Department of Biology Scholarships

The Department of Biology has numerous scholarships available for undergraduate and graduate students. Most of these have deadlines in the early spring. Please watch for flyers around the department announcing these scholarships and providing details about qualifications and means of applying for them.  Almost all of these scholarships have application deadlines in early spring and require an application letter and letters of references.

Dr. Paul Acquarone Award in Plant Sciences
This award was established in 1982 on an endowed basis by family and friends in memory of Paul Acquarone, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Botany and Geology who retired in 1965. Endowment income is made available to students specializing in the plant sciences for the purchase of books, materials, travel and tuition. ~$450.00

Burgner Memorial Medical Scholarship
An endowed fund established in memory of the late Dr. Earl W. Burgner by his wife, Lois, class of 1922, and friends for the purpose of financial assistance to a premedical student, selected on the basis of academic achievement. This award is for UA students entering their 3rd or 4th year in the Fall of 2003. ~$1,750.00

Dr. Kevin E. Kelleher Memorial Fund
An endowed fund established by the immediate family of the late Dr. Kevin E. Kelleher, former Assistant Professor of Biology. The fund will provide scholarship assistance to worthy students specializing in ecology. ~$950.00

Dr. Roger F. Keller, Jr., Award
This endowed award was established in 1983 by colleagues, family and friends in honor of Dr. Roger F. Keller, Jr., Professor Emeritus in the Community and Technical College, who retired in December 1982. Endowment income is made available to students majoring in biology, with preference to those specializing in genetics or biotechnology, for the purchase of books, materials, travel and tuition. ~$900.00

Alice and Walter Macior Award in Plant Sciences
The Alice and Walter Macior Award in Plant Sciences was established in 1994 in honor and loving memory of the parents of Dr. Lazarus Walter Macior, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biology. Awards are made to students accepted in a graduate program specializing in botany or plant sciences. ~$650.00

Dr. Charles Alexander McClelland Endowed Scholarship
The endowment fund was established by Donald W. McClelland and his wife, Jane Heacock McClelland, and brother, George B. McClelland, a 1933 pre-medical graduate of The University of Akron. The fund was established to provide scholarships to pre-medical students in their junior or senior year at UA. The scholarship is awarded on the basis of outstanding academic achievement and need. ~$5,000.00

VanBuren Medical School Award
An annual award of $500 is made to an outstanding student who has been accepted by a school of medicine in the United States. Selection is made by the Chair of the Department of Biology and the President of the University. This endowed fund was established by the VanBurens in 1967. Preference will be given to a four year BS Biology student who has been accepted to a medical school other than NEOUCOM for Fall 2003. (BS/MD students are not eligible.)

VanBuren NEOUCOM Scholarship
This endowed scholarship, established by the VanBurens in 1980, provides an annual fund in the amount of $450 to a worthy six-year BS/MD student enrolled at UA as a participant in the NEOUCOM program. Selection is made by a BS/MD faculty screening committee. See Dr. bagatto for an application form.

George E. Wilkinson Scholarship
Established in 1985 by John E. Wilkinson of Akron, a loyal friend of the University, this endowed fund honors his father, George E. Wilkinson, for whom he holds the utmost love and respect. The fund provides tuition assistance for deserving pre-med students, with preference for students preparing for careers in service to the aging. Preference is given to children of employees of The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Students must be entering their 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year of a 4 year degree program. ~$950.00