A record-breaking 16 BYU students are headed into graduate programs with a big financial boost from the National Science Foundation. The NSF recently announced the 2010 winners of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which includes a three-year annual stipend of $30,000 plus $10,500 for tuition and fees, a one-time $1,000 travel allowance and access to the NSF's TeraGrid supercomputer for research.
The second-highest number of BYU awardees was 11 in 2004. Since 2000, the NSF had awarded fellowships to 82 BYU students. Click here for more details.