Eilers Graduate Fellowships

The Patrick and Jana Eilers Graduate Student Fellowship for Energy Related Research provides multiple awards of $11,572 each to graduate students engaged in energy-related research with faculty affiliates, or faculty who are willing to become affiliated, to support their stipend. Students apply each fall and are notified in December. Awards are distributed in January. 

Application Dates

The application process for 2026 Eilers Fellowships is now closed. The application process will reopen in the fall for 2027 fellowships.

Questions?

For questions about the fellowship, please email ND Energy.

Meet This Year's Fellows

  1. Smiling man with dark hair, beard, and glasses, wearing a navy jacket and dark patterned shirt.

    Bikram Ghosh

    Chemistry and Biochemistry

    Advisor(s): Gregory Hartland

  2. A young woman with long, wavy brown hair and a subtle smile wears a maroon cardigan over a dark top.

    Navya Gupta

    Chemistry and Biochemistry

    Advisor(s): Adam Jaffe

  3. Young man with light brown hair, blue eyes, and a blue and white striped shirt smiles broadly.

    Logan Hennes

    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

    Advisor(s): Jonathan Whitmer

  4. Smiling man with dark hair, a short beard, wearing a navy blue suit jacket and a light blue button-down shirt.

    Manish Mukherjee

    Chemistry and Biochemistry

    Advisor(s): Prashant Kamat

  5. An African American man in a dark suit, looks intently to the left with a serious expression.

    Paul Ubiododo Chibuzor Amagada

    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

    Advisor(s): Edward Maginn

  6. Happy young woman with long brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a light blue denim jacket and dark red top, with autumn leaves.

    Capra Williams

    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

    Advisor(s): Ashley Thrall