Awards & Fellowships
A number of special Research Assistantships, tuition scholarships, and supplements are available from the University, the Federal Government, and from private foundations for exceptionally qualified applicants.

Go to The Center for Nanotechnology for information on the "Early Bird Summer Research Award in Nanotechnology".

The Fred Baumgartner Fellowships in Physics are awarded to entering graduate students who show exceptional promise and are interested in doing research in either theoretical or experimental particle physics. These fellowships provide tuition and a research fellowship for three consecutive quarters. Awards also may be made for the student's second year of study every other year.

The Sebastian Karrer Prize in Physics is awarded each May to a second or third year graduate student who has done meritorious work. This monetary award is based on excellence of scholastic record and on professional promise.

The Sebastian Karrer Memorial Fellowship for partial stipend and tuition is awarded to a first or second year student based on scholastic record.

The Miller Physics Scholarship Fund each year awards a monetary prize to a senior or graduate student. The award is based on need, excellence of character, and scholarship.

The Joseph E. Henderson Family Award is a monetary prize given each year in recognition of a particularly outstanding physics doctoral dissertation completed at the University.

The Joseph H. Weis Memorial Prize is reserved for graduate students in Theoretical Physics to attend a meeting or summer school, or to visit a laboratory.

United States citizens are eligible to apply for National Science Foundation Fellowships.

The Graduate Student Recruitment Award is a one-year supplement awarded to outstanding first year students.

The Graduate School also offers Graduate Opportunities Program (GOP) Research Assistantships. The GOP fellowship for minorities and women is a merit-based research Assistant-ship program for entering students. Physics Department graduate students also have been awarded the Space Grant Award sponsored by NASA.

The ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Fellowship is offered to prospective students (US citizens) in the amount of $5000/year for each of three years for each student and must be combined with other support offered to the students.

The Kenneth Young Memorial Endowed Fellowship is an endowed fund which provides financial assistance to graduate students in the Department of Physics. Preference is given to promote excellence in graduate student education in order to recruite the finest physics students to the department.

The Everett M. Hadley Endowed Fellowship in Physics is to provide assistance for graduate students in the Department of Physics.

The Ernest M. Henley & Elaine D. Henley Endowed Fellowship is to support graduate student fellowships in the Department of Physics.

The Hans G. Dehmelt Prize in Experimental Physics is to recognize students in the Department of Physics for outstanding acheivements in the area of "table-top" experimental physics.