Alicja Stoppel earns DOE University Nuclear Leadership Program Fellowship

Alicja Stoppel, a masters student in the School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University, has been awarded a University Nuclear Leadership Program (UNLP) Fellowship from the the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).The fellowship is awarded to students pursuing nuclear energy-related disciplines at universities across the country. Through this program the recipient will receive up to $56,000 a year over the next three years to help pay for their graduate studies and research, plus $7,000 toward a summer internship at a U.S. national laboratory or other approved facility to strengthen the ties between students and the Department’s nuclear energy research programs. The student will study a breadth of critical nuclear energy issues, from fuel cycle sustainability to reactor efficiency and design.

Alicja received her bachelors in Nuclear Engineering from Purdue University May 2025. Alicja is excited to get her M.S. at Purdue working on the Purdue Inclinable Test Facility, through the generous support of the DOE’ Integrated University Partnership program.