Fellowships provide the student with a three-year annual stipend of $37,000 along with a $16,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees (paid to the institution), as well as access to opportunities for professional development available to NSF-supported graduate students. NSF Fellows are anticipated to become knowledge experts who can contribute significantly to research, teaching, and innovations in science and engineering.

Grant Dierking

Grant Dierking is a Master’s Student at Herrick Labs, advised by Davide Ziviani and Kevin Kircher. His research involves the development of methodologies for coordinated control of various building energy loads to support occupant comfort, cost efficiency, grid resiliency, and sustainability at scale.