Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program Renewed

UWF is pleased to announce renewal of the Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program initiated in 2003. The program is a joint collaboration between the Biology and Chemistry departments where students are paid to complete research on a project designed by faculty from each discipline. With UWF matching fund, the grant program will provide summer research stipends for eight students to participate in research efforts at the interface of chemistry and biology.

The 2009 grant award will allow this collaborative effort to now extend for at least nine total years between the two grants. For more information, please the website for the Working Group in Biological Chemistry -click here.

2009 Department of Chemistry Scholarship Awards

The Department of Chemistry has awarded $15,000 in scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year to fifteen undergraduate chemistry students. Jenna Bilbrey, Deborah Barkley and Jennifer Glancy have been awarded a Ralph K. Birdwhistell Scholarship. To be selected for this prestigious award, a junior or senior chemistry student must show a potential to make substantial contributions in the field of chemistry. This scholarship is funded by an endowment which honors founding members of the UWF Department of Chemistry.

Sharon Blackwell has been awarded the Pall Corporation Scholarship in Chemistry. This is a new scholarship that is annually support by Pall Corporation and is directed towards students from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties pursuing a degree in chemistry. Pall has been a wonderful supporter of the chemistry program at UWF via additional support for Project SEED and the hiring of chemistry undergraduate student interns.

The Department of Chemistry also awarded scholarships to Korry Barnes, Luther McDonald, Melinda Bottenfield, Scott Shaw, Rebecca Herman, Chelsie Beck, Pauli Bruns, Dolan Dean, Alie Mallet, Erica Pounds, and Cynthia Sports. These students have demonstrated excellent performance in their chemistry programs. The faculty of the Department of Chemistry are very pleased and proud to be able to provide financial support to students pursuing an education in chemistry.

All scholarship awards are supported entirely from the very generous donations of alumni, faculty, and friends of the UWF Department of Chemistry.