May / June, 2004
Tracy Kamikawa and Marita Sheldon
Awarded National Science Foundation Fellowship
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a fellowship to Tracy Kamikawa and Marita Sheldon to help fund their graduate study and research.
NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship program is recognized for its role in providing prestigious awards to the nation’s most promising science, engineering and mathematics graduate students.
Tracy and Marita will receive a stipend of $30,000 for a 12-month tenure and an annual cost-of-education allowance of $10,500, which is paid to the academic institution for tuition and fees, for a maximum of three years over a five-year period.
The NSF fellowships are awarded for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees in the fields of science, mathematics and engineering. Awards are given based on the students’ intellectual merit and the impact of their research.
Tracy and Marita graduated from MSU in May with a bachelor of science in biosystems engineering a bachelor of science in materials science and engineering respectively. Dr. Alocilja was their advisor and both worked in Dr. Alocilja's biosensors laboratory.
Congratulation Marita and Tracy for this achievement!
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East Lansing, MI 48824-1323
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