FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Each fall, the Graduate Office will notify students when applications will be accepted for consideration. Award announcements will be made at the annual departmental awards ceremony.
The deadline for Faculty Nominations is September 15, 2021. For those awards which require a faculty nomination, the faculty member should click on the award link to upload a nomination letter. Students can't apply directly for nominated awards, but a student nominee will be notified by email and asked to complete the application.
Applications will open August 15, 2021 with a September 15, 2021 deadline. Decisions should be announced by October 15, 2021.
Please contact gradinfo@bio.fsu.edu if you need assistance!
Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards
Research Support Awards
Travel AwardsThe Brenda Weems Bennison Memorial Scholarship in Graduate Studies provides support for the awardee's participation in an off-campus training program specialized course or organized research experience.
Candidate's statement on academic and research interests and career plans
FSU transcript
Curriculum vita
Letter of evaluation from major professor
Nominations by Faculty.
Nomination letter from faculty (submitted at time of nomination)
Nominated student should submit an up-to-date CV
One-page description of research project with a statement on intended use of the award
a detailed budget
The Graduate Student Publication Award (Faculty Graduate Endowed Scholarship) has been established to recognize outstanding publications by graduate students. An award will be presented annually to a Department of Biological Science graduate student who is the first or sole author of an outstanding paper reporting research conducted at Florida State University. The objective of this award is to honor graduate students who produce outstanding papers and to encourage students to publish their work before completion of their degree. This award has been endowed with royalties received for departmental faculty publications.
One copy of the paper
Letter from the student's graduate advisor. The advisor's letter should verify that the research reported in the paper was done at Florida State describe the contribution of the student toward designing and performing the research and writing the manuscript and comment on the impact the paper has had or likely will have on the student's field of investigation.
Provide support for a year while the student is engaged in marine research or to defray expenses associated with that research.
Nomination letter from faculty (submitted at time of nomination)
Curriculum Vita
One page description of research project
statement on intended use of award (including budget).
The Horace Loftin Endowment was established to provide travel support to graduate students for their initial visit to the neotropical environment to conduct field research. Preference will be given to but not limited to travel to the Republic of Panama for fieldwork through the University's Panama facilities.
Brief statement summarizing research program and describing how this particular off-campus experience will contribute to your research and to your ultimate career goals
Letter from advisor detailing how participation in this field experience will contribute to the student's research program
The award recognizes graduate students for outstanding progress in their research. Recipients may use the award to attend a scientific meeting or for any other purpose that will advance their careers. Nominated by faculty.
The Robert B. Short Scholarship in Zoology will support the awardee's participation in an off-campus organized research experience or training program or specialized course of study such as are offered at the Duke University Marine Station the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory or the Mountain Lake Biological Station. Selection of the awardee is based on academic qualifications demonstrated interest in a career in zoology unmet expenses associated with participation in the program and the relevance of the proposed off-campus experience to the applicant's biological and career interests.
Candidate's statement on academic and research interests and career plans
FSU transcript (undergraduates only)
Curriculum vita (graduate students only)
Statement of costs and financial resources
Description of off-campus program or short course
Letter of evaluation from faculty
A scholarship of $500 will be awarded each fall term to provide support for a graduate student within the Department of Biological Science.
Applicant should submit an abstract of their most recent research
GRE scores
a paragraph outlining how the area of research will facilitate his/her future long-term career goal
a CV
the faculty mentor should submit a one page letter outlining the scholarship of the student,length of time the applicant has pursued research under their mentorship,and other important facets to distinguish the applicant's abilities such as publication productivity, national recognitions and collegiality.
This scholarship provides up to $1000 for an undergraduate or up to $3000 for a graduate student to do research. The funds may be used for travel to a research site, supplies, data analysis or anything else needed for the student to conduct their research. Preference will be given to students who need the funds for the actual conduct of research rather than to attend a research-related workshop or training program.
The student's CV
a description of the student's research
an explanation of how the funds will be spent
The student must request a supporting letter from the student's major professor/faculty supervisor. This letter must be to explain why the work cannot be accomplished with grant funds.