Congratulations to current ICD doctoral student Sarah Ruiz for being awarded a prestigious three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship award, as well as to Michelle Brown, Kelly Jedd, Alyssa Meuwissen, Sarah Suarez, and Eric Thibodeau, who received Honorable Mentions. The NSF fellowship draws applications from across the country and it is extremely competitive. Both Fellowship awards and Honorable Mentions are a great testament to the outstanding quality of an applicant’s work and ideas.