Integrative Biology student Stephanie Krueger has been awarded an 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP). Stephanie is investigating the evolution of venom glands in teleost fish with Andrew Gillis. She is pursuing her research at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, in a joint program with UChicago.
Since 1952, NSF has funded over 60,000 Graduate Research Fellowships out of more than 500,000 applicants. At least 42 Fellows have gone on to become Nobel laureates, and more than 450 have become members of the National Academy of Sciences. In addition, the Graduate Research Fellowship Program has a high rate of doctorate degree completion, with more than 70 percent of students completing their doctorates within 11 years. The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based masters and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. The fellowship provides three years of financial support with an annual stipend of $37,000 and a $16,000 institutional allowance.
Stephanie Krueger receives prestigious NSF GRFP award