The Julian Schwinger Foundation for Physics Research recently donated $1.2 million to UCLA to create the Julian Schwinger Fellowship in the department of physics and astronomy, according to a UCLA statement released Tuesday.
“This fellowship will allow the department to compete with the best programs in the world, recruit the finest minds in physics and lead in discoveries that could change the world,” said Joseph Rudnick, dean of the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences and senior dean of the College of Letters and Science, in a statement.
Schwinger was a former UCLA physics professor and Nobel Laureate in 1965 for his research in quantum electrodynamics.
The graduate fellowship will provide students with full tuition and fees for a maximum of four years, along with an inflation-protected stipend of $42,000 a year and $3,000 for professional and travel expenses each year.
The fellowship will be awarded to a graduate student in March.
“I can think of no better way to honor the monumental legacy left by Dr. Schwinger, who is considered one of the finest physics scholars of the 20th century,” Seth Putterman, a UCLA professor of physics, said in a statement on behalf of the foundation directors.
Compiled by Nikki Somani, Bruin contributor.
Wow, that’s a huge graduate stipend!