Undergraduate Physics Scholarships

Undergraduate Physics Scholarships

The Department of Physics awards scholarships to many of its exceptional physics majors at the freshman through senior levels. Below is a list of the scholarships available through the Department. Scholarship recipients are selected in the Spring. Along with the corresponding requirements, the students are selected on the basis of their GPA.

Apply

Complete the Physics Department Scholarship Application which is available in MS Word format or Adobe PDF.

Email your application to Jane Peterson or send via USPS to Jane Peterson, K-State Physics, 116 Cardwell Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-2601. If you are on campus, feel free to take your application directly to the main Physics Department office in Cardwell 116 or to Jane Peterson in Cardwell 107.

Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. CST on March 1, 2013

If you have any questions, contact Jane Peterson by phone at (785) 532-1603 or by e-mail.

Scholarships Available

Name Requirements

Kathryn and Charles Bearman Scholarship This scholarship will be awarded to female sophomores or above majoring in Physics.

James A. Branson Memorial Scholarship Chemistry or physics major (also engineering).

A.B. Cardwell Scholarship Physics major.

Clarence S. and Jane Clay Physics Scholarship Awarded to Physics majors whose primary goal is teaching at the secondary level.

Basil & Mary Curnutte Scholarship Undergraduate or graduate student in Physics.

Howard and Helen Doyle Science Scholarship This scholarship will be awarded to exceptional students from Bala and Fancy Creek Townships in Riley County, KS majoring in Engineering or Sciences.

Dragsdorf Physics Scholarship Undergraduate or graduate student in physics.

William Joe L. Dempsey Memorial This scholarship may be awarded to any worthy student completing his/her junior year at Kansas State University with a major in science who is planning a career in medicine. Preference will be given to an applicant who indicates a special interest in Physics.

Louis Ellsworth Memorial Physics majors who are citizens of the United States and a Kansas Resident. Preference shall be given to Riley County.

John P. Giese Scholarship This scholarship shall be awarded to a student majoring in Physics, who has contributed to the success of the Physics Club and who has participated in a research project.

J.O. Hamilton Memorial Scholarship Engineering or Physics major; freshman.

Paul Hewitt Scholarship Awarded to students whose primary goal is teaching physics at any level.

Leo E. Hudiburg Scholarship Any physics students in good standing.

James R. Macdonald Scholarship Physics majors.

Ronald D. Parks Memorial Scholarship Undergraduate or graduate student in Physics. Undergraduate recipients shall receive the scholarship beginning the fall semester of their junior or senior year and may receive the award for a second year if they make adequate progress toward a degree. Graduate recipients of this award will be first or second year graduate students and may receive the award for a second year if they are in good academic standing.

Physics Department Scholarship Physics majors.

Ralph and Ina Shenk Scholarship Awarded to a student who has a desire to teach physics; possibly with a combination of mathematics and/or chemistry at the college or pre-college level. A minimum grade point average of 2.75 in high school is required of freshman recipients and of those students who are receiving this aid while attending Kansas State University. The recipient must be a citizen of the United States with preference given to a resident of the state of Kansas.

Kenneth and Maxine Burkhard Science Teaching Scholarship Junior or senior showing satisfactory progress toward a bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology or Microbiology who wish to become certified for seondary school teaching.

Name	Requirements
Kathryn and Charles Bearman Scholarship	This scholarship will be awarded to female sophomores or above majoring in Physics.
James A. Branson Memorial Scholarship	Chemistry or physics major (also engineering).
A.B. Cardwell Scholarship	Physics major.
Clarence S. and Jane Clay Physics Scholarship	Awarded to Physics majors whose primary goal is teaching at the secondary level.
Basil & Mary Curnutte Scholarship	Undergraduate or graduate student in Physics.
Howard and Helen Doyle Science Scholarship	This scholarship will be awarded to exceptional students from Bala and Fancy Creek Townships in Riley County, KS majoring in Engineering or Sciences.
Dragsdorf Physics Scholarship	Undergraduate or graduate student in physics.
William Joe L. Dempsey Memorial	This scholarship may be awarded to any worthy student completing his/her junior year at Kansas State University with a major in science who is planning a career in medicine. Preference will be given to an applicant who indicates a special interest in Physics.
Louis Ellsworth Memorial	Physics majors who are citizens of the United States and a Kansas Resident. Preference shall be given to Riley County.
John P. Giese Scholarship	This scholarship shall be awarded to a student majoring in Physics, who has contributed to the success of the Physics Club and who has participated in a research project.
J.O. Hamilton Memorial Scholarship	Engineering or Physics major; freshman.
Paul Hewitt Scholarship	Awarded to students whose primary goal is teaching physics at any level.
Leo E. Hudiburg Scholarship	Any physics students in good standing.
James R. Macdonald Scholarship	Physics majors.
Ronald D. Parks Memorial Scholarship	Undergraduate or graduate student in Physics. Undergraduate recipients shall receive the scholarship beginning the fall semester of their junior or senior year and may receive the award for a second year if they make adequate progress toward a degree. Graduate recipients of this award will be first or second year graduate students and may receive the award for a second year if they are in good academic standing.
Physics Department Scholarship	Physics majors.
Ralph and Ina Shenk Scholarship	Awarded to a student who has a desire to teach physics; possibly with a combination of mathematics and/or chemistry at the college or pre-college level. A minimum grade point average of 2.75 in high school is required of freshman recipients and of those students who are receiving this aid while attending Kansas State University. The recipient must be a citizen of the United States with preference given to a resident of the state of Kansas.
Kenneth and Maxine Burkhard Science Teaching Scholarship	Junior or senior showing satisfactory progress toward a bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology or Microbiology who wish to become certified for seondary school teaching.