SUNY Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent Award

The SUNY Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) awards recognize students who were selected as recipients or honorable mentions for federal awards sponsored by agencies including the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and U.S. Department of Energy, among others. Students receive $7,500 in flexible funding for research expenses, professional development and stipend supplements. 

2026 Honorees

Festus Adegbola

Geography

Adwoa Ampiah-Bonney

Clinical Psychology

Maggie Azu

Clinical Psychology

Caleb Buerger

Microbiology and Immunology

Peter Fiorica

Medicine; Genetics, Geonomics and Bioinformationcs

Susanna Keilig

Biological Sciences

Ashley S. McDougall

Biochemistry

Jobaer Ahmed Saju

Environmental & Water Resources Engineering

Jordan Scalia

Chemistry

Samantha Schwarz

Neuroscience

Laura Sherwood

Biomedical Engineering

Jennifer Sosa

Biochemistry

Jason H. Tong

Cancer Sciences

Hosam Yousef

Aerospace Engineering