To reward the very best, motivated and advanced science students, and challenge them to get the most from themselves and Penn. The Award will pay the tuition and general fees in the third and/or fourth years, INDEPENDENT of financial need. Up to five new Awards will be made each year.
The College student who submatriculates in the Physics or Chemistry graduate groups will be eligible for the Award when he/she completes 15 credit units (about 80%) of the required mathematics and science courses (including advanced placement credit) for the Physics, Chemistry, Biophysics or Biochemistry majors. In addition, science and mathematics grades must be in the upper 25% of the College grade point average distribution (about 3.7 out of 4.0).
The Award Committee consists of Graduate Group chairs of Physics and Chemistry with the Undergraduate Chairs of Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics, all members of the standing faculty.
At the end of four years at Penn, the student will earn a B.A. and a M.S. Alternatively, the student may continue with research directly towards a Ph.D. in Physics or Chemistry at Penn. In either case, a B.A. is awarded only if the language and distributional requirements are satisfied.
It is expected that recipients will pursue careers in science and technology including medicine. Two years of tuition and fees will total about $80,000 for 2007-2009.
The typical student (between 10 and 20 any given year) in the submatriculation
program will qualify during the third academic year. A significant
number of the students can qualify after the second year.
2005 Awardees
Jason Beiger, '06, Chemistry, Biochemistry
Lauren Zeitels, '06, Biochemistry
Elisabetta Matsumoto, '07, Physics
Adam Roth, '07, Physics
2006 Awardees
Sujit Datta, '08, Physics
Steven Hershman, '08, Biochemistry
Tara Kaufmann, '07, Biochemistry
2007 Awardees
Chenghong Huang, '09, Biochemistry, Chemistry
Benjamin Stinson, '09, Biochemistry
Lauren Wozniak, '08, Physics, Mathematics, Philosophy
2008 Awardees
New:
Phillip Benedetti, '10, Biochemistry, Chemistry
Matthew Berck, '10, Biochemistry, Physics
Jarad Mason, '09, Chemistry
Continuing:
Chenghong Huang, '09, Biochemistry, Chemistry
Benjamin Stinson, '09, Biochemistry
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