Six Chemistry Students Receive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
Recipients of this prestigious award represent a diverse group of scientific disciplines from all U.S. states, commonwealths, and territories.
The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that six of its students (a group consisting of current graduate students, an admitted graduate student, and an undergraduate student) have been named recipients of the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship.
2026 Chemistry NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipients
Samuel Charney (Admitted Graduate Student)
Cole English (Graduate Student, Shoulders Lab)
Julianna Lian (Course 5 Major)
Alvin Meng (Graduate Student, Suess Lab)
Kiarra Ning (Graduate Student, Peng Lab)
Abigail Strausbaugh Hjelmstad (Graduate Student, Schlau-Cohen Lab)
Recipients of these fellowships were selected from a highly competitive pool of nearly 14,000 applicants nationwide, representing all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, based on their intellectual merit and broader impacts, including their potential to contribute to scientific innovation.
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is one of the nation’s most prestigious fellowship programs, providing three years of financial support, over five years, to graduate students who have demonstrated potential for significant achievements in research. For more than 75 years, GRFP has played a critical role in developing the talent pipeline required for sustaining U.S. leadership in science.
