NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Annual U.S. National Science Foundation competition awarding roughly 2,500 fellowships per year to outstanding STEM graduate students, providing three years of a $37k stipend plus a $16k education allowance, usable over five years. Applications, reviews, and awards are handled by a dedicated GRFP Operations Center; the 2026 awards were announced in April 2026 from around 14,000 applicants.