Five Washington State University students — including one from Aberdeen — have been chosen for National Science Foundation graduate research fellowships. The prestigious awards have trained generations of American scientists and engineers, including Nobel laureates.

Jenny Marie Voss of Aberdeen, who has a WSU bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, is studying the catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen into long-chain alcohols. She graduated from Weatherwax High School in 2010.

The fellowships provide three years of financial support — a $34,000 annual stipend and $12,000 payment to the student’s university — for graduate study leading to a research-based master’s or doctoral degree in science or engineering. The WSU recipients are among 2,000 students chosen from more than 13,000 applicants from across the U.S.

“The Graduate School, in collaboration with the WSU Office of Research, has been hosting annual workshops for several years to help graduate students prepare competitive applications for these prestigious fellowships,” said Lisa Gloss, associate dean in the school. “We feel this has contributed to the significant increase in the number of students who have received (these) awards at WSU.”