NSF GRFP Awardees

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Graduate Research Fellowship Program, directorates from across NSF were asked to nominate names of former GRFP recipients that best reflected the diversity and rich history of the program. Nominations ranged from junior high school teachers to Nobel laureates. The final 60 profiles were selected based on a range of criteria, including gender, race/ethnicity, field of study, geographic location of graduate institutions, and current place of employment. Select an awardee to view his or her profile and testimonial.

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  Edward O. Wilson

  1952

  Life Sciences

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  Gary Felsenfeld

  1952

  Physical Chemistry

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  Maxine Frank Singer

  1952

  Chemistry

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  Richard S. Palais

  1952

  Mathematics

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  Walter Gilbert

  1953

  Physics & Biophysics

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  Robert F. Curl

  1954

  Physical Chemistry

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  Dudley Herschbach

  1955

  Chemistry

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  Paul R. Ehrlich

  1955

  Zoology

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  Mary C. Potter

  1956

  Psychology

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  Robert W. Wilson

  1958

  Physics

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  Earl B. Hunt

  1959

  Social Sciences

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  Ray Dolby

  1960

  Physics

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  Leland H. Hartwell

  1961

  Life Sciences

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  Allan J. Tobin

  1963

  Biology

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  David Gross

  1963

  Physics

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  Thomas J. Sargent

  1964

  Social Sciences

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  Joel Cohen

  1965

  Applied Mathematics

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  Nina V. Fedoroff

  1966

  Molecular Biology

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  Sean C. Solomon

  1966

  Geophysics

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  Stanley J. Roux

  1967

  Botany

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  Robert Zimmer

  1968

  Mathematics

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  Thomas Cech

  1970

  Chemistry and Biochemistry

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  Katherine Verdery

  1970

  Anthropology

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  Walter D. Koenig

  1972

  Life Sciences

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  Andrew Knoll

  1973

  Geology

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  Marcia K. McNutt

  1973

  Earth Sciences

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  Ben Bernanke

  1975

  Economics

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  John B. Jemmott

  1976

  Psychology

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  John Ousterhout

  1976

  Computer Sciences

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  Katharine Abraham

  1977

  Economics

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  Carl Shapiro

  1977

  Economics

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  Joseph Graves

  1979

  Biological Sciences

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  Paul Lasko

  1980

  Life Sciences

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  Susan Rundell Singer

  1981

  Life Sciences

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  William Quintana

  1983

  Chemistry

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  Miguel A. Centeno

  1984

  Social Sciences

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  Ana Christina Ravelo

  1985

  Ocean Sciences

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  Lisa D. White

  1985

  Earth Sciences

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  Elizabeth Phelps

  1985

  Psychology

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  Stephanie Frank Singer

  1986

  Mathematics

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  Gary Axen

  1987

  Geosciences

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  Sarah Otto

  1988

  Biology

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  Jill M. Mateo

  1989

  Psychology

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  Rachel Croson

  1990

  Economics

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  Margaret Hiza Redsteer

  1990

  Geochemistry

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  Troy D. Hammond

  1990

  Physics

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  Daniel M. Sigman

  1991

  Geosciences

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  Andrew M. Schrank

  1992

  Social Sciences

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  Jennifer S. Lerner

  1993

  Psychology

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  Nathan Niemi

  1994

  Geosciences

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  Mema Roussopoulos

  1995

  Computer Science

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  Cin-Ty A. Lee

  1996

  Geosciences

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  Clarence Gravlee

  1997

  Anthropology

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  Marin Clark

  1998

  Geosciences

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  Ebonya Washington

  1999

  Social Sciences

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  Sara Sprenkle

  2000

  Computer Science

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  Brendan J. Borrell

  2001

  Biology

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  Sarah H. Parcak

  2002

  Social Sciences

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  Kareen Rozen

  2002

  Social Sciences

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  Cullen Buie

  2003

  Mechanical Engineering

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  Kimberly Tallbear

  2003

  Cultural Anthropolgy

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  Daniel R. Howard

  2004

  Anthropology

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  Shwetak N. Patel

  2005

  Computer Science

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