Fellowship Year 2021-2022
Astronaut Scholars:
- Alexandra Masegian (Astrophysics, 2023)
- Benjamin Kash (Chemistry, Molecular Engineering, 2022)
- Madeline Ouimet (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2022)
Boren Scholars:
- Hadley Ackerman (Public Policy Studies, International Relations, 2021), Mandarin, Taiwan
- Noelani Bernal (Global Studies, Romance Languages and Literatures, 2021), Portuguese, Brazil
- Peter Bound (History, Law, Letters, and Society, 2021), French, Senegal
- Trent Carson (Global Studies, Economics, 2021), Swahili, Tanzania
- Cristina Cass (Creative Writing, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2021), Armenian, Armenia
- Amani Fawaz (Neuroscience, 2021), Arabic, Jordan
- Ruth Gichaba (Public Policy Studies, Psychology, 2021), Swahili, Tanzania
- Carolyn Hammond (Public Policy Studies, Linguistics, 2021), Mandarin, Taiwan
- Hunter Morgan (Law, Letters, and Society, Anthropology, 2021), Swahili, Tanzania
- Oscar Sarkes (Political Science, Russian and Eastern European Studies, 2021), Russian, Ukraine
- Amy Tian (Biological Sciences, Public Policy Studies, 2021), Mandarin, China
- Dahlia Walters (Biological Sciences, 2021), Japanese, Japan
Named Alternates:
- Garrett Johnson (Linguistics, 2021), Portuguese, Brazil
- Samantha Lidbury (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2021), Arabic, Israel
Critical Language Scholars:
- Kristen Busch (Economics; International Relations, 2021), Chinese
- Julia Gerdin (History; East Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2021), Chinese
- Estrella Hernandez (Global Studies; Law, Letters, and Society, 2023), Chinese
- Julia Holzman, (History, 2021), Urdu
- Armando Pizano (Romance Languages and Literatures, 2023), Portuguese
- Meera Santhanam (Political Science, 2021), Arabic
- Ava Sharifi (Political Science, International Relations, 2021), Turkish
Named Alternates:
- Grace Carlebach (Common Year, 2024), Chinese
- Simatul Rashid (South Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2021), Bangla
DAAD RISE Scholars:
- Anna Argulian (Biological Sciences, Psychology, 2023), Universität Osnabrück
- Ananya Chakravarti (Molecular Engineering, 2022), Technische Universität Darmstadt
- Isabella Cisneros (Biological Sciences, 2023), Philipps-Universität Marburg, Declined
- Viraj Manwadkar (Astrophysics, 2022), Technische Universität Dresden
- Michelle Nguyen (Biological Chemistry, Chemistry, 2022), Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Declined
- Kaan Tarhan (Chemistry, 2022), Technische Universität Dresden
- Juni Terry (Computer Science, Creative Writing, 2022), Technische Universität Hamburg, Declined
- Wilson Turner (Molecular Engineering, Chemistry, 2023), RWTH Aachen
- Hannah Ye (Biological Sciences, 2023), Technische Universität Darmstadt
- Kelly Zhang (Common Year), Hochschule Bochum
DAAD Study Scholars
- Ciara Cronin (History, 2021), MA in Manuscript Cultures, University of Hamburg
- Jonah Lubin (Comparative Literature, Germanic Studies, Jewish Studies, 2021), MA in Digital Methodology in the Humanities and Cultural Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Soo May Wee (Physics, Philosophy, 2021), MS in Physics, University of Heidelberg
- Maura Lynch-Miller (Biological Sciences, Comparative Human Development, 2019)
Davis Projects for Peace Scholars:
- Sara Siddiqui (Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies, 2021), Project title: “A Greener Village: Combating Environmental Injustice Through Urban Farming”, Chicago
- Anvita Ramachandran (Economics, Statistics, 2021), Project title: “e-KALVI: An Equal Footing Through Computer Education”, India (original award 2020-2021)
Emerson National Hunger Fellows:
- Isabelle Sohn, (History, 2020)
Fulbright Grantees:
- Noelani Bernal (Global Studies, Romance Languages and Literatures, 2021), Brazil, English Teaching Assistant Award
- Conor Bulkeley-Krane (Germanic Studies, Fundamentals, 2020), Austria, Combined Award
- Siena Fite (History, 2021), Germany, English Teaching Assistant Award
- Julia Gerdin (History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2021), Taiwan, English Teaching Assistant Award
- Rebecca Grayzel-Ward (Public Policy, 2021), Austria, Community-Based Combined Award
- Michael Kaufmann (Biochemistry, Chemistry, Biology, 2021), Taiwan, English Teaching Assistant Award
- Lily Liu (Mathematics, Statistics, 2021), Taiwan, English Teaching Assistant Award
- Nicholas Ornstein (Neuroscience, 2021), Germany, Research Award
- Anand Shah (Economics, Mathematics, 2021), India, Research Award
- Jin Yoon (Sociology, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, 2021), South Korea, English Teaching Assistant Award
Named Alternates:
- Ciara Cronin (History, 2021), Germany, Study Award
- Kat Edmiston (Law, Letters, and Society, 2021), Finland, Study Award
- Alan Kim (Neuroscience, Biology, 2021), Nigeria, Research Award
- Sahil Nerurkar (Philosophy, 2021), India, English Teaching Assistant Award
- Tess Teodoro (Molecular Engineering, Chemical and Soft Materials, 2021), Greece, Research Award
- Daniel Yong (Biology, 2021), Germany, Research Award
Gilman Scholars:
- Evelyn Andreoli (Common Year, 2023), Spain
- Yazud Brito-Milian (Creative Writing, 2023), Mexico
- Eren Fitzgerald (History, 2022), Austria
- Esmeralda Hernandez (Common Year, 2023), Spain
- Nathan Macchesney (Common Year, 2023), France
- Ylise Minor (Anthropology, 2023), Italy
- Chioma Nwoye (Common Year, 2023), Senegal
- Madeline Wright (Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Comparative Human Development, 2023), Hong Kong
- Alexandra Masegian (Astrophysics, 2023)
- Julius Tabin (Biological Sciences and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, 2022)
- Claudia Yao (Mathematics and Physics, 2022)
- Salma Elkhaoudi (Political Science, 2019)
- Kirk Lancaster (Chemistry; Law, Letters & Society, 2018)
Lincoln Academy Student Laureate:
- Firouz Niazi (Political Science, 2021)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows:
- Spencer Dembner (Mathematics, 2021)
- Mayanka Dutta (Computational and Applied Mathematics, 2018)
- Rachel Gleyzer (Biological Sciences, Mathematics, 2020)
- Sydney Jenkins (Physics, Computer Science, 2021)
- Andrew Kao (Computational and Applied Mathematics, Economics, 2020)
- Yena Kim (Psychology, 2021)
- Lisa Lin (Physics, 2021)
- Lily Liu (Mathematics, 2021)
- Vennela Mannava (Chemistry, 2021)
- Darcy Newmark (Physics, 2021)
- Thomas Propson (Physics, 2021)
- Mark Schachner (Mathematics, 2021)
- Justine Shih (Neuroscience, Music, 2021)
- Cheyenne Wakeland-Hart (Neuroscience, 2021)
- Jenny Wang (Economics, 2018)
- Sara Warrington (Chemistry, Biological Chemistry, 2019)
- Ellie Xu (Economics, Psychology, 2019)
- An additional 16 College/UChicago alum received the NSF GRFP as graduate students at other institutions
Honorable Mentions:
- Marta De Giuli (Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, 2019)
- Naomi Gancz (Psychology, 2019)
- Paul Keene (Neuroscience, Psychology, 2021)
- Linnea Lungstrom (Biological Sciences, 2020)
- Abigail Schmid (Computational and Applied Mathematics, 2020)
- Sophia Tang (Biological Chemistry, Chemistry, 2021)
- An additional 16 College/UChicago alum were named as NSF Honorable Mentions as graduate students at other institutions
- Jason Zhou (Political Science, 2018)
- William Seaton (Economics, Creative Writing, 2017)
- Yucheng Peng (Environmental Studies and Geophysical Sciences, 2016)
- Kristina Yu (Economics, 2016)
Think Swiss Scholar
- Samantha Koretsky (Physics, 2022)
Yenching Academy Scholars:
- Joon Kang (Economics, 2019)
- Shane Rooney (East Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2021)