Colorado School of Mines has been awarded a $987,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to recruit and support underrepresented minority students interested in pursuing doctorate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Through this program, twelve select graduate students are awarded two years of complete funding for tuition, fees, health insurance and a $30,000 / year fellowship. Two such Bridge-to-Doctor fellows are conducting their research at the Colorado Fuel Cell Center. Graduate student Margarite Parker is studying biofuels production through development of novel ceramic microchannel reactors for gas-to-liquids applications. Graduate student Shay Robinson is working in the field of catalysis.

http://www.mines.edu/NSF-grant-will-help-underrepresented-students-pursue-STEM-doctorates-at-Mines