Physics Department Scholarships
John R. and Karen Edwards Graduate Scholarship in Semiconductor Physics
University Fellows Program (available to incoming Ph.D. students)
William S. Bickel Graduate Fellowship
Other UofA Fellowships and Scholarships
The UofA Graduate College provides information about the UA funding opportunities
General Fellowships and Scholarships
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Awards
The College of Science Graduate Awards
Each College of Science department may nominate ONE graduate student in each award category. The nominee will receive departmental Graduate Award in each category, presented at the Spring College of Science Graduate Awards event. The CoS Awards Committee will select the CoS overall awardee from among the departmental awardees. Please note that the Department of Physics will ask for multiple nominees that the Department Award Committee will then choose one awardee to be submitted to the College of Science. Solicitation of nominees will happen in the Spring semesters.
Outstanding research publications, presentations at meetings, and scholarships awarded.
Awardees:
- Anna Roche (25/26)
- Parth Kumar (24/25)
- Christopher Kane (23/24)
- Rachel Nieken (22/23)
- Housain Alqattan (21/22)
- Fateme Mahdikhanysarvejahany (20/21)
Attention to broader impacts and involvement in activities outside of academic responsibilities that benefit the department, university and the larger community.
Awardees:
- Chloe Marzano (25/26)
- Brianna Billingsley (24/25)
- Brianna Billingsley (23/25)
- Fateme Mahdikhanysarvejahany (22/23)
- Daniel Shanks (21/22)
- Huanyang Song (20/21)
Teaching or mentoring that goes above and beyond what is required; positive evaluations or other feedback from students, willingness to help junior graduate students, etc.
Awardees:
- Shelbi Foster (25/26)
- Harry Mayrhofer (24/25)
- Maximilan Thomas (23/24)
- Jose Daniel Castro-Cisneros (22/23)
- Jingwei Liu (21/22)
- James Skowronek (20/21)