Awards and Scholarships
Through the generosity of private donors, the Department of Chemistry is able to provide several scholarships and awards each year to undergraduate and graduate students for outstanding scholastic achievements.
An annual Graduation Recognition and Awards Reception is held each May in order to honor our scholarship and award winners. A representative list of the various scholarships and awards which are presented at this event are listed below.
For a full list of all of our undergraduate scholarship and award recipients, please view our "Undergraduate Awards and Scholarship Recipients" page; for a full list of all of our graduate scholarship and award recipients, please visit our "Graduate Student Award and Scholarship Recipients" page.
Alpha Chi Sigma Award
An award is made to a graduating senior in chemistry for outstanding scholastic achievement through four years of study in their chosen field of chemistry.
American Institute of Chemists Award
A national award presented to a graduating senior who has achieved an outstanding record as a chemistry major.
Richard J. Bearman Chemistry Award
Given to one of the top graduating seniors pursuing a B.S. in Chemistry at KU who is planning to pursue a career in research.
Wakarusa Valley Local ACS Section Award
Given to an outstanding graduating senior and is selected by the Wakarusa Valley Section of the ACS.
Frank A. Newby Physical Science Award
An award presented to an undergraduate with exceptional merit in the area of physical science, a Kansas resident, and graduated from a Kansas high school.
The Gini Adams Research Award
This award will be presented each year to an undergraduate who demonstrates dedication to exemplary scholarship and is performing research in an Analytical Chemistry faculty laboratory.
The Jack and Carolyn Landgrebe Summer Undergraduate Research Scholarship
This scholarship supports summer research for outstanding undergraduate researchers. This is a competitive award for which applications are solicited early in the spring semester.
The Keith and Dona Darlington Award
This award will be presented to a student based on their undergraduate research.
The Ted M. Gardiner Award for Undergraduate Research
This award is given for undergraduate research based on merit.
The Jacob Kleinberg Award
This award will be presented to an undergraduate major in the Department who has made outstanding progress in research in chemistry prior to the end of his or her Junior (third undergraduate) year.
Steve and Susan Snyder Award
Only junior or senior female majors qualify for this award.
This award will be presented to a junior or senior female undergraduate major.
The Franklin Strain Award
This award is given to a chemistry major with merit.
Drs. Bijan and Mary Taylor Amini Scholarship
Outstanding chemistry major.
The Ralph E. & Esther Weik Badgley Scholarship
This scholarship will be awarded to an outstanding female undergraduate student based on need or achievement.
The Chemistry Department Scholarship
Scholarship recognizing excellence in academics, commitment to chemical sciences career.
James P. and Sharon A. Elrod Scholarship
This scholarship recognizes an undergraduate chemistry major for outstanding academic performance.
The Fassnacht Scholarship
This scholarship will be awarded to an advanced undergraduate student with a declared major in chemistry. The awardee will be selected on the basis of academic record, commitment to a career in the chemical sciences, and participation in research, teaching and/or service to the Chemistry Department. (This scholarship is not available for Spring graduating seniors.)
The Walter Gubar Undergraduate Scholarship
This scholarship will be awarded to a deserving student in Chemistry based on merit and need.
The Reynold T. Iwamoto Scholarship
This scholarship will be awarded to a superior minority student at the undergraduate and/or graduate level who have chosen Chemistry as a major.
The Frances Gayetta Hanna Lenser Scholarship
This scholarship will be awarded to an outstanding female chemistry student, with preference for women in Delta Delta Delta sorority.
The Owen W. Maloney Scholarship
This scholarship will be awarded to an outstanding first year chemistry student.
The Burton and Cheryle MacKenzie Scholarship
This scholarship will be awarded to chemistry students based on merit.
The Adrienne Hiscox Mitchell Scholarship
This scholarship will be awarded to a deserving woman in chemistry based on need or achievement.
The Kenyon Latham Opportunity Fund
This scholarship will be awarded to chemistry students based on merit.
The Roger Munsinger Scholarship
Awarded to an undergraduate based on academic and/or research merit.
The Kristina May Paquette Scholarship
This scholarship is in memoriam of Kristina Paquette and the May family. Kristina Paquette earned her B.A. in Chemistry in 1983.
The K. Barbara Schowen Undergraduate Chemistry Scholarship
This scholarship will be awarded to an undergraduate based on merit and/or need.
The John Shapley Award for Excellence in Research
A new research based award established in 2022.
Leonard V. Sorg Scholarship
This scholarship will be awarded to a student who is planning a career in the field of chemistry. The awardee will be selected on the basis of academic record, ambition, and demonstrated need.
Talty Scholarship
Excellent performance by a chemistry major, based upon need and merit.
The Leland and Jill Weigel Scholarship
A two-year scholarship for B.S. majors planning to pursue an advanced degree in Chemistry.