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Twenty-eight Stanford seniors, graduate students, and alumni have been awarded grants to pursue special projects abroad next year with funding from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is designed to build lasting connections between the people of the United States and other countries. It awards grants annually to more than 1,900 diverse U.S. students, artists, and early career professionals who will pursue special projects in over 140 countries.

The 2024 Fulbright recipients affiliated with Stanford will travel to 15 countries, including Colombia, Estonia, Germany, New Zealand, Peru, Spain, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe. They will carry out individually designed research projects, pursue graduate study programs or take part in English Teaching Assistant (ETA) programs during the 2024-25 academic year.

Following are the 22 Stanford affiliates who have accepted the award:

Lucille “Luci” Bresette (BS Human Biology ’24, MS Computer Science ’24) will teach English in the Canary Islands and partner with a local nonprofit to continue using skills developed as co-chair of Camp Kesem. She’ll also enroll in university courses.

Grace Carroll (BA English ’24) will teach English in Taitung, Taiwan and report on the county’s rapidly evolving cultural and political life.

Alison “Ali” Cohen (BA Political Science ’24, MA Sustainability ’24) will teach English in Turkey and explore Turkish culture, politics, and educational systems.

Elanor “Ela” Diffenbaugh (BA Sociology with a concentration in Data Markets and Management ’24) will teach English in Mexico with a side project of teaching bilingual yoga and hiking classes.

Elinor “Ellie” Fajer (BS Biology and Earth Systems ’23; MS Earth Systems ’24) will pursue a research-based master’s degree from the University of Auckland in New Zealand to investigate how fungal endophytes can bolster host resistance of kauri trees against kauri dieback spread.

Andrew Harper (BSH Materials Science and Engineering ’24) will teach English to business and technology undergraduate students at Universidad Camilo José Cela in Madrid. He plans to host community-based ESL STEM exploration sessions for youth.

Maryam Khalil (BSH Human Biology International Security Studies ’23) will examine migrant health provision in Greece and Italy using mixed-methods research on access to care quality aimed at informing EU migration health policy.

Victoria Le (BS Chemistry '24) will teach English in Vietnam while exploring connections between Vietnamese-American cultures. She plans an arts-and-crafts club at her host institution.

Brandon Lieu (BS Biology [Computational] '24; MS Community Health Prevention Research '24) will teach English in Vietnam while delving into his Vietnamese roots learning about public health there.

Allie Littleton (BS Computer Science; MS Biomedical Informatics) investigates healthcare fragmentation effects on patient outcomes/public health in Colombia.

Linda Liu (BS Symbolic Systems '24) teaches English/volunteers at local/traditional medicine clinics gaining insights into alternative medicine practices in Taiwan.

Anna McNulty (BA International Relations '24), through writing/photography/film storytelling project about women climate leaders Peru post-Peru's Action Plan Gender Climate Change decade mark.

David Monteserin Narayana's PhD Religious Studies conducts research telling Hindu deity Śiva worship empty space form medieval south Indian temple Chidambaram story.

Sophia Pribus' BS Biomedical Computation '24 explores/improves ecDNA structural predictions Heidelberg Germany using long-read/single-cell sequencing technologies abnormal genomic structures cancer cells poor cancer outcomes associated.

Grant Regan's BS Engineering Physics '23; MS Aeronautics Astronautics '24 implements characterizes multi-satellite rendezvous docking astrodynamics control algorithms via on-orbit testing Technische Universität Berlin NanoFF satellites low Earth orbit.

Kavya Srikanth's BS Mathematical Computational Science '23; MA History '23 MSc medical anthropology University College London studies health susceptibility London's migrant community explores journalism.

Elena Stalnaker BA Music Science Technology ‘23 pursues master's music composition creative practice Hochschule der Künste Bern Switzerland developing work intersection experimental pop music theater live electronics.

Hannah Subotnick MFA Art Practice ‘20 Netherlands makes photographic portrait philosopher Baruch Spinoza absentia tracing presence places lived exploring Spinoza’s occupational lens grinding practice metaphorically poetically philosophy relates.

Anita Taft BA Human Biology ‘24 Tajikistan studies family planning determining attitudes perceptions contraceptive usage women reproductive age among them Nicole Tong BS Symbolic Systems ‘2 investigates design regulation equitable trustworthy artificial intelligence systems European Union professor Virginia Dignum Sweden Netherlands Belgium Parker Watt BA International Relations ‘2 researches documents film cultural identity preservation change Ukrainian refugee population Estonia song dance storytelling Alexandra Allie Westley BS Human Biology ‘2 travels Zimbabwe investigates maternal mental health self-efficacy mothers very low birthweight infants (<1500 grams).

Stanford students interested overseas scholarships faculty nominating students contact Diane Murk manager Office Global Scholarships Bechtel International Center dmurk@stanford.edu

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