<p>Karp</a> '10 awarded Hertz Foundation fellowship - The Daily Princetonian</p>
<p>David Karp '10 is one of fifteen national winners of a Hertz Fellowship this year. These are the most valuable fellowships available for post-graduate study in applied sciences and engineering fields with funding valued at over $250,000.00.</p>
<p>The big winner this year (as last year) was MIT with three Hertz Fellows. Harvard was second with two. Princeton and Harvard were the only Ivies represented among the Hertz Fellows this year.</p>
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<p>Press</a> Releases</p>
<p>"Fifteen Young Leaders in Applied Science and Engineering Receive Nation's Most Generous PhD Fellowships"</p>
<p>LIVERMORE, CA, MARCH 30, 2010 -- The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, one of the nation's leading non-profit organizations, focused on supporting innovative young leaders in the applied sciences and engineering fields, has awarded Hertz Fellowships to 15 students for support lasting up to five years of their graduate studies. . . .</p>
<p>"By supporting uniquely talented young leaders in the applied sciences and engineering to develop and explore their genius, the Hertz Foundation promotes innovative solutions to emerging challenges our nation and world face today," stated the Hertz Foundation President Jay Davis." . . .</p>
<p>This year's class of fifteen Hertz Fellows was selected from an elite pool of nearly six hundred applicants. The 2010-2011 Hertz Fellows are comprised of eleven men and four women. Last year eight men and two women were offered Hertz Fellowships. Mathematics, electrical engineering and biophysics were the most popular current fields of study among the 2010-2011 new Fellows. . . .</p>
<p>Valued at over $250,000, Hertz Fellowships are unique no-strings-attached fellowships, which allow exceptional applied scientists and engineers the freedom to innovate. Hertz Fellows pursue their own ideas with financial independence under the guidance of the finest professors at the country's top universities. Hertz Fellows are chosen for their intellect, their ingenuity, and their potential to bring meaningful and lasting change to our society.</p>