{"id":187467,"date":"2023-11-22T09:30:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T19:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=187467"},"modified":"2023-11-21T15:03:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T01:03:38","slug":"nsf-fellowship-graduates-making-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/22\/nsf-fellowship-graduates-making-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"NSF<\/abbr> fellowship graduates making an impact locally, globally"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Sarah Tucker and Yoshimi Rii collect seawater samples to examine marine microbes during a K\u0101neʻohe<\/span> Bay Timeseries Sampling event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Within the past five years, the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF<\/abbr> GRFP<\/abbr>) has grown exponentially. Currently composed of 36 masters and PhD<\/abbr> students, a range of disciplines are represented such as astronomy, botany, computer science, Earth and planetary sciences, entomology, geography, linguistics, marine biology, oceanography, tropical plant and soil sciences and zoology.<\/p>\n

NSF<\/abbr> GRFP<\/abbr><\/a> annually funds a diverse group of outstanding graduate students with more than $110,000 for three years to become future scientists, engineers, researchers and STEM<\/abbr> educators. GRFP<\/abbr> graduates go on to pursue careers in federal agencies, national labs, academia, policy work and conservation management. Notably, 糖心视频<\/abbr> M\u0101noa GRFP<\/abbr>s have consistently been selected for other distinguished fellowships such as the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program<\/a> and E. Gordon Grau Coastal and Marine Resource Management and Policy Fellowship Program<\/a>, both coordinated through the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Sea Grant College Program (Hawaiʻi<\/span> Sea Grant).<\/p>\n