Three UChicago students among new Department of Energy Graduate Fellows

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science has selected three University of Chicago students as 2010 Graduate Fellowship Awardees.

The UChicago fellowship recipients and their specialties are Andrew Fidler, physical chemistry, who is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Phil Long, biophysics; and Alexander Palmer, high–energy physics. A complete list of the 150 recipients nationwide and their profiles are available via this link: http://scgf.orau.gov/fy2010–fellowship–awardees.html.

“The exceptionally talented students selected as graduate fellows are part of our nation’s next generation of scientific and technical leaders,” said U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu in announcing this year’s 150 graduate fellows. “This investment in the training of scientists and engineers is part of the Administration’s continued effort to ensure that America has the scientific and engineering workforce we need to secure our energy future and our continued economic competitiveness.”

Each of the 150 fellows will receive up to $50,500 a year for up to three years to support tuition, living expenses, research materials and other costs. The goal of the fellowship program is to encourage students to pursue graduate degrees in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, engineering and environmental and computer sciences.

For more information on UChicago’s ARRA funding, see http://arrafunding.uchicago.edu/