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UWSP College of Letters & Science

Department of Biology Scholarships

167 Trainer Natural Resources Building
Contact: Department of Biology
Phone: 715-346-2159

SPRING APPLICATION PROCESS -- SELECTION BY BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Possible Scholarship Amount Criteria For Eligibility
Royal Anderson Ecology Award
Amount varies
Biology majors, outstanding ecologist.
Awarded: Spring
Biology Faculty Research Awards
Amount varies
Biology majors.
Awarded: Spring
Culver-Rogers Award
Amount varies
Outstanding major in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physics or natural science.  Junior standing or above, must be a returning student.
Awarded: Spring
Brian R. Eagon Memorial Award
Amount varies
Biology majors
Awarded: Spring
Brian R. Eagon Research Awards
Amount varies
Biology majors. Outstanding research biologist.
Arol Epple Ornithology Research/Scholarship Memorial
Amount varies
Biology major interested in ornithology. Special projects in ornithology field, occasionally scholarships.
Awarded: Spring
Gordon Geeseman Botany Awards
2-4 amount varies
Outstanding junior botanist. Outstanding agribusiness student
Awarded: Spring
Kent D. Hall Animal Physiology Scholarship
Amount varies
Biology major who is a graduating senior, College of Letters and Science and who is determined by the biology faculty to be academically outstanding student of the year in in Biology 281 (Animal Physiology)
Awarded: Spring
Professor Joseph Harris/Dr. Anthony Ogundipe Scholarship
Amount varies
Biology majors. Junior or senior with 60 university and 30 credits in major and related courses. GPA of 3.0 or better, doing research with a UWSP faculty member.
Awarded: Spring
Aldo Leopold Audubon Society Scholarship
Amount varies
Alternating years between biology (odd years) and CNR-environmental education (even years). Desire to work on environmental preservation via research, education or political activity. Preference to students from Portage, Wood, Waupaca or Marathon counties.
Awarded: Spring
Erik Munson Memorial Award
Amount varies
Biology major demonstrating excellence in avian biology.
Awarded: Spring
Outstanding Botany Students Award
Amount varies
Biology majors
Awarded: Spring
E.F. Pierson Scholarship
Amount varies
Junior biology major
Awarded: Spring
Pigeon Lake Scholarships
Amount varies
Any student taking a biology course at the Pigeon Lake Field Station
Awarded: Spring
Portage Co. Master Gardener's Scholarship
$500
Continuing biology majors with botany emphasis. Preference to Portage Co. residents. Recipients expected to assist PCMG on a project during award year. Contingent on availability of funds each year.
Awarded: Spring
Pucci Family Scholarships
Amount varies
Biology majors
Awarded: Spring
Virgil and Gloria Thiesfeld Biology Education Scholarship
Amount varies
Biology majors or those with a natural science major and a biology minor that are accepted into the School of Education and are currently student teaching or will be during the next academic year.
Awarded: Spring
Robert F. Wilde Scholarship
Amount varies
Biology major selected based on GPA and performance in selected courses and/or activities.
Awarded: Spring