Department of Biology
To honor former Senator Barry Goldwater through the operation of an education scholarship program, financed by a permanent trust fund endowment, designed to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering. Selected colleges and universities are invited to submit up to 4 candidates for the national competition.
The Fellowships from the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States support students to spend a year at Churchill College, Cambridge for advanced study in the sciences. Only eleven fellowships are given nationally.
The Marshall Scholarship supports young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in at a university in the United Kingdom. The scholarship provides for two years of undergraduate or graduate study in any discipline, leading to the award of a British university degree.
The Clarendon Scholarship, from the University of Oxford, is good for up to three years of post-baccalaureate study toward a master's degree or Ph.D. in any subject area. Students must be from overseas.
The Clare Boothe Luce Program stands alone as the single most significant source of private support for women in science, engineering and mathematics. Clare Boothe Luce, the widow of Henry R. Luce, was a playwright, journalist, U.S. Ambassador to Italy, and the first woman elected to Congress from Connecticut. She appreciated, however, that many women face obstacles in their chosen professions. In her magnificent bequest establishing this program, she sought to encourage women to enter, study, graduate, and teach in the sciences (including mathematics) and engineering.
The Beckman Scholars Program recognizes outstanding undergraduate research by providing scholarships that contribute significantly in advancing the education, research training and personal development of select students in chemistry, biochemistry, and the biological and medical sciences.
The NSF supports research through the awarding of highly competitive Graduate Research Fellowships. Undergraduate students who plan to attend graduate school apply for these prestigiuos awards.
Many research societies seek to encourage participation of undergraduates in research through the sponsorship of research fellowships.
This medal is the highest award in the University and is in honor of Lieutenant Hank Coakley, '41, who died in the service of his country in World War II. This medal was founded to encourage and reward leadership and to keep alive Hank's great love for Georgetown and is awarded annually to the senior who manifested the qualitites of Catholic leadership in all phases of his or her college life.
This award was established in memory of Katherine Kraft, by her daughter Mrs. Cornelia Kraft McKee, and is to be awarded each year to the graduating student who best exemplified the Jesuit ideals in his or her collegiate life. The recipient must have manifested a spirit of humility, cooperation, and perseverance, combined with leadership, sportsmanship, sacrifice and courage in overcoming difficulties.
This award is presented from time to time, at the discretion of the College Dean, to a member of the senior class who has distinguished himself or herself by his or her dedication in service to the ideals of the College.
Mr. Eugene McCahill and Mr. Francis McCahill founded this medal in 1960 in memory of their brother, Louis, who died in the service of his country in the first World War. It is awarded to the student of the graduating class who has shown perseverance and determination of a high order in pursuing his or her educational objectives at Georgetown.
This medal was founded by Dr. Edward P. Luongo and Mrs. Virginia P. Luongo and is awarded annually to the pre-medical student of the senior class who has accomplished outstanding achievement in the Humanities.
This award is presented at the discretion of the Dean of the College and was founded by the Graham family in honor of their father, Thomas Francis Graham, CAS '49. This honor is bestowed on a graduating senior who has demonstrated throughout his or her college career concern of others, academic achievement, sportsmanship as a member of an inter-collegiate team, and dedication to the educational and spiritural goals of Georgetown University.
This medal was founded by James C. Shannon, Jr. (C'50) to honor the memory of Dr. Michael Barrette (C'50, D'54). It is awarded annually to the pre-medical or pre-dental strudent whose academic record is outstanding and who by his or her co-curricular activities and interests has contributed to the educational goals of the College.
This award is given by the Georgetown University Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, to undergraduate science students (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) who exhibit outstanding research.
The University awards two summer fellowships to students who have previously participated in the Research Opportunities Program.
The purpose of Student Research Days is to showcase the scientific research efforts of students and postdoctoral fellows at Georgetown University. Undergraduate students compete with masters students from the GU Medical School in the Bachelors/Masters Division. Click here for pictures from the 2004 event.
The Bakers Scholars Program provides a select group of juniors and seniors in Georgetown College with a unique opportunity to connect their studies to the world of business.
This award is named in honor of the former Chair of the Department of Biology, Prof. George Chapman, who initiated the Senior Thesis and dedicated himself to research and education. This medal is awarded to the undergraduate student with the most outstanding research project.
This medal is awarded to the senior who has exhibited the highest degree of industry, perseverance, leadership, maturity and promise in the field of Biology.
This alumni-endowed prize is for the student or students who enter the senior year with the highest academic record among majors and is named for two outstanding teachers in the Department's history.
The Zukowski Undergraduate Research Scholarships was established in 2002 and was made possible through a generous gift from Dr. Mark M. Zukowski, a 1971 graduate of the Biology Department at Georgetown University. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, Dr. Zukowski pursued a career in biotechnology. His fond memories of his senior thesis and the role it played in his future career underlie his commitment to today's undergraduate student researchers.