Biology Scholarships

College of Arts and Sciences - Chemistry and Biochemistry
College of Arts and Sciences - Biology
College of Arts and Sciences - Environmental and Ocean Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences - Physics and Biophysics

• Must be a second year or third year student at USD majoring in the Department of Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Physics and Biophysics, and Environmental and Ocean Sciences.
• If awarded, must remain a student in one of these majors during the award period.
• Must have a grade point average at or higher than a 3.25/4.00.
• Students awarded with the Hayes research fellowship for the summer are no longer eligible to receive funding from other summer research programs such as STARBURST.
• Previous Hayes Scholarship/Fellowship recipients are ineligible to apply. Those who have applied in the past and did not receive a Hayes Scholarship are eligible to re-apply.

June 2003 marked the grand opening of the Donald P. Shiley Center for Science and Technology, and the retirement of Dr. Alice B. Hayes, President of the University of San Diego. As part of the opening of the Shiley Center, a scholarship fund in honor of Dr. Hayes was therefore established in support of students who display merit and majoring in biology, chemistry or biochemistry, environmental and ocean sciences, biophysics or physics. Students may choose to use funding from the Hayes Scholarship fund to support summer and academic year research. A committee of faculty members from the four science departments will judge applications.

Potential applicants must email Lana Nguyen (lananguyen@sandiego.edu) in the Dean’s Office stating the type and amount you are applying for (scholarship for tuition and fees or research fellowship) prior to applying, to see if you qualify to receive the funds if you are selected as a recipient.

College of Arts and Sciences - Chemistry and Biochemistry
College of Arts and Sciences - Biology
College of Arts and Sciences - Environmental and Ocean Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences - Physics and Biophysics
College of Arts and Sciences - Psychological Sciences

• Undergraduate student
• Studying in the sciences
• Preference for students of color
• Prference for minorities underrepresented in science

Distributions from the fund shall be used to support scholarships for undergraduate students in the college studying in the sciences with preference for students of color and minorities underrepresented in science. Funds may be used primarily for but are not limited to student research summer stipends, research employment at USD during the regular school year, student travel related to research (such as field work or research conferences), and to purchase research supplies on behalf of students.

College of Arts and Sciences - Chemistry and Biochemistry
College of Arts and Sciences - Biology
College of Arts and Sciences - Environmental and Ocean Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences - Physics and Biophysics
College of Arts and Sciences - Psychological Sciences

The Edward B. Warren Scholarship Fund is to be held and administered as a restricted scholarship to be awarded to an undergraduate student majoring in a science program.