Fellowship Year 2025-2026
Astronaut Scholars
- Logan Hanssler (Astrophysics, Molecular Engineering, 2026)
Boren Scholars
- Juan Leal-Mendoza (Political Science; Human Rights, Astronomy minors, 2025), Indonesian, Indonesia
One additional College student was awarded a Boren Scholarship for Mandarin study in Taiwan
Alternates
- Charles Hendon (Romance Languages and Literatures; Education and Society minor, 2025), Mandarin, Taiwan
Carnegie Endowment James C. Gaither Junior Fellow
- Cara Wilson (Public Policy Studies; Middle Eastern Studies, 2025), Nuclear Policy Program
Critical Language Scholars
- Noel Cormack (Common Year, 2027)
- Sadie Darbro (Global Studies, 2026)
- Andrew Joel (Political Science; Law Letters & Society, 2027)
- Joyce Li (Common Year, 2028)
- Juan Leal Mendoza (Political Science; Human Rights and Astronomy minors, 2025)
- Francesco Rahe (Fundamentals: Issues & Texts; Religious Studies, 2025)
- Zakaria Sadak (East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Art History, 2025)
- Sydney Wall (Common Year, 2027)
Alternates
- Julisa Garcia (Common Year, 2027)
- Charles Hendon (Romances Languages & Literatures; Education & Society Minor, 2025)
- Elijah Jenkins (Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity; Law Letters & Society, 2026)
- Casey Mathur (History; Law Letters & Society; MA, History, 2025)
- Brennan Park (Common Year, 2028)
- Abigail Poag (Russian and East European Studies; Comparative Literature; Human Rights minor, 2025)
- Elena Tiedens (History, 2025)
DAAD RISE Scholars
- Anoushka Ghosh (Chemistry, 2026)
- Victoria McDermott (Mathematics; Physics, 2027)
- Jacob Rothman (Molecular Engineering, 2027)
- Victoria Soto (Common Year, 2027)
Fulbright Finalists (Awardees)
- Amulya Agrawal (Economics & Public Policy major; NELC minor, 2025) English Teaching Assistant Award in Morocco
- Lucas Berard (Chemistry major; Biology minor, 2025) Fulbright-Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Award for Research in Science and Technology
- Lyndon Hu (Biological Sciences, 2025) Research Award in Germany
- Robert McAllister (Linguistics & Anthropology, 2025) English Teaching Assistant Award in Germany
- Maya McWilliams (Environmental and Urban Studies & Political Science, 2025) Research Award in Serbia
- Maria Mirasol (Sociology & Public Policy, 2022) English Teaching Assistant Award in Colombia
- Adésuwa Obasuyi (English & Creative Writing, 2024) English Teaching Assistant Award in Colombia
- Ríoghna Pittock (Political Science major; Chemistry minor, 2025) English Teaching Assistant Award in Spain
- Morgan Ramirez (Biological Sciences, 2024) Fulbright Canada Graduate Studies Award
- Gowri Rao (Linguistics major; History minor, 2022) Fulbright/Athens College-HAEF English Teaching Assistant Award in Greece
- Anapaula Silva Mandujano (Psychology & Comparative Human Development major; Philosophy minor, 2024) English Teaching Assistant Award in Spain
- Elena Tiedens (History major; Russian & Eastern European Studies minor, BA/MA 2025) English Teaching Assistant Award in Kyrgyzstan
- Shama Tirukkala (Computer Science & Classical Studies, 2024) English Teaching Assistant Award in Cyprus
- Emiko Wu (Public Policy major; Health & Society minor, 2024) English Teaching Assistant Award in Indonesia
Named Alternates
- Tejas Balaji (BA in Political Science & MA in International Relations, 2025) English Teaching Assistant Award Award in Thailand
- Anonymous
- Elena Tiedens (History, 2025)
- Erica Hogan (AB’23, Economics; Fundamentals: Issues & Texts)
Gilman Scholars
- Adama Bundu (Global Studies, 2026)
- Olger Carcache (Romances Languages & Literatures; Middle Eastern Studies minor, 2025)
- Sacha de Poyen-Brown (Mathematics, 2026)
- Harlie Grenead (Media Arts and Design; East Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2027)
- Elijah Jenkins (Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity; Law Letters & Society, 2026)
- Alisyn Parfait (Global Studies; Anthropology 2027)
- Kennedy Smith (East Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2026)
- Vickie Song (Economics, 2027)
- Syed Wahid (Psychology, 2025)
Goldwater Scholars
- Connor Blake (Molecular Engineering; Computer Science minor, 2026)
- Prithi Srinivasan (Biological Sciences, Chemistry, 2026)
- Melody Tang (Chemistry, Biological Chemistry; Data Science minor 2026)
- Leon Lee Zhou (Biological Sciences, Data Science, 2026)
- Samantha Taylor (Philosophy, Public Policy, 2025)
Lincoln Academy Student Laureate
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows
- Isabella Cisneros (BS Biological Sciences; Gender and Sexuality Studies minor, 2023)
- Sarah Kress (BS Chemistry, 2025)
- Mary Christina Papadopoulos (BS Chemistry; Philosophy minor, 2025)
- Joshua Pixley (BS Molecular Engineering, Biological Chemistry; BA Chemistry, 2025)
- Gabrielle Rose Solymosy (BS Molecular Engineering; Molecular Science and Engineering of Polymers and Soft Materials minor, 2025)
An additional 10 College/UChicago alums were awarded the NSF GRFP as graduate students at other institutions
Honorable Mentions
- Genevieve Ansay (BS Molecular Engineering; Molecular Engineering of Sustainable Energy and Water Resources minor, 2025)
- Emory Apodaca (BS Molecular Engineering; Molecular Engineering of Sustainable Energy and Water Resources minor, 2024)
- Emma Edwards (BS Chemistry, Environmental Science, 2025)
- Taylor Elliott (BS Molecular Engineering, 2025)
- Aurora Ferrell (BS Neuroscience; English and Creative Writing minor, 2025)
- Tate Flicker (BS Physics, 2025)
- Daniel Fu (BS Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, 2025)
- Phoebe Hall (BS Biological Sciences; Gender and Sexuality Studies minor, 2022)
- Maya Shah McDaniel (BS Molecular Engineering; English and Creative Writing minor, 2025)
- Cristian Molina (BS Biological Sciences; BA Gender and Sexuality Studies, 2023)
- Kyla Elizabeth Fields Mullaney (BA Astrophysics; Media Arts and Design, Science Communication and Public Discourse minors, 2024)
- Amelia Orwant (BS Neuroscience, Computational and Applied Mathematics, 2025)
- Chris Pezanosky (BS Physics; BA Romance Languages and Literatures, 2025)
- Miguel Saucedo (BS Biological Sciences; Systems Bioengineering minor, 2025)
- Amelia Seropian (BA Chemistry, Visual Arts; Anthropology minor, 2025)
- Yujing Tang (BA Mathematics, 2025)
- Lucy Elizabeth Tindel (BA Psychology; Neuroscience minor, 2023)
- Chloe Isabella Tsang (BS Molecular Engineering, 2025)
- Anna Estelle Warsaw (BS Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, 2023)
- Joseph Yeung (BS Astrophysics, Physics, 2025)
An additional 24 College/UChicago alums were named NSF GRFP Honorable Mentions as graduate students at other institutions
- Mónica Ruiz House (AB’ 24, Latin America and Caribbean Studies; Law, Letters and Society; Romance Languages and Literatures; Sociology)
Projects for Peace Grantee
- Anthony Calixto (Public Policy, 2025 with minors in Quantitative Social Analysis & Religious Studies)
Rhodes Scholars
- Francesco Rahe (Fundamentals: Issues & Texts; Religious Studies, 2025)
- Anqi Qu (Economics; Statistics; MS, Computer Science, 2025)
- Maxime Kpangbai (Economics, 2020)
- Emily Shi (Public Policy; Biological Sciences, 2025)
- Luke Magyar (Political Science; MA in International Relations, 2026)
Udall Scholar
- Annie Yang (CEGU, Physics; Architectural Studies minor, 2026)
Honorable Mention
- Seri Welsh (Political Science, Human Rights, 2026)