Apr 24, 2008 - Claremont, Calif. - Harvey Mudd College seniors Karen Brown, Kenji Kozai and Matthew Weiner were named NSF fellows for 2008 and 14 HMC students received honorable mention, it was announced recently.

The fellowships will provide the students with stipends for graduate school. Brown will study organic chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Kozai will study topology and mathematical sciences at Stanford University; and Weiner will study computer engineering at U.C. Berkeley.

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) provides students with three years of funding—up to $121,500—for research-focused master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

The following HMC students earned honorable mention in the 2008 fellowship competition:

The purpose of the NSF program is to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and to reinforce its diversity. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in the relevant science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees, including women in engineering and computer and information science.

NSF Fellows are expected to become knowledge experts who can contribute significantly to research, teaching, and innovations in science and engineering. These individuals will be crucial to maintaining and advancing the nation’s technological infrastructure and national security as well as contributing to the economic well-being of society at large.

So that the nation can build fully upon the strength and creativity of a diverse society, NSF welcomes applications from all qualified individuals and strongly encourages women, minorities, and persons with disabilities to compete fully in this program.