Seven College seniors and a Radcliffe senior have been selected for National Science Foundation graduate fellowships, it was announced yesterday.

The fellowships provide each graduate with $1.400 for their first year of graduate work, and can be taken at any school. This is the first time the Foundation has offered such grants.

Chemistry concentrators in the group are Robert M. Mazo of Camden, N.J., and Kirkland House; George R. Murray, of Dayton, Ohio, and Eliot House; and Lawrence J. Schaad, of Logan, Ohio, and Adams House. Physics concentrators are Marshall P. Ernstene, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Adams House: Helen L. Hinrichson, of Ames, Lowa, and Moora Hall. Concentrating in Mathematics is Richard S. Palais, of Brookline and Kirkland House. Concentrating in biology is Elmon J. Coo, of Phoenix Arisona, and Lowell House.