According to an March 29 NSF press release, NSF announced 2000 recipients of the Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF). 19 of these were awarded to statistics students, an increase from the 2014 and 2015 numbers of 11 and 12, respectively. Congratulations to these 2016 recipients:
| Name |
Baccalaureate Institution |
Field of Study |
Current Institution |
| Branson, Zachary Joseph |
Carnegie-Mellon University |
Statistics |
Harvard University |
| Celentano, Michael V |
Stanford University |
Statistics |
Stanford University |
| DeGraaf, Stephanie |
Iowa State University |
Statistics |
University of California-Berkeley |
| Dunn, Robin |
Kenyon College |
Statistics |
Kenyon College |
| Fang, Billy |
Princeton University |
Statistics |
University of California-Berkeley |
| Fitzgerald, Richard Clark |
University of California-Berkeley |
Computational Statistics |
University of California-Davis |
| Grinde, Kelsey Erin |
Saint Olaf College |
Biostatistics |
University of Washington |
| Huang, Mo |
Washington University |
Statistics |
University of Pennsylvania |
| Lane, Andrea Nicole |
UNC Chapel Hill |
Biostatistics |
UNC Chapel Hill |
| Martin, Bryan David |
Macalester College |
Statistics |
University of Washington |
| NeCamp, Timothy Joseph |
Ohio State University |
Computational Statistics |
University of Michigan Ann Arbor |
| Paige, John |
Macalester College |
Statistics |
University of Washington |
| Pearson, Antony |
University of Arizona |
Biostatistics |
University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Roberts, Emily |
Coe College |
Biostatistics |
Coe College |
| Schafer, Toryn |
Colorado State University |
Statistics |
University of Missouri-Columbia |
| Terner, Zachary |
University of Virginia |
Statistics |
University of California-Santa Barbara |
| Vafa, Keyon |
Harvard University |
Statistics |
Harvard University |
| Xie, Meng |
Duke University |
Statistics |
Duke University |
| Zhang, Chelsea Yuan |
Harvard College |
Computational Statistics |
University of California-Berkeley |
For the 2015 winners, see this blog entry: 12 Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships for Statistics. For the 2014 winners, see this blog entry: 11 Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships for Statistics.
For information on applying for the Graduate Research Fellowship and to see Q&A's with past winners, see these articles
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