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The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (SSGF) Program provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing a Ph.D. in areas of interest to stewardship science, such as high-energy density physics, low-energy nuclear science, or properties of materials under extreme conditions. Fellows also participate in research at a DOE laboratory. The fellowship provides a yearly stipend of $45,000, payment of all tuition and fees, and a $2,000 yearly academic allowance. Additionally, fellows complete a 12-week research practicum at one of DOE's national defense laboratories: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory or Sandia National Laboratories (California or New Mexico). Students must be planning full-time, uninterrupted study toward a Ph.D. degree at any accredited U.S. university in physics, low-energy nuclear science, or properties of materials under extreme conditions.