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Pornhub, one of the most popular pornography websites on the internet, announced Wednesday, April 12 that Natalie Nevarez, a University of Michigan student who is working to wrap up her Ph.D. in biopsychology, was the winner of its second annual Pornhub Cares Scholarship. MLive file photo

ANN ARBOR, MI - A University of Michigan grad student has been awarded a $25,000 scholarship from an unlikely source and is the subject of a Washington Post profile for her work in the lab on a doctoral thesis in neurobiology.

Pornhub, one of the most popular pornography websites on the internet, announced Wednesday, April 12, that Natalie Nevarez, who is working to wrap up her doctorate in biopsychology, is the winner of its second annual Pornhub Cares Scholarship.

Open to "outstanding women pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) exclusively," the scholarship competition was created to support and celebrate women whose contributions to STEM fields represent unique accomplishment as well as a desire to make the world a better place.

Nevarez caught the attention of judges with her story as the daughter of Mexican migrant fruit pickers, the Post reported.

In a video documenting Nevarez winning the award along with her audition video, she describes the research she has conducted with the neurobiology of monogamy, examining how brain chemistry affects monogamous relationships in prairie voles.

"It has a lot of applications for human health and I'm personally very interested in drug addiction and social relationships so I'm hoping to keep doing that after I graduate," she said in the video.

Check out the video of Nevarez winning the scholarship below: