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Celebrating Excellence 2026

The stories behind Celebrating Excellence

May 1, 2026

The Graduate College’s 2026 Celebrating Excellence event brought together graduate students from across ASU to recognize the work they are doing and the paths that brought them here. While being honored for receiving one of the many fellowships and awards that the Graduate College supports, students shared their stories and how their awards impacted their academic and personal lives.

The event is hosted annually by the Graduate College to recognize the role these awards play in helping graduate students fulfill ASU’s charter and their own personal academic goals. 

Throughout the event, students returned to a few simple ideas. Relief. Opportunity. Community. As one student put it, the experience created a sense of “liberation.” For many, the support they received made it possible not just to continue, but to finish.

The Graduate College supports approximately 20 fellowships and awards that provide funding to over 1,000 graduate students in the 2025-2026 academic year.
 

Explore Graduate College awards and funding opportunities, including eligibility requirements and application timelines.

Celebrating Excellence recognizes recipients of the following awards:

  • Accelerated Master’s Award (AMA)
  • Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS)
  • Earl A. and Lenore H. Tripke Fellowship
  • Focus on Finishing Your Degree (FFYD)
  • Fulbright Foreign Scholars at ASU
  • Gastwirth Graduate Student Loan Fellowship Program

  • Graduate College Completion Fellowship

     

  • Graduate College Enrichment Fellowship (GCEF)
  • Graduate College Peer Mentor
  • Graduate College Student Advisory Group
  • Graduate College tuition support of prestigious partnerships and sponsored research
  • Graduate College University Grant (GCUG)
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
  • Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program
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