The College of Science each year recognizes students who excel in the categories below. Each department awards their own students in each of these categories; department recipients are eligible to receive the college-wide award for each category.

1. Scholarship: outstanding research publications, presentations at meetings, and scholarships awarded.

The Kuiper Award is presented to students of the planetary sciences who best exemplify, through the high quality of their researches and the excellence of their scholastic achievements, the goals and standards established and maintained by Gerard P. Kuiper, founder of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and the Department of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona.

Funding Source:

Lunar and Planetary Laboratory/Department of Planetary Sciences

How to Apply:

The Galileo Circle is looking for students committed to academic excellence and at the forefront of changing and bettering our world.

Funding Source:

Members of the Galileo Circle

How to Apply:

Nominations are typically solicited in early March. Application materials to be submitted to the department includes:

1. Personal Statement (1 page)

2. Resume

3. Letter of support from a College of Science faculty member

The Andersson Award recognizes attention to broader impacts and involvement in activities outside of academic responsibilities that benefit the department, university and the larger community. For example, this student may represent graduate student interests on councils or committees, organize graduate student events, assist departmental recruitment, participate in K-12 outreach, etc.

Funding Source: 

Lunar and Planetary Laboratory/Department of Planetary Sciences

The Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence Award is an LPL initiative which is intended to promote, recognize, and reward exemplary performance among graduate teaching assistants assigned to PTYS undergraduate courses. The award consists of funding intended to be used toward travel and expenses to professional meeting chosen by the recipient. The Department is prepared to make one award per semester. All graduate teaching assistants assigned to PTYS courses are eligible, whether or not their home department is PTYS.

The Shirley D. Curson Education Plus Fund in Planetary Sciences and LPL (formerly the Shandel Education Plus Fund) was established by Shirley Curson, a generous donor and friend of LPL, for the purpose of supporting travel expenses outside the state of Arizona during summer break.

The Annual Donors Travel Awards are supported by gifts, typically of $500 or $1000, from donors. These awards are intended for career advancement, usually associated with travel, for LPL students and staff.

Funding Source:

Lunar and Planetary Laboratory/Department of Planetary Sciences

How to Apply: