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2023-2024 Merit Awards Recipients, Alternates, and Finalists

Nationally competitive awards offer students & alumni the means to accomplish their goals.

Boren Fellowship/Scholarship

  • Sofiya Cole, BA, SIS
  • Lindsay Bacurin, MA, SIS
  • Priscilla Ibrahim, MA, SIS
  • Morgan Levengood, MA, SIS
  • Ariana Lippi, MA, SIS
  • Caitlin Wiley, MA, SIS

Alternates:

  • Sophia Bauman, BA, KSB
  • Calissa Page, BA, CAS (Chinese Studies)

Carnegie-Gaither Junior Fellows Program

Finalist:: 

  •  Momal Rizvi, BA, SIS

Clark DS Fellowship

  • Elana Caparco, Alum, SIS

Critical Language Scholarship

  • Hannah Carnes, BA, SIS
  • Flynn Gray, BA, SIS
  • Sarah Holston, BA, SIS
  • Asena Johnson, MA, SIS
  • Rachel Satoh, MA, SIS

CLS SPARK:

  • Peri Bies, BA, SIS

Fulbright United Kingdom Summer Institute 

Alternate: 

  • Natalie Hausmann, BA, SPA

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

  • Ava Christensen, Alum, SIS
  • Catherine Coyne, BS, KSB
  • Fiona Goe, BA, SOC & CAS (Foreign Language and Communication Media)
  • Chloe Moss, BA, SIS & CAS (Language and Area Studies: Spanish/Latin America)
  • Elianna Rivera, BA, SPA
  • Marissa Harrold, Alum, SIS
  • Emily Kuzel, BA, SIS & CAS (German Studies)

Alternates:

  • Dominic Brunaccioni, BA, SIS
  • Elana Caparco, BA, SIS 
  • Jacob Paquette , Alum, SIS
  • Rachael Potter, BA, SOE

Fulbright Study/Research Grant

  • Lily Wojtowicz, PhD, SIS
  • Ethan Wong, Alum, SIS
  • Kayla Berg, Alum, SIS (Fulbright King’s College London Award)

Alternates:

  • Ahmad Medadi, Alum, SOE & CAS (International Training and Education)
  • Sofia Williamson, Alum, SIS

Fulbright Berlin Capital Program for Journalism

  • Eliza Dubose, BA, SOC & CAS (Foreign Language & Communication Media)

Gates-Cambridge Scholarship

  • Ifeanyi Ummuna, Alum, SPA
  • Aneisa Babkir, Alum, SIS

Gilman Scholarship

  • Emily Gorman, BA, SIS
  • Ella Lucabaugh, BA, SIS
  • Anthony Pancrazio, BA, SPA & CAS (German Studies)
  • Valentina Ramos, BA, SIS

Killam Fellowship

  • Owen Oppenheimer, BA, SIS 
  • Erin Swartz, BA, CAS (History)

National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates

  • *Aidan Deneen , BS, CAS (Biology)
  • *Alexis Ellis, BS, CAS (Environmental Science)

*applied independently*

Payne Fellowship

  • Erica Ramirez, SIS/SPA, Alum 

Alternates: 

  • Lisa Tankeh, SPA, Alum Chanuk Thang, SIS, Alum 
  • Jocelyn Nieto, SIS, Alum 
  • Eloah Makassi, SIS, Alum

Pickering Fellowship

  • Joseph Pesmen, SIS, Alum 
  • Alternates:
  • Eloah Makassi, SIS, Alum
  • Chanuk Thang, SIS, Alum

Princeton in Africa

  • Amma-Sika Adomako, Master’s, SPA
  • Aneisa Babkir, Alum, SIS
  • Chaitanya Venkateswaran, Alum, SIS

Public Policy & International Affairs Public Service Weekend

  • Melanie Klein, BS, SPA & CAS (Data Science for Justice, Law, and Criminology)
  • Faith Massey, BA, CAS (Sociology)

Rangel Fellowship

  • Khalil Ibrahim, SIS, Alum

Alternate: 

  • Justin Angelo, BA, SPA

Schwarzman Scholarship

Semi-Finalist: 

  • Juan Pablo (JP) Villasmil, Alum, SIS

Truman Scholarship

  • Edwin Santos, BA, SPA
  • Jackson Boaz, BA, SPA

Udall Scholarship

  • Kylie Bill, BA, CAS (Environmental Science)
  • Honorable Mention: 
  • Aileen McDonald, BA, CAS (Environmental Studies)

University of Southern California Biostatistics and Data Science Summer Training

  • *Amanda Concepcion, BS, CAS (Data Science)
  • *applied independently*

The Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service (Voyager Scholarship)

  • Faith Massey, BA, CAS (Sociology)