The Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis is pleased to administer the annual Hitachi Scholarship in Electron Microscopy. This scholarship is established by Hitachi High-Technologies as part of their partnership with University of Arizona. Funds in the amount of $5,000 per year have been provided and will be awarded equally to two graduate students generating cutting-edge research and publications in the area of electron microscopy.

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