Meet this really lucky Israeli student...in the US

"A graduate of Princeton and Columbia, Dr. Oren has received fellowships from the U.S. Departments of State and Defense, and from the British and Canadian governments."  I mean, what American student you know have received fellowships and grants from three governments?  I mean, if this guy was trying to find a cure for cancer or if he was working on some breakthrough scientific research, we would have understood.   I know American gradate students who can't pay their rent, while this Israeli student in the received grants from three Western governments.  By the way, was he invited to live in the White House while he was attending graduate school in the US?