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Five CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø aerospace students earn major NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

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The National Science Foundation has awarded five prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships to Â鶹¹ÙÍø 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 Â鶹¹ÙÍø. Recipient Caroline Austin is completing her senior year at the University of Alabama and will join CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø 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 Â鶹¹ÙÍø 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