Undergraduate chemistry majors have several scholarship opportunities available from the chemical industry. Professional associations and corporations offer scholarships to undergraduate chemistry students on a regular basis. Scholarships for minority students also are available. Check with associations representing minorities in chemistry as well as associations for specializations within chemistry and on the websites of chemical corporations to learn of other opportunities.
American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society Scholarship
The American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society Scholarship is worth $1,500 to a chemistry or chemical engineering student with at least a 3.0 grade point average (GPA). The scholarship is renewable.
American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society's ACS Scholars Program is open to African-American, American-Indian and Hispanic chemical science students. Awards are for up to $5,000, and the number and amount of the scholarships may vary from year to year as funding changes. Students in their high school senior year and college students in their freshmen through junior years may apply.
UNCF-MERCK Science Research Scholarships and Fellowships
The UNCF-MERCK Science Research Scholarships and Fellowships are open to African-American students. The undergraduate winners work two summer research programs with stipends totaling at least $10,000 that take place at a Merck facility in New Jersey, Pennsylvania or California. Merck scientists mentor them. The award provides up to $25,000 toward tuition, fees, and room and board. The winners' chemistry departments may also receive a grant of up to $10,000, depending on funding.
American Meteorological Society
The American Meteorological Society offers a range of scholarships for chemistry students, including the AMS/Industry Minority Scholarship, the AMS Freshman Undergraduate Scholarship worth $5,000, and the AMS Undergraduate Named Scholarship. Amounts of the awards may differ depending on the amount of available funding for each scholarship.
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
The American Association for Clinical Chemistry provides a wide range of scholarships for students who want to study chemistry at the undergraduate level. It provides scholarship funds mainly through the Van Slyke Foundation. Some of the scholarships are for travel and research.
ACS-Hach Land Grant Undergraduate Scholarship
The American Chemical Society sponsors the ACS-Hach Land Grant Undergraduate Scholarship, which is for undergraduate chemistry students at one of the society's 72 partner universities. The scholarship is worth up to $6,000 per year for up to six years and is available to students who express the intention to teach high school chemistry.
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