The National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity.  The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions.  The NSF welcomes applications from all qualified students and strongly encourages under-represented populations, including women, under-represented racial and ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities, to apply for this fellowship.
Students apply directly for the NSF awards, which include 12-month stipends, tuition and fees. The awards are given for three years of study. 

Year
Awardees

1987
Robert Cypher, Terry Farrah, Bjorn Freeman-Benson, Melanie Lewis Fulgham, Robert Mitchell

1989
Michael Hanson, Ricardo Pincheira

1990
Janet Carson, Tracy Kimbrel, Wendy Thrash, Elizabeth Walkup, Mike Williamson

1991
Miles Ohlrich, Dat Nguyen, Ted Romer

1992
Richard Rogers

1994
Marla Baker, Paul Franklin, Marc Friedman, Brian Grant, Mike Perkowitz, Joanna Power, Peter Van Vleet

1995
Tessa Lau, Daniel Wood

1996
Greg Badros, Alice (A.J.) Bernheim, Douglas Zongker

1997
Agatha Liu, Rachel Pottinger, Dawn Werner, Steve Wolfman, Marc Zimmerman

1998
Gretta Bartels, David Ely

1999
Neal Cardwell, Janet Davis, Luke McDowell, Vibha Sazawal, Steve Swanson, Tammy Williams

2000
Gary Yngve, Marianne Shaw

2001
Mira Dontcheva

2002
Neva Cherniavsky, Nick Deibel, Doug Downey

2003
Daniel Lowd, Adrien Treuille

2004
Stefan Schoenmackers, Keith 'Noah' Snavely

2005
Anna Cavender, Chandrika Jayant, Imran Rashid, Katarzyna Wilamowska

2006
Eytan Adar, Julia Letchner, Michael Toomim

2007
Yaw Anokwa, Bernjamin Birnbaum, Andrew Guillory, Katherine Moore, Nicholas Murphy

2008
Erik Andersen, Jessica Chang, Janara Christensen, Laura Effinger-Dean, Anthony Fader

2009
Shiri Azenkot

2009
Brian DeRenzi, Emily Fortuna

2010
Gilbert Bernstein, Brandon Blakeley, Chloe Kiddon, Franziska Roesner, Todd Schiller

2011
Katelin Bailey, Waylon Brunette, Mitchell Koch. Kateryna Kuksenok, Yun-En Liu, Wm Austin Webb

2012
Justin Bare, Daniel Butler, Jinna Lei, Jennifer Ortiz, Kyle Rector 

2013

Samuel Ben Hixon, Lilian de Greef, Irene Zhang, Leila Zilles

2014

Catherine Baker, Camille Cobb, Felicia Cordeiro, Scott Lundberg, Lauren Milne, Gregory Nelson, Trevor Perrier, James Wilcox