BMB Undergraduate Awards Applications
Undergraduate Award Descriptions, Eligibility, and Applications for web-based application
Contact information for questions:
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
Pamela J Fraker Undergraduate Scholarship
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
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 - if selected, awards will be applied to spring 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: Now accepting applications for the Pamela J Fraker Undergraduate Scholarship (Deadline
to apply – Friday, March 19, 2021 @ 5pm)
To apply, click here (PDF)
More information about the Fraker Scholarship
Notice: You must fill out two forms per nomination. All nominations require Form 1. All self-nominated Undergraduates additionally require Form 2. Only faculty nominations are required to fill out Form 3.
General Information - BMB Undergraduate Award Application Fall 2020 (Form 1)
(All self-nominated Undergraduates should fill out this form. If you are a faculty member nominating an undergraduate for the Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award/BMB Undergraduate Award for Excellence, you should fill out this form on their behalf.)
Award Specific - BMB Undergraduate Award Application Fall 2020 (Form 2)
(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!)
Faculty-Nominated Award - Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award/BMB Undergraduate Award for Excellence Application Fall 2020 (Form 3)
(Only faculty members should fill out this form; if you are filling out this form, please also fill out Form 1 using the link above.)