2024 Presidential Ph.D. Fellows announced at Penn

Interim President J. Larry Jameson and Provost John L. Jackson Jr. today announced the 2024 cohort of Presidential Ph.D. Fellows.

Drawn from the incoming class of Ph.D. students, this year's seven Presidential Fellows come from six different Schools, representing the wide range of academic areas at Penn. Each Fellow receives a three-year fellowship, including a 12-month stipend, tuition, fees, research funds, and Penn Student Insurance coverage.

"A foremost priority for Penn is robust support for our talented graduate students," said Jameson. "They are the future vanguard of academic excellence and knowledge creation, none more so than our Presidential Ph.D. Fellows. This Initiative helps advance the work of extraordinary scholars at Penn, and I look forward to the difference these Fellows will go on to make."

The 2024 Presidential Ph.D. Fellows are:

Daisy Hannah Achiriloaie, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Saron Akalu, Perelman School of Medicine
Miller Celestin, School of Nursing
Iris Horng, Wharton School
Anna Kasper, Perelman School of Medicine
Thomonique Moore, Annenberg School for Communication
Clarrise Figueiredo de Queiroz, Weitzman School of Design

The President's Ph.D. Initiativeis a $30 million initiative to support doctoral education at Penn. The Presidential Ph.D. Fellows are drawn from among the most accomplished and diverse doctoral students at or newly recruited to Penn. The first group of Fellows was announced in 2021, and this year's group will be the final cohort named under the Initiative. Learn more about all of Penn's initiatives to advance our commitment to graduate student education.