An overwhelming sense of gratitude is the common thread woven through each story of the six Yale Chemistry 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellows. As one of the country’s most-sought-after graduate research fellowships, few who apply receive the award, which provides students with a yearly $34,000 stipend for three years and one-time $12,000 educational allowance – what Daniel Chabeda, one of the winners, calls “an opportunity to step into freedom.”