Larchmont Native Receives Department Of Energy Graduate Fellowship

LARCHMONT, NY — A former Rye Country Day School student is attending graduate school at Yale University this fall on a U.S. Department of Energy fellowship. Paul Fanto, a Larchmont native who graduated in 2011, is one of five first-year recipients of the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship in 2017, supporting his studies in physics. Less than 5 percent of applicants are chosen to receive the fellowship each year.

The fellowship covers students’ full tuition and fees and provides an annual stipend and academic allowance for up to four years. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

In return, fellows must complete a comprehensive program of study and a three-month research practicum at one of four DOE national defense laboratory sites.

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration created and supports the program and the Krell Institute of Ames, Iowa, oversees it. Since it was first awarded in 2006, the fellowship has supported 58 students at 30 universities.

Fellowships are granted annually and support doctoral students studying areas of interest to stewardship science, including high energy density physics, nuclear science, or materials under extreme conditions and hydrodynamics.

One of the NNSA’s primary missions is to maintain and enhance the safety, security and reliability of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. NNSA, through its Office of Defense Programs, ensures that the U.S. nuclear arsenal meets the country’s national security requirements and continues to serve its essential deterrence role.

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