National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is designed to help ensure the quality, vitality, and strength of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing full-time research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in STEM education. The five-year fellowship provides three years of financial support inclusive of an annual stipend of $37,000 and a cost-of-education allowance of $16,000 to the institution. Applicants must be at an early stage in their graduate career, having completed no more than one academic year of full-time graduate study. Graduate students are limited to only one application to the GRFP, submitted either in the first year or in the second year of graduate school.