Graduate Awards & Travel Scholarships

Distinguished Dissertation Award

This rewards original scholarship and research at the doctoral level.
$1,000 Honorarium

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Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award

This rewards distinguished scholarship and research at the master’s level.
$500 Honorarium

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Travel Scholarships

This scholarship supports graduate student travel for conference presentations and scholarly activities.

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Donald K. Anderson Teaching Assistant Award

This rewards current students with a teaching assistantship who demonstrate excellence and lasting impact in the classroom, positive attitudes and personalities, enthusiasm and commitment, and mentorship to peers and/or undergraduates.
$500-$1,000 Prize

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Donald K. Anderson Research Assistant Award

Rewards current students with a research assistantship who demonstrate excellence and lasting impact through contributions to scholarship, future promise as a scholar, originality, imagination, satisfactory progress toward a degree, and research mentoring to peers.
$500-$1,000 Prize

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Mary Elizabeth Gutermuth Award for Community Engagement

The Mary Elizabeth Gutermuth Award is bestowed on a graduate student whose scholarly and/or creative activity demonstrates a commitment to community service through engaged scholarship.

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Sandra K. Abell Science Education Award

The Sandra K. Abell Award was created to honor Sandi Abell’s memory and to recognize the outstanding achievements of a graduate student pursuing a PhD in any science discipline who has demonstrated a passion for both teaching and research.
$1,500 Scholarship

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Nancy and Bill Laurie Scholarship

No application is necessary; the recipient is notified by the Office of Financial Aid.

Qualifications:

Graduated from a high school within the State of Missouri
Enrolled full-time as a graduate student
Demonstrates financial need

One or two students are selected for the award each year.

Previous Award Winners

Each award recipient is honored at the annual Graduate and Postdoctoral Awards Banquet.

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Graduate Awards & Travel Scholarships

Dissertation Year Fellowships

These fellowships are intended to help defray dissertation research expenses in the same academic year that a student will defend their dissertation.

Distinguished Dissertation Award

This rewards original scholarship and research at the doctoral level.
$1,000 Honorarium

Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award

This rewards distinguished scholarship and research at the master’s level.
$500 Honorarium

Travel Scholarships

This scholarship supports graduate student travel for conference presentations and scholarly activities.

Donald K. Anderson Teaching Assistant Award

This rewards current students with a teaching assistantship who demonstrate excellence and lasting impact in the classroom, positive attitudes and personalities, enthusiasm and commitment, and mentorship to peers and/or undergraduates.
$500-$1,000 Prize

Donald K. Anderson Research Assistant Award

Rewards current students with a research assistantship who demonstrate excellence and lasting impact through contributions to scholarship, future promise as a scholar, originality, imagination, satisfactory progress toward a degree, and research mentoring to peers.
$500-$1,000 Prize

Mary Elizabeth Gutermuth Award for Community Engagement

The Mary Elizabeth Gutermuth Award is bestowed on a graduate student whose scholarly and/or creative activity demonstrates a commitment to community service through engaged scholarship.

Sandra K. Abell Science Education Award

The Sandra K. Abell Award was created to honor Sandi Abell’s memory and to recognize the outstanding achievements of a graduate student pursuing a PhD in any science discipline who has demonstrated a passion for both teaching and research.
$1,500 Scholarship

Nancy and Bill Laurie Scholarship

No application is necessary; the recipient is notified by the Office of Financial Aid.

Previous Award Winners

Each award recipient is honored at the annual Graduate and Postdoctoral Awards Banquet.

Graduate Awards & Travel Scholarships

Dissertation Year Fellowships

These fellowships are intended to help defray dissertation research expenses in the same academic year that a student will defend their dissertation.

Distinguished Dissertation Award

This rewards original scholarship and research at the doctoral level. $1,000 Honorarium

Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award

This rewards distinguished scholarship and research at the master’s level. $500 Honorarium

Travel Scholarships

This scholarship supports graduate student travel for conference presentations and scholarly activities.

Donald K. Anderson Teaching Assistant Award

This rewards current students with a teaching assistantship who demonstrate excellence and lasting impact in the classroom, positive attitudes and personalities, enthusiasm and commitment, and mentorship to peers and/or undergraduates. $500-$1,000 Prize

Donald K. Anderson Research Assistant Award

Rewards current students with a research assistantship who demonstrate excellence and lasting impact through contributions to scholarship, future promise as a scholar, originality, imagination, satisfactory progress toward a degree, and research mentoring to peers. $500-$1,000 Prize

Mary Elizabeth Gutermuth Award for Community Engagement

The Mary Elizabeth Gutermuth Award is bestowed on a graduate student whose scholarly and/or creative activity demonstrates a commitment to community service through engaged scholarship.

Sandra K. Abell Science Education Award

The Sandra K. Abell Award was created to honor Sandi Abell’s memory and to recognize the outstanding achievements of a graduate student pursuing a PhD in any science discipline who has demonstrated a passion for both teaching and research. $1,500 Scholarship

Nancy and Bill Laurie Scholarship

No application is necessary; the recipient is notified by the Office of Financial Aid.

Previous Award Winners

Each award recipient is honored at the annual Graduate and Postdoctoral Awards Banquet.

This rewards original scholarship and research at the doctoral level.
$1,000 Honorarium

This rewards distinguished scholarship and research at the master’s level.
$500 Honorarium

This rewards current students with a teaching assistantship who demonstrate excellence and lasting impact in the classroom, positive attitudes and personalities, enthusiasm and commitment, and mentorship to peers and/or undergraduates.
$500-$1,000 Prize

Rewards current students with a research assistantship who demonstrate excellence and lasting impact through contributions to scholarship, future promise as a scholar, originality, imagination, satisfactory progress toward a degree, and research mentoring to peers.
$500-$1,000 Prize

The Sandra K. Abell Award was created to honor Sandi Abell’s memory and to recognize the outstanding achievements of a graduate student pursuing a PhD in any science discipline who has demonstrated a passion for both teaching and research.
$1,500 Scholarship