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

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BMB offers five self-nominated awards, and one faculty-nominated award for 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 (NOT offered in 2020-2021)
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
 

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Undergraduate AWARD ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT TaBLEs

Eligibility requirements for Self-nominated awards

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

 

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Undergraduate Award Applications

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.)
 

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