Five CU 51´«Ã½ aerospace students earn major NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
The National Science Foundation has awarded five prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships to University of Colorado 51´«Ã½ Smeed AerospaceÌýgraduate students.
This topÌýawardÌýrecognize and supports outstanding graduate students from across the country in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees.
Honorees Rachel Cueva, Jenny Horing, Ben Kraske, and John Tucker are current aerospace graduate students at CU 51´«Ã½. Recipient Caroline Austin is completing her senior year at the University of Alabama and will join CU 51´«Ã½ as an aerospace PhD student in the fall. Each awardee will receive a $34,000 annual stipend and cost of education allowance for the next three years as well as professional development opportunities.
With 39 awardees in 2022, CU 51´«Ã½ ranks 10th overall among universities in the United States for graduate research fellowship recipients. In addition, 28 graduate students received honorable mention recognition through this program.Ìý