Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship

The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE NNSA SSGF) provides excellent financial benefits and professional development opportunities to students pursuing a Ph.D. in fields of study that solve complex science and engineering problems critical to stewardship science.

The fellowship builds a community of talented and committed doctoral students, program alumni, DOE laboratory staff and university researchers who share a common goal to further their science while advancing national defense. The friendships and connections fellows make in the program continue to benefit them throughout their careers.

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration funds the DOE NNSA SSGF to train scientists vital to meeting U.S. workforce needs in advanced science and engineering.

DOE NNSA SSGF recipients must be enrolled as full-time graduate students at an accredited U.S. college or university and must study and research within the fellowship’s goals. During the summer, fellows should conduct full-time research related to completing their degree, enroll in classes or take a practicum assignment at one of the DOE NNSA laboratories.

The DOE NNSA SSGF program provides fellows with many unique benefits:

• A $42,000 yearly stipend.
• Payment of full tuition and required fees during the appointment period at any accredited U.S. university.
• An annual $1,000 academic allowance for research or professional development expenses
• A term of up to four years, subject to annual renewal.
• Participation in an annual DOE NNSA SSGF program review, with related travel expenses reimbursed.
• A 12-week research practicum at one of DOE’s national defense laboratories: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory or Sandia National Laboratories (California or New Mexico).
• Augmented stipend during the practicum.
• The option to participate in a second practicum at a different DOE laboratory.
• The opportunity to join a larger scientific community that understands and appreciates the role stewardship science plays across a variety of science and engineering disciplines.
• Opportunities to attend and publish research results at other conferences.