Departmental Graduate Scholarships and Awards, 2009
Through the generosity of private donors, the Department of Chemistry is able to provide several scholarships and awards each year to graduate students for outstanding scholastic achievements. An annual Chemistry Department Awards Presentation and Honors Reception is held at the end of the spring semester. A representative list of the various scholarships and awards which are presented at this event are listed below.
Awards
The Frank B. Dains Award
Award given to an outstanding first-year graduate teaching assistant.
Past
Recipients
The Ray Q. Brewster Award
Award given to an advanced graduate teaching assistant.
Past
Recipients
The Snyder Award
Award given to a graduate student of considerable promise.
Past
Recipients
The Paul and Helen Gilles Award in Physical Chemistry
Award given for superior academic performance and research accomplishments
by an advanced doctoral student.
Past
Recipients
The Frank B. Dains Award in Organic Chemistry
Award given for superior academic performance and research accomplishments
by an advanced doctoral student.
Past
Recipients
The J. K. Lee Award in Analytical Chemistry
Award given for superior academic performance and research accomplishments
by an advanced doctoral student.
Past
Recipients
The Ernest and Marvel Griswold Award in Inorganic Chemistry
Awarded to an outstanding advanced graduate student in inorganic chemistry.
The Higuchi Doctoral Progress Award
Award given to a superior, post-comprehensive graduate student in his
or her final year.
Past
Recipients
Scholarships
The H. P. Cady Scholarship (outstanding first-year graduate student)
Scholarship awarded to a first-year graduate student for excellent performance.
Past
Recipients
The Adrienne Hiscox Mitchell Scholarship
Scholarship awarded to an outstanding female graduate student).
Past
Recipients
The Ralph E. and Esther Weik Badgley Scholarship
Scholarship awarded to an outstanding woman graduate student based on achievement
or need.
Past
Recipients
The Reynold T. Iwamoto Scholarship
Scholarship awarded to a graduate student in chemistry; award based on academic
performance.
Past
Recipients
The Charles and Beatrice Kulier Scholarship (New Scholarship!)
Scholarship awarded to a graduate students in chemistry.
McCollum Research Scholarship
Research scholarship awarded to outstanding advanced graduate students.
Past
Recipients
The Kenneth L. and Gertrude Irene Marsi Scholarship
Scholarship awarded to graduate student(s) based on both merit and need.
The Thomas A. Milne Scholarship (New Scholarship!)
Scholarship awarded to a woman graduate student earning a Ph.D. in Chemistry for subsequent careers in teaching or research.
Kuwana Graduate Opportunity Fund
Scholarship awarded to graduate student pursuing studies in Analytical Chemistry based on merit and need with a preference for students of cultural diversity.
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