Scholarships
If no contact person is listed, please see Jean Augustine (304/696-6214) in University Development.
Available to All College of Science Students
- Air Force Officer. Contact: Lonnie Cline
- Army Health Professions Scholarship Program
Contact: Cpt. Brett M. Phillips
- J. Churchill Hodges Summer Scholars. Awarded to a graduating senior from any Cabell County
Public High School who is registered as a full-time, undergraduate
Marshall University student majoring in science, mathematics, or
engineering; or in education in any of these fields. The student(s)
shall serve in the capacity of undergraduate research assistance to
an eminent professor in Biotechnology, or its successor. This award is to
be used as a stipend to support the student(s) during the summer
internship. It is not renewable and shall be granted to a new
student(s) each year.
Downloadable
application and
information.
- Department of Defense's
Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation Defense
Scholarship for Service Program
- Department of Homeland Security
Scholarship and Fellowship Program
- Gilman International
Scholarship Program. A study abroad federal program for
low-income students.
- Goldwater Scholarship.
Contact Person: Department of Chemistry, 304/696-2430)
- Intel Science Talent Search
- Linda Royer Kennedy Scholarship by the Cobb Foundation.
Contact: Jean Augustine (304/696-6214)
- Tom and Sally McNeill Lemke Scholarship.
Recipient shall have a high school GPA of 3.5 or
better. First preference shall be given to students from Hardy
County, WV and Schuylkill County, PA (or successor school systems).
Second preference shall be given to students from Berkeley, Grant,
Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, or Morgan county WV.
Recipients shall be a full-time incoming freshmen with a
demonstrated financial need. Contact: Jean Augustine
(304/696-6214)
- Leopold K. and Elizabeth F. Marmet Fund.
Contact: Jean Augustine (304/696-6214)
- Gene Kuhn Memorial Scholarship.
$250 scholarship for a full-time, incoming or
established undergraduate student who has demonstrated financial
need. Recipient must be a West Virginia resident and have a 2.9 or better GPA.
Contact: College of Science Associate Dean (304/696-2372)
- Anna V. Love Scholarship.
Recipient shall be a full-time, undergraduate student in COS who has
demonstrated financial need. First preference shall be given to
graduates of Cabell Midland High School, Ona, WV.
Contact: College of Science Associate Dean (304/696-2372)
- Marshall University Alumni Legacy Tuition Reduction Program
- Marshall University Financial Aid Office (800/438-5389 or 304/696-3162)
- H.D. (Dan) Moore and Jewell Ridgeway Moore Memorial Scholarship.Contact: Jean Augustine (304/696-6214)
- NASA Student Research Program (pdf).
Visit http://www.education.nasa.gov/usrp for more details.
- A. Michael Perry Freshman Scholarship. Contact: Marshall University Financial Aid Office
(800/438-5389 or 304/696-3162)
- Shelba Glenn Pew Research Fund.
Award is for stipends or expenses to support travel for research
activities in the COS areas of Environmental Sciences, Biological
Sciences and Biotechnology. Recipient shall be a full-time
undergraduate, graduate, or faculty member in COS. Priority given to
students. Contact: College of Science Associate Dean (304/696-2372)
- Scholarship.
Contact: Marshall University Financial Aid Office
(800/438-5389 or 304/696-3162)
- Promise Scholarship
Contact: Marshall University Financial Aid Office (800/438-5389 or 304/696-3162)
- Dr. John J. and Mary S. Sheridan Scholarship.
Recipient shall be a full-time undergraduate student who has a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 and a
College of Science major. First preference shall be shown to
students who are on the swim team. Second preference shown to
students who participate in other non-revenue sports while at
Marshall University. Contact:
Marshall University Financial
Aid Office (800/438-5389 or 304/696-3162)
- SMART grant.
Contact: Marshall University Financial
Aid Office (800/438-5389 or 304/696-3162)
- SURE Research Scholars Award.
($4000 for summer). Contact Person: Michael Norton (304/696-6627)
- West Virginia Science and Engineering Scholarship.
Contact the Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) (304/558-4618)

- Dr. Charles J.
Gould Jr. Botany Scholarship/Travel Award.
Awarded by the Chair
of the Department of Biological Sciences in cooperation with the
Office of Student Financial Assistance to a graduate or
undergraduate student with a Botany major.
- J. Churchill Hodges Summer
Scholars. Awarded to a graduating senior from any Cabell County
Public High School who is registered as a full-time, undergraduate
Marshall University student majoring in science, mathematics or
engineering; or in education in any of these fields. The student(s)
shall serve in the capacity of undergraduate research assistance to
an eminent professor in Biotechnology, or its successor. This award is to
be used as a stipend to support the student(s) during the summer
internship. It is not renewable and shall be granted to a new
student(s) each year.
Downloadable
application and
information.
- Jane Whitley Mittendorf. Shared between Biology,
Chemistry, Clinical Lab, Geology and Physics.
- Shelba Glenn Pew
Research Fund.
Award is for stipends or expenses to support travel for research
activities in the COS areas of Environmental Sciences, Biological
Sciences and Biotechnology. Recipient shall be a full-time
undergraduate, graduate, or faculty member in COS. Priority given to
students.
Contact: College of Science Associate Dean
(304/696-2372)
- Tuition Wavers
(pdf)

Notices for
all of these are posted several weeks prior to selection on doors on the 4th
floor, usually around the beginning of March. Applications are in the
Chemistry office, but will not be distributed until the notices go up.
- The Paul and Catherine Babb
Scholarship.Awarded annually to a chemistry major and provides $1000 towards that student's
academic expenses. Contact Person: Rudolf Burcl (304/696-4808)
- Brammer Brothers Scholarship.Provides in-state tuition and fees to
an out-of-state chemistry major student. Contact Person: Rudolf
Burcl (304/696-4808)
- J. Churchill Hodges Summer Scholars.
Awarded to a graduating senior from any Cabell County
Public High School who is registered as a full-time, undergraduate
Marshall University student majoring in science, mathematics or
engineering; or in education in any of these fields. The student(s)
shall serve in the capacity of undergraduate research assistance to an
eminent professor in Biotechnology, or its successor. This award is to be
used as a stipend to support the student(s) during the summer
internship. It is not renewable and shall be granted to a new student(s)
each year.
Downloadable application and
information.
- James H. Debord Memorial
Scholarship.
Science and Math scholarship shared with the College of
Business between Chemistry, Biological Chemistry and Physics.
Contact Person: Rudolf
Burcl (304/696-4808)
- The Chang and Chung
Kong Scholarship.
Tuition, fees, and books to a student for two years.
Awarded each spring to a sophomore chemistry
major.
Contact Person: Rudolf
Burcl (304/696-4808)
- The Gamma Eta Scholar Award.
Awarded annually to a member of Alpha Chi
Sigma Professional Chemistry Fraternity based a combination of scholarly excellence and active
participation in the Gamma Eta chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma. This
scholarship currently has a value of $1000. Contact Person: Rudolf
Burcl (304/696-4808)
- Bernard L. and Sylvia Rosen Miller Memorial. Recipient
shall be a full-time, undergraduate student in COS who has a Chemistry,
Biochemistry, or Physics major. Contact Person: Rudolf
Burcl (304/696-4808)
- Jane Whitley Mittendorf. Shared between Biology,
Chemistry, Clinical Lab, Geology and Physics.
Contact Person: Rudolf
Burcl (304/696-4808)
- The Faculty Undergraduate Commendation Scholarship.
Awarded annually to a chemistry major and currently has a value of $500.
Contact Person: Rudolf
Burcl (304/696-4808)
- Alumni Summer Research Fellowship. Contact Person: Rudolf
Burcl (304/696-4808)
For most of the above, see
http://www.marshall.edu/chemistry/scholarships.asp and contact
Rudolf Burcl (304/696-4808).

During each academic year, the Department of Geology offers the following forms of financial support:
See Available to all College of Science Students above

- Student of the Year
- Graduate of the Year
- J. Churchill Hodges Summer Scholars.
Awarded to a graduating senior from any Cabell County
Public High School who is registered as a full-time, undergraduate
Marshall University student majoring in science, mathematics or
engineering; or in education in any of these fields. The student(s)
shall serve in the capacity of undergraduate research assistance to
an eminent professor in Biotechnology, or its successor. This award is to
be used as a stipend to support the student(s) during the summer
internship. It is not renewable and shall be granted to a new
student(s) each year.
Downloadable
application and
information.

Minority Students

- James H. Debord Memorial
Scholarship. Science and Math scholarship shared with the College of
Business between Chemistry, Biological Chemistry and Physics.
- A. Dixon Callihan, Donald C. Martin and Ralph P. Hron Memorial Physics
Scholarship. Contact:
The Marshall University Foundation, Inc. (866/308-1346).
- Alva and Dixon Callihan Scholarship/John Marshall Scholarship.
- Dr. Thomas J. and Mary A. Manakkil Memorial Scholarship. Contact:
The Marshall University Foundation, Inc.
(866/308-1346).
- Bernard L. and Sylvia Rosen Miller Memorial. Recipient
shall be a full-time, undergraduate student in COS who has a Chemistry,
Biochemistry, or Physics major. Contact Person: Rudolf
Burcl (304/696-4808)
- Jane Whitley Mittendorf. Shared between Biology,
Chemistry, Clinical Lab, Geology and Physics.


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