Pomona College senior awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Jorie Koster-Moeller, scheduled to graduate in 2009, was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Pomona College officials said in a news release.

Koster-Moeller is the only undergraduate student to receive a fellowship, one of five given in linguistics.

Officials said in a May 15th release the fellowship comes with a "$30,000 annual stipend for three years, $10,500 towards the cost of further education, a $1,000 one-time international travel allowance, and TeraGrid supercomputer access."

Koster-Moeller said in the news release she would use the award to pursue a doctorate in linguistics and cognitive science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.