SPECIFIC FIELD OF STUDY
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
- Robert Harrison, M.D.
Memorial M.D. /Ph.D. Scholarship
The scholarship is awarded to a student enrolled in the
M.D./Ph.D. Combined Degree Program based on outstanding academic
performance and credentials, superior medical aptitude and plans
for a career in academic medicine, and demonstrated leadership
among peers. The award is $1000.
- George Palmer Saunders
II Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is provided to a Ph.D. student enrolled in
the Pharmacology and Toxicology program who has demonstrated
outstanding research capability, and the potential for
significant contributions to the field of pharmacology. This
one-year scholarship is available to students in years 1-5. The
award is $1000.
- William Bennett Bean
Scholarship in the Medical Humanities-
This scholarship is awarded to a degree-seeking graduate student
pursuing a career in the Medical Humanities. The student must
demonstrate distinguished academic achievement. The award is
$1000.
- Medical Humanities
Endowed Scholarship
- This scholarship is given to a student pursuing a degree in
the Medical Humanities who has demonstrated financial need
and/or distinguished academic achievement. The award is $1000.
- Chester R. Burns
Institute for the Medical Humanities Alumni Award
The award is presented to an outstanding student enrolled in
the Medical Humanities graduate program. Special preference will
be given to applicants whose major interests are in the
traditional humanities disciplines (including history,
literature, philosophy, religious studies, and visual studies).
The award is a plaque and a check for $4000.
- Peyton and Lydia
Schapper Endowed Scholarship (School of Allied Health Sciences)
- These scholarships recognize an accepted
degree seeking student in the Graduate School of Biomedical
Sciences who has an expressed interest in the area of
gerontology and health promotion, and who has demonstrated
outstanding professional and personal leadership among his/her
peers. Two awards of $1300 each.
- Edward S. Reynolds,
M.D. Experimental Pathology Graduate Scholarship
The scholarship recognizes a promising graduate student
performing meritorious research in Experimental Pathology. The
nominee should be a regularly enrolled student in the GSBS,
demonstrated satisfactory performance in his/her graduate work
to date, and have good grades in formal course work. The award
is $1000.
- Zhou Sisters Great
Expectations Scholarship
- The scholarship was established to recognize an outstanding
student in one of the following programs: Preventive Medicine
and Community Health, Experimental Pathology, Microbiology and
Immunology or Pharmacology and Toxicology. The award is $1,000.
- Jason E. Perlman
Research Award
This award recognizes a student who has made a significant
contribution toward the advancement of knowledge in the area of
behavioral sciences or the humanities. The nominee should be a
regularly enrolled graduate student at UTMB and should have good
grades in formal course work. The award is a plaque and check
for $500.
- Katherina Siebert Award
for Excellence in Oncologic Research
This award recognizes outstanding achievement and research.
Nominee should be a regularly enrolled graduate student at UTMB
at Galveston and should have good grades in formal course work
and should have demonstrated excellence in the conduct of
original research in oncology. The award is a plaque and check
for $500.
- Rose and Harry Walk
Research Award
This award recognizes a graduate student who has made
significant contributions toward a better understanding of aging
or of mechanisms leading to significant pathologic changes in
the human organism. Nominee should be a regularly enrolled
graduate student at UTMB at Galveston and have good grades in
formal course work. The award is a plaque and check for $500
- Jane Welsh Award for
Excellence in Cardiovascular Research
This award recognizes outstanding achievement and research.
Nominee should be a regularly enrolled graduate student at UTMB
at Galveston, have good grades in formal course work and should
have demonstrated excellence in the conduct of original research
in the cardiovascular area. The award is a plaque and check for
$500.
- Center for Tropical
Diseases Graduate Student Award
The World Health Organization Collaborating Center for
Tropical Diseases award is given to a UTMB graduate student who
has made a significant contribution to studies on an emerging or
tropical infectious disease through research in basic science,
epidemiology or clinical science. The award is a check for $500.
- Sealy Center on Aging
Graduate Student Award
This award is given to an outstanding graduate student who has
significantly contributed to the knowledge of aging studies
through independent research in the basic sciences,
epidemiology, behavioral science or the medical humanities. The
award is a check for $500.
- Sealy Center for
Vaccine Development
Graduate Student Award
The Sealy Center for Vaccine Development invites nominations
for its award recognizing excellence in research in the field of
vaccine development. This award is given to a UTMB graduate
student who has made a significant contribution to
vaccinology related projects which is consistent with the
mission statement of the center (see
www.utmb.edu/scvd). Students may be enrolled in
any graduate program at UTMB, and projects may involve basic
science, transnational biology, clinical trials, public health
policy, community outreach or education. One award is available
$500.
- Mason Guest Scholar
Award
The award is presented to a student in the Cellular Physiology
and Molecular Biophysics program who shows excellent scholastic
and research potential in the fields of cell physiology,
molecular biophysics, cell biology, or bioengineering. The award
is $200.
- Shirley Patricia Parker
Scholarship
- This scholarship honors a graduate student doing research in
the field of oncology and who is in financial need. The award is
$1000.
- Robert A. Welch Award
for Excellence in Graduate Research in Chemistry
The Welch Award recognizes a graduate student who has made
outstanding contributions to the biomedical sciences through
research in chemistry. The award is $2,000 and a plaque.
- James E. Beall II
Memorial Award in Anatomy and Neurosciences
Awarded to a Ph.D. candidate involved in research related to
the function or structure of the nervous system. Applicants will
be judged on their teaching ability and the quality and
scientific merit of their research. The award is a plaque and
check for $1000.
- Jen Chieh and Katherine
Huang Scholarship
This award is presented for the first time in 2006 to
recognize a graduate student for research excellence in
neuroscience. The award is a certificate and check in the amount
of $1,000.
- John Stanton
Scholarship
This scholarship award is presented for the first time in 2006
and will recognize an outstanding student in the microbiology
and immunology graduate program. The award is a certificate and
a check in the amount of $1,000.
- Salute to Nursing Scholarship
- A scholarship, established through the School of Nurslings
annual the Salute to Nursing fund-raiser, is available for a
student who is either enrolled or eligible for acceptance by the
GSBS as a regular, full-time, degree-seeking student in the
Doctoral Program in Nursing. The scholarship shall be allocated
on the basis of academic qualifications and/or standing. The
award is $1000..
- James A. Hokanson,
Ph.D. Endowed Scholarship
The award is offered to outstanding students engaged in
populations health of public health research. The award is
$500.
- Robert Shope Ph.D.
Endowed Scholarship
This Scholarship is awarded to a student based on outstanding
academic credentials, recommendations and demonstration of a
commitment to pursuing a career in infectious diseases research.
The award is $1000.
- Charles F. Otis Endowed
Award for Clinical Research
This award is presented to a student in Clinical or
Rehabilitation Science for health services or patient oriented
research that improves outcomes of health care in older
populations. The award is $1000.
- Emily E. Dupree Endowed
Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation Science
This award is to be presented to a student in Clinical
or Rehabilitation Science for interdisciplinary research that
promotes function and independence in older adults. The award is
$1000.
- Marianne Blum, Ph.D.
Endowed Scholarship
- The scholarship recognizes an outstanding student conducting
research in the area of biochemistry and molecular biology in
the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. The award is $1000.
- Michael Tacheeni Scott
Endowed Scholarship
The scholarship recognizes an outstanding student conducting
research in the areas of neuroscience, pharmacology or addiction
studies in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. The award
is $1000.
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SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
LISTED BELOW WILL BE REVIEWED BY PROGRAM
-
Irma Mendoza Scholarship
This
scholarship is presented to an outstanding student of high
academic achievement and service in the graduate program of
biochemistry and molecular biology or biophysical, structural or
computational biology. Recipient of the award will be determined
by a committee appointed by the Director of the Graduate Program
of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The
award is $1000 and a certificate. Please contact Debora
Botting,
dmbottin@utmb.edu,
772-9396
- Barbara Bowman
Scholarship
This scholarship is presented to an outstanding student in the
graduate program of biochemistry and molecular biology or
biophysical, structural or computational biology program. The
award will provided through Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology.
Please contact Debora Botting,
dmbottin@utmb.edu, 772-9396
- Regina R and Alfonso J.
Mercatante Memorial Scholarship
- This was will provide student for a student enrolled in
the nursing doctoral program. The amount is to be
determined. School of Nursing will decide recipient.
Please contact Julie Best,
jcbest@utmb.edu, 772-8264
- Don W. Micks
Scholarship in Preventive Medicine and Community Health
This award honors an outstanding graduate student in the
Preventive Medicine and Community Health graduate program with
outstanding research accomplishments and career goals that
demonstrate substantial evidence of motivation, dedication,
creativity, independence, productivity and an enthusiastic
attitude. PMCH will choose recipient for this award. The award
is $1,000. PMCH will choose recipient for this award, please
contact Tonya Groh,
trgroh@utmb.edu,
772-1123
- Dr. David C. Eiland,
Jr. Scholarship Award in Health Care and Humanities
- This award is presented to a full-time student in the
Institute for the Medical Humanities who has demonstrated
academic excellence and who has displayed self-knowledge and a
commitment to moral and humanistic teaching, health care, and/or
styles of institutional leadership. Special consideration will
be given to applicants who have no other scholarship or stipend
support, who are interested in humanistic dimensions of mental
health, and who aspire to an academic career in health
professions education. The selection of the award recipient will
be made by an IMH committee. The award is a plaque and a check
for $2,000. Please contact Donna Vickers,
davicker@utmb.edu, 772-9396
- International Student
Organization
-This award will be given to a student who has made significant
contributions for the growth and development of the
International Student Organization (ISO). Our mission is to
promote cultural exchange between members of the ISO and the
UTMB community, and to motivate students to participate in
university activities. The recipient will receive a plaque in
recognition of her/his leadership. Please contact
Sai Hari A Gandham at
sagandha@utmb.edu, ext 22238
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