2026 Spring Graduate Student News

The Gerard P. Kuiper Memorial Award is presented to students who best exemplify, through the high quality of their research and the excellence of their scholastic achievements, the goals and standards established and maintained by Gerard Kuiper, founder of LPL.

Award honors attention to broader impacts and involvement in activities that benefit the department, university and the larger community.

Teaching or mentoring that goes above and beyond what is required; positive evaluations or other feedback from students; willingness to help junior graduate students.

The Curson Travel Award will support two PTYS Graduate Students for summer research travel.

Nine PTYS graduate students were awarded Galileo Circle Scholarships for 2026.

Beau Prince (Planetary Sciences) and Jeremy Philbrick (Physics)  were selected for the Hitachi Scholarship in Electron Microscopy for generating cutting-edge research and publications in electron microscopy.

The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the quality, vitality, and strength of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States.

The University of Arizona/NASA Space Grant Fellowship Program provides up to six graduate fellowships per year to students pursuing STEM degrees at the University of Arizona.

The Mensch Prize in Astrobiology, hosted by the Arizona Astrobiology Center at the University of Arizona, is a scholarship recognizing undergraduate and graduate students whose research or creative projects advance our understanding of life in the universe.

Madison Tuohy was recently selected for the Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) Scholar Award.