• Most Promising Student & Haymaker Outstanding Senior Awards
  

  The Division of Biology recognizes superior achievements of its majors via choosing Most Promising Student (MPS) and H.H. Haymaker Outstanding Senior award winners. Each year a few sophomores and juniors are selected for the MPS Awards and one (or two, if it is a tie) individual(s) are chosen for the Outstanding Senior Award. For both awards students are nominated by the faculty and the winners are chosen by a faculty committee whose selection criteria includes academic record, activities and achievements outside the classroom and performance in an interview with the committee. Student winners are honored at a Saturday luncheon and receive cash awards.

  2011 Haymaker Outstanding Seniors, Rebecca Martin (left) and Theresa Barke (right)

Most Promising Student Jeff Bryant	Most Promising Student Graciela Orozco	Most Promising Student Rachel Roth

Most Promising Student Parker Rayl	Most Promising Student Emily Poholsky

• The Enloe Family Scholarship
  Established in 1992 by David and Beth Enloe to honor the memory of their son, Mark Enloe. Recipients of this award are outstanding undergraduate students whose major is within the Division of Biology. The recipient must demonstrate outstanding leadership and promise as a budding professional in wildlife or fisheries ecology, or conservation biology.
  This scholarship is advertised within the Division and awardees are chosen by a panel of faculty who instruct in the Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation curriculum. Selection is based on the quality of an essay describing past experiences in wildlife, fisheries and conservation activities, and motivations for a future career in this area. The curriculum vitae of applicants is evaluated for academic scholarship and participation in career development activities.

Dr. Samantha Wisely presents Ellen Alice Rintoul Welti with the 2011 Enloe Family Scholarship

• June Hull Sherrid Scholarships
  Funded by endowed accounts in the KSU Center for Basic Cancer Research and the Division of Biology, annually provide $50,000 to $100,000 (depending on interest rates).  These Sherrid Scholarships are initially awarded to both incoming frosh and enrolled upperclassmen and are typically valued at $700 to $1000 annually.  The scholarships are renewable through the senior year and, if obtained in the frosh year, are potentially a $2800 to $4000 scholarship package.  Currently about 80 students hold these Sherrid Scholarships.  Eligibility requirements for the Sherrid Scholarships include that the applicant have:  1) Graduated from a Kansas high school, 2) A stated career interest in the betterment of human health, 3) Declared a major in biology or microbiology majors and 4) Shown excellent academic performance (for incoming frosh this academic performance includes an ACT composite score of 28 or better).  In addition, we annually award another six to ten scholarships in the $700 to $1000 range (including several for just fisheries/wildlife/conservation majors) to upperclassmen with excellent records.
  
  
• Noyce Scholarships
  A new scholarship focuses on Kansas State University science majors who want to become certified teachers. The program is called K-State TEACH and is a collaboration between the departments of curriculum and instruction, physics, geology, chemistry and biology.
  The effort is funded by the National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Scholarship Program. This particular scholarship program is designed to increase the supply for highly qualified middle and high school teachers in the science areas.
  
  
• K-INBRE Research Scholars
  (Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence) 
  One segment of K-INBRE provides $3500 per year (beginning in the freshman or sophomore year) to students who desire an in-depth research experience.  Each of these (five per year) is expected to devote 450 hours per year (for two years) toward a research project.  K-INBRE also provides support each year for four Summer Research Scholars ($3500 for a summer of full time research). 
  
  
• Terry C Johnson Basic Cancer Research Center
  Annually awards forty $1000 scholarships for students who agree to pursue a one semester research project (seven to 10 hours per week time commitment) in a laboratory whose research can relate to a better understanding of cancer.

• The Division of Biology University Distinguished Professors Scholarship
  The purpose of this $1000 scholarship, awarded in the spring semester for the following academic year, is to honor University Distinguished Professors in the Division of Biology and to provide financial assistance to undergraduate students properly enrolled in a biological science at Kansas State University.
  

• Larry G. Williams Scholarship
  This scholarship is new to the Division of Biology and we are still building the endowment for it. We hope to be able to have enough interest earned to provide $1000 scholarships to deserving undergraduates majoring in Biology at K-State. It is not currently known when this scholarship will be available or how much the final scholarship will be. Stay tuned for more information as we continue to raise funds for this scholarship.

Fellowships

• Ecology Evolution and Genomics in Changing Environments
  Multiple interdisciplinary graduate training fellowships are available to individuals seeking education and research training at the doctoral level that links the complementary disciplines of ecology, evolution and genomics.
  

The KSU GAANN program features:

• Integrative research opportunities in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Genomics
• Diverse interdisciplinary coursework
• Development of teaching skills
• Competitive stipend of up to $30,000 per year, plus tuition and other expenses
• Instrumentation, core facilities and resources needed to perform quality research

• Evidence-based inquiry into the distant, remote, or past (EIDRoP)
  

  Biology graduate students with established research projects are invited to apply for fellowships in KSU's EIDRoP graduate training program, part of NSF's GK-12 program. EIDRoP is an interdisciplinary program to enhance the communication and collaboration skills of outstanding graduate students in the biological sciences, geosciences and physical sciences. EIDRoP fellows collaborate across departments and with K-12 educators, and each fellow serves as a "resident scientist" to a high school classroom throughout their fellowship year.

Awards

• Michael Scott Watkins Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching
  Established in 1974 for M.S. Watkins, a deceased graduate student. Awarded annually to a graduate student who excels in her/his teaching responsibilities.

Nomination/Application materials required

Benjamin VanderWeide accepts the 2011 Watkins Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching from Dr. Dave Hartnett.

• Chris Edler Award for Outstanding Research on Konza
  Established in 1993 for C. Edler who died while he was a graduate student in the Division. Awarded annually to a graduate student who has an outstanding record as a graduate student teacher and has performed superior research on Konza Prairie.

• John C. Frazier Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Research in Plant Science
  J.C. Frazier was a plant physiologist in the Department of Plant Pathology and Botany before the formation of the Division of Biology. The endowment was established in 1976. The award is given at the discretion of the Director of the Division of Biology based on superior graduate student research in plant science, including a presentation given at the Annual Division of Biology Graduate Research Forum.

Nomination/Application materials required

Dr. Tony Joern presents Susan Rolfsmeier with the 2011 John C. Frazier Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Research in Plant Science.

• L. Evans Roth Award for Graduate Student Research in Cellular, Molecular or Developmental Biology
  L.E. Roth was the first Director of the Division of Biology. This new award is given at the discretion of the Director of the Division of Biology based on superior graduate student research in cell, molecular or developmental biology, including a presentation given at the Annual Division of Biology Graduate Research Forum.

Nomination/Application materials required

• James E. Ackert Award for Outstanding Presentation by a Graduate Student
  J.E. Ackert was a long-time Dean of the Graduate School. He was a Parasitologist in the Department of Zoology. The award is given annually for an outstanding graduate student presentation by a student who has been in the Division of Biology graduate program less than two years.
  

Dr. Loretta Johnson presents Jennifer Shelton with the 2011 James E. Ackert Award for Outstanding Presentation by a Graduate Student at the Biology Graduate Forum.

• H. Henley Haymaker Award for Outstanding Presentation by a Graduate Student
  Haymaker was a KSU faculty member in the Department of Botany for over 40 years from 1917- 1963. He was voted an outstanding teacher and contributed in many ways to the University. Haymaker Hall is named after him. The award was established in 1975 by his family. The award is given annually for an outstanding graduate student presentation by a student who has been in the Division of Biology graduate program 2 or more years or has a M.S. degree.

Dr. Sandy Beeser presents Erica Cain (Dr. Dave Rintoul accepts the award in her honor) with the 2011 H. Henley Haymaker Award for Outstanding Presentation by a Graduate Student at the Biology Graduate Forum.