NSF GRFP Fellow Yasmine Farhat works to protect Cambodia’s food security
Yasmine Farhat, an NSF GRFP fellow in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, is...
UW nominates 5 graduate students for Schmidt Science Fellowship
Five UW graduate students have been nominated for the highly competitive Schmidt Science Fellows program....
Announcing 2026 Gatzert Child Welfare Fellows
In what ways do Black disabled preschool-aged children assert agency in relation to and beyond...
NSF GRFP fellow Ashley Paynter on science and advocacy
“Am I going to be a ‘good’ scientist, and present myself in a palatable way,...
Leoma James reflects on her Boren Fellowship experience in Tanzania
During her Master of Education program at the University of Washington, Leoma received an additional...
Eight UW postdoctoral researchers receive awards from the Washington Research Foundation
The Fellows will conduct original research, primarily in the life sciences, at Washington state research...
Critical Language Scholarship Awardee Kelsey Bilek Studies Swahili in Tanzania
Kelsey Bilek spent the summer studying Swahili as an awardee of the 2019 U.S. Department of...
Two UW graduate students granted the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad award
The Graduate School is pleased to announce that two graduate students have been named awardees of the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Award to conduct research in 2020-2021.
Isy Okafor on building language skills through fellowships
Have you ever had a goal or dream so ambitious it felt impossible to reach?...
2023 Gatzert Child Welfare Awardees Support Disability Justice and Mobility
The Gatzert Child Welfare Fellowship is a one-quarter fellowship awarded to UW Ph.D. candidates writing...
Maria Blancas Wins $100,000 Bullitt Environmental Fellowship
Maria Blancas, a PhD student in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, was awarded...
Introducing Boren Fellow Benjamin Kantner
David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships, an initiative of the National Security Education Program, provide funding for U.S....
2026-27 UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellows in Aging Selected
Two graduate students received the 2026-2027 UWRA Patricia Doughterty Fellowships in Aging. Congratulations to Dr. Augusto Ferraris and Xinmei Huang for...
Urban Design and Planning interdisciplinary Ph.D. student named to the 2021 Husky 100
Congratulations to Lan T. Nguyen, a doctoral student in the Graduate School’s interdisciplinary Urban Design...
Boren Fellows on the application process
The Boren Fellowship is a unique opportunity for U.S. graduate students to study less commonly taught...
Channing Nesbitt Looks Forward to Bonderman Adventure
… “it will be a reformative time of life. I plan to come back very...
2021 Gatzert Fellows Contribute to the Lives of Children with Disabilities
How can we make ankle-foot orthoses that do more to improve mobility? How are parents...
2019 Tillman Scholar David Coomes, Ph.D., Epidemiology
David Coomes, a Ph.D. student in the UW Epidemiology department, was awarded the 2019 Tillman...
Ph.D. student in Near and Middle Eastern Studies has won a Libraries Student Employee Scholarship
Melinda Cohoon, a Ph.D. student in Near and Middle Eastern Studies, has won a Libraries Student...
Announcing the 2022 Gatzert Child Welfare Fellows
How can learning and identity development combat spatial oppression? How can we improve mobility for...
Two graduate students named Fulbright Fellows 2019–20
The Fulbright scholarship program is the largest U.S. international exchange opportunity for students to pursue...
UW Ph.D. student wins $100,000 Schmidt Science Fellowship
Hal Holmes, a doctoral candidate in Bioengineering, has been selected as an inaugural Schmidt Science Fellow, an...
Tillman Scholar Stephanie Mitchell Leads with Humility, Offers Advice on the Application
Stephanie Mitchell, a PhD student in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, was awarded the 2025...
Q&A with 2024-25 Fulbright grantee Claire Rater
Claire Rater holds Master’s degrees in Epidemiology and Social Work and was awarded a Fulbright...
NSF GRFP fellow Jessica Hernandez helps restore Seattle’s Indigenous landscape
Jessica Hernandez, an NSF GRFP fellow and PhD student in the UW School of Environmental...
‘Understand what values are important to the [funding] organization,’ advises Tillman Scholar Mike McCarthy
Mike McCarthy, a doctoral student in Education and U.S. Army veteran, applied to the Pat...
Eight Graduate Students Receive Fulbright Fellowships for 2024-25
Colombia, Jordan and Germany are a few of the countries where University of Washington (UW)...
William Bamber Awarded Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship
William Bamber, a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary PhD program in Near & Middle East...
Six graduate students receive Fulbright fellowships for 2023
Japan, the Philippines and Israel are a few of the countries where University of Washington...
Near and Middle Eastern Studies Ph.D. student awarded Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship
The fellowship will support Will Bamber for a full year of writing as he completes...