Scholarships for Undergraduate Chemistry Majors
About $40,000 in scholarships are awarded to about 30 majors each year! The Chemistry Scholarship Committee meets late in every spring semester to award these scholarships based on the following criteria: academic excellence, need, and any special criteria related to the particular scholarship.
Scholarship names and additional criteria, if applicable:
- Degering: Committed to a career in chemistry, especially medicinal chemistry
- Flynn
- Frankforter: Committed to a career in chemical research
- Hach: Committed to a career as a high school chemistry teacher
- Harkson: "Promise of leadership", a phrase that is interpreted broadly
- Hendricks
- Hirsch
- Jelinek: Seniors committed to pursuing graduate work in chemistry or medicine
- Kingsbury: Awarded in even-numbered years; committed to a career in chemistry; shall have taken or committed to take CHEM 481 Physical Chemistry I
- Krogh
- Loerch: At the discretion of the UNL Chemistry Scholarship Committee
- Nielsen: Committed to a career in teaching, or have a secondary interest (or minor) in Music
- Sandoz: At the discretion of the UNL Chemistry Scholarship Committee
- Schultz: Sophomore or junior and have declared a major in a natural science discipline (chemistry, physics, biology, geology)
- Upson: Nebraska resident for at least 10 years; academic excellence; may be made to undergraduates or graduate students
- Weyenberg: Graduate of a Nebraska high school
- Wilson
Scholar Programs
The McNair Scholars Program
This program prepares selected undergraduates for graduate study by providing opportunities to define goals, engage in research, and develop the skills and student/faculty mentor relationships critical to success at the doctoral level. Ten to fifteen new McNair Scholars are selected each year to participate in both academic and summer activities.
The Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program was established in memory of astronaut-physicist and Challenger crewmember Ronald E. McNair. The Program is administered through the Office of Graduate Studies and is funded by a U.S. Department of Education grant, with additional University of Nebraska–Lincoln in-kind support.
Milton E. Mohr Awards Program
Recognizes outstanding students in the sciences of biotechnology and engineering based on their academic performance and potential for accomplishments in their specific field. Dr. Mohr was described in his lifetime as "…engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, corporate leader" and was instrumental in providing key leadership to young adults. In 1938 he graduated, highest in his class, from UNL with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering, and in 1959 UNL awarded him an honorary doctorate of engineering. He was President and CEO of Quotron Systems, formerly Bunker Ramo Corporation, an electrical engineer, corporate executive and philanthropist. He was named America's Most Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer in 1948. The Milton E. Mohr Scholarship and Fellowship Awards Program was established in 1989 for students in the College of Engineering or Biotechnology degree programs. The scholarships and fellowships are made possible through an endowment to the University Foundation.
Applications are generally open from January to the first week of March each year. Application forms are available in the department main office, N300 Beadle Center, or via the Center for Biotechnology.