Undergraduate Information

Scholarships

Undergraduates may earn scholarships during their freshmen through senior years. Scholarships administered through the College of Science offices and departments are listed below.

General Science Scholarships

Galileo Circle Scholarships

• Eligibility: Outstanding science undergraduates and graduate students are nominated by departments
• Contact: (520) 621-4060

Southern Arizona Environmental Management Society Scholarship

• Eligibility: Undergraduate or graduate science student pursuing career in environmental sciences
• Contact: Scholarship Office, (520) 621-2483

Glen W. Vanice and Keith G. Reid Endowment for Scientific Research in Biomedical Fields

• Eligibility: Undergraduate or graduate science students, native-born US citizens conducting research in macular degeneration, cancer, nutrition or allergies
• Contact: Office of the Associate Dean, (520) 626-1092

Robert Carter Scholarship in Life Sciences

• Eligibility: Undergraduate student majoring in Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Chemistry, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, General Biology, or Molecular & Cellular Biology.
• Contact: Office of the Associate Dean, (520) 626-1092

Van de Verde Undergraduate Research Scholarship in Science

• Eligibility: Undergraduate students who are majoring in a College of Science discipline not graduating before May 2006.
• Contact: Office of the Associate Dean, (520) 626-1092

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Scholarships

Louis P. and Lucretia Hamilton Scholarship

• Eligibility: EEB upper division undergraduate or graduate student
• Contact: Suzanne LaClair, (520) 621-1588

Silliman

• Eligibility: EEB graduate or undergraduate students submit proposals for research projects with an emphasis on birds
• Contact: Suzanne LaClair, (520) 621-1588

Geosciences Scholarships

Charles G. Evensen Memorial Scholarship in Geosciences

• Eligibility: Outstanding students in the Department of Geosciences
• Contact: Anne Chase, (520) 621-6024

Friends of Kartchner Caverns Scholarship in Honor of Gary Tenen and Randy Tufts

• Eligibility: Geosciences graduate or undergraduate students
• Contact: Anne Chase, (520) 621-6024

Physics Scholarships

Cubic Corporation Scholarship

• Eligibility: Two scholarships awarded to: 1) an outstanding physics graduate teaching assistant and 2) a physics undergraduate
• Contact: Eva Gonzales, (520) 621-4788

Science and Math Teacher Preparation Scholarships

Noyce Scholars Program

• Eligibility: Students interested in becoming science or mathematics teachers at the middle or high school level.
• Contact: Noyce Scholars Program, (520) 621-1519