BMB Undergraduate Awards Applications
Undergraduate Award Descriptions, Eligibility, and Applications for web-based application
BMB Awards Committee Chair Kristin Parent (kparent@msu.edu)
BMB Undergraduate Program Administrative Assistant Mary Villarreal (villar30@msu.edu)
BMB offers five self-nominated awards, and one faculty-nominated award for current undergraduates. Undergraduates are strongly encouraged to apply to all awards they are eligible for. Some eligibility requirements are provided in each of the award descriptions, but see the Award Eligibility Requirement Tables below for a full list of eligibility requirements. Applications for these awards are also provided below.
Undergraduate Award Descriptions - Self-Nominated
Dr. James K. Billman, Jr., Undergraduate Research Award
Professor Richard L. Anderson Endowed Undergraduate Research Prize
Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Moore-Billman Scholarship in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Pamela J Fraker Undergraduate Scholarship (not offered in the 2021-2022 academic year)
Undergraduate Award Descriptions - Faculty-Nominated
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award/BMB Undergraduate Award for Excellence
Undergraduate AWARD ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT Tables
Eligibility requirements for Self-nominated awards.
IMPORTANT: For the research associated awards, you must be doing research during the Spring 2022 semester.
Funds will be applied to your "Spring" semester tuition.
|
Award Name |
Major requirement? |
Minimum GPA? |
Financial Need Requirement |
Personal Statement |
Research Statement |
Letter of Rec. |
Status |
|
Fraker |
BMB or BMB/Biotech preferred, not mandatory |
3.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Sophomore or above |
|
Billman |
BMB or BMB/Biotech |
3.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Junior or above |
|
Anderson |
BMB or BMB/Biotech |
3.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Junior or above |
|
U R F |
BMB or BMB/Biotech preferred, not mandatory |
3.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Junior or above |
|
Moore-Billman |
BMB or BMB/Biotech
|
3.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Sophomore or Junior |
Eligibility requirements for Faculty-nominated awards
|
Award Name |
Major requirement? |
Minimum GPA? |
Financial Need Requirement |
Personal Statement |
Research Statement |
Letter of Rec. |
Status |
|
O U A |
BMB or BMB/Biotech |
None |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Senior only |
Undergraduate Award Applications
Notice: The application period for these awards will open in the fall 2022.
BMB Undergraduate Award Application
(All self-nominated Undergraduates should fill out this form. Be sure to indicate which awards you are applying for, and be sure to fill out the required sections for each award as indicated on this form!)
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award/BMB Undergraduate Award for Excellence Application
(Only faculty members should fill out this form!)