American
Microchemical Society Award - Sponsored by the American
Microchemical Society for undergraduate students
doing research in analytical chemistry. $1000 award,
$250 travel allowance, and accommodations for two nights
to attend the Eastern Analytical Symposium. Awardee presents
poster at the EAS meeting.
Analytical Chemistry
Award from the Analytical Division of the American Chemical
Society - The award includes an 8-month subscription to the
Journal of Analytical Chemistry, and an 8-month subscription
to the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry. Must have completed
junior year and demonstrated a clear interest in analytical
chemistry.
American Institute
of Chemists (AIC) Award - The
award includes a one-year associate membership in the AIC,
and an honored guest status at a special awards banquet.
Awarded to a graduating chemistry major.
CRC Freshman Chemistry
Awards - This award includes a copy of the Handbook of Chemistry
and Physics with a commemorative scroll attached to the inside
front cover. Awarded to students who
have recently completed general chemistry.
Connecticut Valley
Section of the ACS Award - This award includes a one-year membership to the
American Chemical Society, a subscription to the ACS Journal
of the student's choice and an embossed certificate. It is
presented annually to a graduating senior at the CVS Undergraduate
Student Research Symposium.
Richard W. Fessenden
Memorial Scholarship - This award involves a cash gift of $100 and
inscription of the recipient's name on the Fessenden Plaque.
Awarded to a senior who best exemplifies
the twin attributes of high scholarship and citizenship within
the chemistry department.
Hypercube Scholar
Award - This award includes a plaque and the latest
professional version of HyperChem software. Awarded to a graduating
senior who plans to attend graduate school and whose career
plans might include molecular modeling.
The Merck Index
Award - This award includes a copy of the Merck Index with the
recipient's name embossed in gold on the front cover. Awarded
to a graduating senior chemistry major
generally based on scholastic criteria.
Pfizer Undergraduate
Research Forum - This award
includes the opportunity to display their research at Pfizer
corporate headquarters in Groton, CT. Candidates nominated
by the chemistry department and selected
by Pfizer to work during the summer after the junior year.
Jay A. Pirog Scholarship - Annual award to animal science and chemistry major (one
each) who have a financial need and maintain
a 3.2 GPA.
George
R. Richason, Jr. Award for Excellence in
Undergraduate Research - This award includes a $30 gift certificate
at a local retail store. Awarded for the best undergraduate
poster at the annual Chemistry Department Posterfest.
Edward
Shapiro Scholarship Fund - Scholarships
based on need and scholarship to a son
or daughter of a New England Nuclear employee,
son or daughter of a Massachusetts subsidiary
of Dupont, or, if no candidates from these
two categories, a chemistry major at any
of the UMass campuses. Awarded to students
who are matriculated at UMass, chemistry
majors, and in the freshman to junior classes.
Awards have ranged from $1000 to $2600
in the past.
Sigma
Xi Award for Excellence in Research in
the Sciences and Engineering - A $100 cash award plus a one-year
associate membership in Sigma Xi to a graduating senior.
Last year four awards were made at UMass.
Nominations solicited by the Commonwealth
College in early May.
Robert
Maxwell Williams Memorial Scholarship
Fund - This award includes $200 and an embossed
certificate. Awards to be made to recognize
accomplishments of undergraduates in the
non-majors organic chemistry courses. |
