Awards/ Scholarships
Here are some scholarships, grants, Physics awards, fellowships and other opportunities for Physics Majors. In addition look at the Internships pages for more opportunities.
Scholarships for Women and Minorities
- APS/IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women
- National Society of Black Physicists:
- NSBP Scholarships
- APS Scholarship for Minority Undergraduate Physics Majors
- APS Scholarship for Women Undergraduate Physics Majors
- Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce Research Park Technology Scholarship: The scholarships will be awarded each year to two (2) college juniors in a technology field and will continue through their senior year, provided they meet program criteria. Each student will receive $5,000 a year ($2,500 each semester) totaling $10,000.
- UW-Madison Engineering
- WiscAMP Academic Enrichment Program (WiscAMP-AEP)8 Week course and $3500 stipend.
- UW-Whitewater:Go to the following website and log in: scholarships.uww.edu Students can now apply online for approximately 100 different scholarships.
- Christine McLean Metcalf Family Scholarship for Women in Science
- Dr. Ernella S. Hunziker Scholarship for Women
- John W. Ebbott Scholarship for Latino Students
UW-Whitewater Scholarships
Scholarships and awards within UW-W Physics department
- First Year Physics Award
- Physics Dept. Scholarship
- Physics Exceptional service Award
- R.W. Prucha Memorial Scholarship For High School Physics Teachers: This scholarship is awarded to students pursuing a career in Physics Education and teaching.Scholarship Details
College of Letters & Sciences Science Scholarships of interest to Physics majors
Go to the following website and log in: scholarships.uww.edu Students can now apply online for approximately 100 different scholarships.
- A. A. Upham Science Scholarship
- William Beck Scholarship
- Caroll & Kay Flanagan Scholarship (Math majors)
- College of Letters & Sciences Alumni Scholarship
- Christine McLean Metcalf Family Scholarship for Women in Science
- Y. W. Fok Memorial Scholarship
Scholarships that may be of interest to Physics Education Emphasis:
Go to the following website and log in: scholarships.uww.edu. Students can now apply online for approximately 100 different scholarships.
- Alice & Floyd Quinney Scholarship
- Alice Jane Sokol Scholarship
- Andy & Anna Burish Scholarship
- Clem and Bernice Wisch Scholarship
- Cord O. Wells Scholarship
- Dr. Ernella S. Hunziker
- Irvin L. Young Scholarship
- James & Patricia Freer Family Scholarship
- Joseph Pease Scholarship
- Ken and Dorothy Otting Scholarship
- Laura Ferris Scholarship
- Raymond, Beulah & Marian James Scholarship
- The Greenhill Scholarship
- Warren & Virginia Theune Scholarship
- Helen Knosker Scholarship
- UW-W Alumni Association Scholarship
Other UW-Whitewater Scholarships
National Scholarships and Awards
- Barry Goldwater Scholarship (DUE JAN 31): Up to 300 Scholarships for $7500 annually. Available for rising juniors and seniors. Students must be nominated internally by the University. Contact: Prof Benjamin (Prof. Anderson, chemistry)
- SPS (Society of Physics Students) Scholarships (DUE starting FEB 1):
- AAPT Physics Teaching Scholarships and Grants
- Teachers Count Physics Teaching Scholarship link list: http://www.teacherscount.org/wannateach/scholarships/national.shtml
- Next Student directory of physics scholarships link list: http://www.nextstudent.com/directory-of-scholarships/Major/0156/Academic-Physics-scholarships.aspx
STUDENT RESEARCH SUPPORT
- UW-Whitewater Undergrad Research Program (Due around Dec 1, around April 29): Up to $500 for student research projects per semester. Projects are presented on Undergraduate Research Day on campus in April. Selected projects will presented nationally at the National Council for Undergraduate Research.
- UW-Whitewater Undergrad Research Travel (Rolling deadline)
- Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research (DUE MAR 15, OCT 15) Up to $2500 for individual student research projects.
- SPS Undergraduate Research Awards (DUE NOV 15): Up to $2000 for a research project to be carried out by SPS Chapter.
Fellowships Programs
- National Academies Fellowships Office
- Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Pre-doctoral, Dissertation, and Post-doctoral fellowships.
- Jefferson Science Fellowships.
- Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship
- DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Krell Institute $32,400 stipend, tuition, and fees.
- DOE National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship Krell Institute $32,400 stipend, tuition, and fees.
- Naval Research Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowship Program