Sarah Gillespie and Finola Kane-Grade, PhD candidates in the Institute of Child Development (ICD), have been awarded a prestigious three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. ICD PhD candidates Romulus Castelo, Bria Gresham, and Kayla Nelson received honorable mentions.

The NSF Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding students who are pursuing research-based graduate degrees in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. The program draws applications from across the country from many of the nation’s most accomplished students. Both fellowship awards and honorable mentions are a great testament to the outstanding quality of an applicant’s work and ideas.

Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 and a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees, as well as opportunities for international research and professional development.