, humanities and social sciences. DeJohn is an Honors College junior majoring in political theory and constitutional democracy in James Madison College and economic geography in the College of Social Science. MSU has produced […]

Rebecca Carlson, a Michigan State University Honors College senior majoring in chemical engineering in the College of Engineering, has been named a finalist for the Hertz Foundation Fellowship. The foundation received 721 applications from students planning to earn their doctorate in a STEM field, and narrowed the group of finalists down to 40, including Carlson. The […]

Four undergraduate student leaders have been nominated by Michigan State University for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship. MSU’s nominees for the scholarship include: Ewurama Appiagyei-Dankah, an Honors College junior majoring in social relations and policy in James Madison College; Celia Hallan, an Honors College junior majoring in environmental geography in the College of Social Science and […]

Four undergraduate researchers studying STEM-related fields have been nominated by Michigan State University for the nationally competitive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The Goldwater Foundation seeks scholars committed to a career in science, mathematics, or engineering who display intellectual intensity and who have the potential for significant future contribution in their chosen field.  MSU has produced 43 […]

Michigan State University has nominated two of its outstanding undergraduate students for the Churchill Scholarship – a nationally competitive STEM award that pays for graduate school in the United Kingdom. MSU’s nominees are Rebecca Carlson, an Honors College senior majoring in chemical engineering from the College of Engineering, and Alana O’Mara, an Honors College senior […]