The National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program enables students to participate in summer research at institutions across the country.
Alumna Gretchen Ruschman was selected for the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program, through which students earn their doctorate while researching with one of the two universities and the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Recent University of Kentucky graduates Lucas Gastineau and Asa O’Neal have been awarded U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships.
Neuroscience major Blake Byer and agricultural and medical biotechnology major Sophia Zhou were awarded prestigious Goldwater Scholarships for excellence in undergraduate research.
Mechanical engineering and physics senior Asa O'Neal was named a 2024 Astronaut Scholar. He was honored in August at the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's Innovators Symposium and Gala in Houston, Texas.
