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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., July 2, 2003–The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded three Graduate Research Fellowships to Williams alumni.
They are Steven Biller ’02 who will study biology at Stanford University, Susan Levin ’02 who will study immunology at University of California at San Francisco, and Megumi Onishi ’00 who will study molecular biology at Harvard Medical School.
The awards include a stipend for each fellow of $27,500 for a 12-month tenure and an annual cost-of-education allowance of $10,500 paid to the Fellow’s institution in lieu of tuition and fees.
Two graduating seniors Justin Crowe ’03 and Jason Leith ’03 received honorable mention.
Among predominantly undergraduate institutions, the top three colleges winning NSF awards over the past five years are Swarthmore with an average of 7.6 fellowships per year, Williams with 6.6, and Harvey Mudd with 6.2.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships offer three years of support for advanced study to approximately 900 students in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and behavioral and social sciences.
Since 1952, 34,000 students have received support through NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
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Published July 2, 2003
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