The Hertz Foundation announced that it awarded 2026 fellowships to three current MIT students as well as an incoming graduate student. They are: Annika Marschner, Alvin Q. Meng, Zachary S. Siegel, and Matthew Wanta. The prestigious science and technology award provides each recipient with five years of financial support ' a stipend and full tuition equivalent ' which gives them an unusual measure of autonomy to pursue ground-breaking research in their graduate work. 'What particularly impresses me about this cohort is their fearlessness in taking on new challenges and advancing the frontiers of science,' says Philip Welkhoff, a Hertz Fellow and director of the malaria program at the Gates Foundation, who co-led the selection process. 'Each has exhibited tremendous creativity, grit, and vision, and I cannot wait to see what each accomplishes with the freedom to innovate provided by the Hertz Fellowship.' In addition to funding, fellows receive lifelong access to Hertz Foundation...
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