The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (SSGF) Program provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing a Ph.D. in areas of interest to stewardship science, such as high-energy density physics, low-energy nuclear science, or properties of materials under extreme conditions. Fellows also participate in research at a DOE laboratory.
Deadline: January
Value: Yearly stipend of $45,000, payment of all tuition and fees, and $2,000 yearly academic allowance, and a 12-week research practicum at one of DOE's national defense laboratories: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory or Sandia National Laboratories (California or New Mexico).
Eligibility: Students must be planning full-time, uninterrupted study toward a Ph.D. degree at any accredited U.S. university.
Major: physics, low-energy nuclear science, or properties of materials under extreme conditions
Fellowship Type: Undergraduate, Graduate
Nomination: No, but strongly suggested to work with the Fellowships Office
Website: Department of Energy (DOE) Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship
