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CMPS Scholarships, Fellowships, Awards and Prizes Administered Through Departments

Computer Science
John D. Gannon Scholarship
Major: Computer Science
Class Standing: Varies
Amount of Award: $3,000
Number of Awards: One
Eligibility: Academic achievement. Priority given to students who have demonstrated aptitude for and commitment to teaching and research.
Application: CMSC Scholarship Application
   
Geology
Bengt Svenonius Memorial Scholarship
Major: Geology
Class Standing: Senior
Amount of Award: Varies
Number of Awards: One
Eligibility: Graduating senior with the highest overall scholastic average
Deadline: Not applicable
Application: Available in Geology Department
   
Leonard R. Fernow Memorial Faculty Field Camp Awards
Major: Geology
Class Standing: Must be enrolled in GEOL 490
Amount of Award: $200
Number of Awards: Varies
Eligibility: Must be in good academic standing; must clearly describe financial need.
Deadline: TBA
Application: Available in Geology Department
   
Mathematics
Abramowitz Award
Major: Mathematics
Class Standing: Junior or Senior
Amount of Award: $250 (varies)
Number of Awards: One
Eligibility: This annual award is made to a student majoring in mathematics who has demonstrated superior competence and promise for future development in the field of mathematics and its applications.
Deadline: April 1 (check with department for exact date)
Application: Usually nominated by faculty and decided upon by an awards committee.
   
Aziz Mathematics Scholarship
Major: Mathematics
Class Standing: Junior or Senior (apply in Spring of Sophomore or Junior Year)
Amount of Award: Approximately full instate tuition for Fall and Spring, in the case that a student is eligible to receive it.
Number of Awards: One or more
Eligibility: Mathematics major. The Aziz scholarship is the department's highest award of mathematical excellence for a non-graduating math major.
Deadline: April 1
Application: Nominated by faculty and decided upon by an awards committee.
 
Edgar Krahn Scholarship in Mathematics
Major: Unrestricted, usually Mathematics
Class Standing: Unrestricted, usually entering Freshmen
Amount of Award: Varies
Number of Awards: Varies
Eligibility: Recipient must be enrolled in mathematics courses at the University of Maryland
Deadline: None
Application: Recipients are selected by the Department of Mathematics on the basis of performance in the University of Maryland High School Mathematics Competition.
 
Euclid Teaching Assistants
Major: Mathematics or double major
Class Standing: Sophomore, Junior or Senior
Amount of Award: Pay at current Grad TA scale
Number of Awards: Varies
Eligibility: Education or mathematics major aiming to teach in secondary or middle school. An interview and final selection is based on both academic credentials and projected ability to function effectively in the classroom.
Deadline: Mid-March (check with department for exact date)
 
Higginbotham Award
Major: Mathematics
Class Standing: Junior
Amount of Award: $2,000
Number of Awards: One
Eligibility: This annual award is given to a student majoring in mathematics who in the opinion of the Chairman of the Department of Mathematics shows the greatest promise and who also has a need of financial assistance in order to complete the senior year.
Deadline: April 1 (check with department for exact date)
Application: Usually nominated by faculty and decided upon by an awards committee.
 
Outstanding Senior Award

Major: Mathematics
Class Standing: Senior
Amount of Award: $250 (varies)
Number of Awards: One
Eligibility: This annual award is made by the Chairman of the Department of Mathematics to the most outstanding mathematics major graduated during the academic year
Deadline: April 1 (check with department for exact date)
Application: Usually nominated by faculty and decided upon by an awards committee.
 
Secondary Education - Mathematics (SEM) Scholarship
Major: Double major in Secondary Education and Mathematics
Class Standing: Senior (apply in the spring before the year in which the semester
of student teaching is expected)
Amount of Award: $2,000
Number of Awards: Maximum of 2 per year
Eligibility: Overall GPA of at least 3.0; interest in becoming a secondary
school mathematics teacher. Award is based on merit. Scholarship goal
is to support promising students in their pursuit of teaching mathematics
in secondary school.
Deadline: April 1
Application: Application forms may be picked up at the Undergraduate
Office - Mathematics Building - Room 1117. Application requires
a short essay explaining why the student wishes to become a secondary
school mathematics teacher.
   
Strauss Scholarship
Major: Mathematics
Class Standing: Sophomore, Junior or Senior
Amount of Award: Full in-state tuition for Fall and Spring
Number of Awards: One
Eligibility: Full-time enrollment the previous year; completed 70 credits by Spring of the year award is to be made; overall G.P.A. of at least 3.2.; G.P.A. in math at least 3.5.; Interest in mathematics shown beyond the usual curriculum.
Deadline: Mid-March (check with department for exact date)
Application: Starts late February. Forms may be picked up at the Undergraduate Office – Department of Mathematics – Room 1117
   
Strauss Teaching Assistants
Major: Mathematics or double major
Class Standing: Sophomore, Junior or Senior
Amount of Award: Pay at current Grad TA scale
Number of Awards: Varies
Eligibility: Completed MATH 410 or MATH 350 with a grade of B or better; overall G.P.A. of 3.5 or higher; an interview and final selection is based on both academic credentials and projected ability to function effectively in the classroom. The Department encourages mathematics research activity for its strong students, for example, through the MATH 489 "research interaction teams". Students who are involved in such activity, or who have definite arrangements with a faculty member for such activity this Summer or Fall will be given preference.
Deadline: Mid-March (check with department for exact date)
Physics
Angelo Bardasis Scholarship
Major: Physics
Class Standing: not applicable
Amount of Award: varies
Number of Awards: varies
Eligibility: This award is given to a student majoring in Physics who in the opinion of the Chair of the Department of Physics shows great promise and who also has a need of financial assistance in order to complete their studies.
Deadline: N/A
Application: Submit letter of explanation of need and complete interview with the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education.
 
Honors Thesis Award
Major: Physics
Class Standing: Senior
Amount of Award: varies
Number of Awards: One
Eligibility: Graduating senior who completes the best undergraduate Senior Honors Thesis in Physics
Deadline: The award is made at the end of the Spring semester, check with
Department for deadlines.
Application: Submit completed Honors Thesis to Dr. Steve Anlage, Chair of the Physics Honors Committee
 
Jerry B. Marion Award
Major: Physics
Class Standing: Graduating Senior
Amount of Award: varies
Number of Awards: One
Eligibility: Graduating senior with an outstanding academic record and has a great concern for the profession of teaching and promise of becoming a fine teacher.
Deadline: N/A
Application: N/A
 
Joseph Helfand Memorial Scholarship in Physics
Major: Physics
Class Standing: Junior
Amount of Award: varies
Number of Awards: One
Eligibility: Junior Physics major demonstrating outstanding scholarship and financial need
Deadline: The award is made at the end of the Spring semester; check with Department undergraduate office for deadlines.
Application: Contact Physics Student Services office
 
Laptop Award
Major: Physics
Class Standing: entering freshman
Amount of Award: laptop computer
Number of Awards: varies
Eligibility: Entering physics freshmen who show particular promise in physics and recognition of scholastic aptitude by receiving a merit-based scholarship from the University of Maryland.
Deadline: The award is made at the beginning of each Spring semester.
Application: Automatic upon admission to the Physics program.
 
Monroe H. Martin Graduate Research Fellowship
Major: Physics/Math
Class Standing: Fourth-year graduate student
Amount of Award: varies
Number of Awards: One
Eligibility: Fourth-year graduate student whose research encompasses physics and mathematics
Deadline: The award is made at the end of the Spring semester, check with Department graduate offices for deadlines.
Application: Contact Physics and Mathematics graduate offices
 
Professor William M. MacDonald Physics Scholarship
Major: Physics
Class Standing: Senior
Amount of Award: varies
Number of Awards: One
Eligibility: Senior physics major demonstrating need;GPA > 3.25
Deadline: The award is made at the end of the Spring semester; check with Department undergraduate office for deadlines.
Application: Contact Physics Student Services office

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