Soros fellowships go to eight Stanford students
A fellowship that supports graduate study for immigrants to the United States and their children has been awarded to eight Stanford students, with four at the med school.
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans were awarded in March to 31 of 750 applicants. Fellows receive one-half of the tuition cost of their graduate study—up to $16,000 per year—for two years at any U.S. institution of higher education, as well as a maintenance grant of $20,000 per year.
The four medical students are Edward Pham from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Michael Chiu, Roberto Valladares and Ronald Wakim Alfa, an MD/PhD student, all from California. Also receiving fellowships are Gene Berdichevsky an engineering student from the Ukraine; Sina Kian, a law student from Iran; and two former undergraduates now at Harvard: Tarun Chhabra from Tennessee studying law and Jane Vaynman from the Ukraine studying government.
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