Scholarships & Awards
This page has information about university and external awards of interest to undergraduate students in the department. There is a list at the end of previous winners. We will endeavor to keep this page up to date, but updates are welcome and can be emailed to webmaster@astro.umd.edu.
- LSAMP Program
- Ronald E. McNair - Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program
- AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship
- Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Scholars Programs
- DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF)
- Goldwater Scholarship
- UMD Adele's Circle of Women Scholarship
- CMNS Undergraduate Summer Research, Travel, and Educational Enrichment Award
- Office of UG Research Student-Proposed Innovation & Research Experience (SPIRE)
- Library Award for Undergraduate Research
- SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship
- UMD Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars
- Maryland Senatorial Scholarship
- Raynor L. Duncombe Student Research Prizes
- Sigma Xi's Grants-in-Aid of Research Program
- Noyce Scholarship
- NASA Fellowship Activity
- Undergraduate Researcher of the Year Award
- Dorfman Prize for Undergraduate Research
- Maryland Alumni Association Scholarships
- SSPI Scholarship Program
- Maryland Space Grant Consortium Scholarship
- UMD Veterans Initiative Scholarships
- USRA Scholarship Awards
- Shoemaker Impact Cratering Award
- Fulbright Fellowship
- AAS FAMOUS Travel Grants
- Dr. Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund Travel Grant
- Hertz Graduate Fellowship
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
- Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
- NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship (NSTRF)
- GEM Fellowship Program
- DoD Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship
- Brooke Owens Fellowship Program
- Ford Foundation Fellowship
- DoD National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship
Other award listings of possible interest are maintained by the American Astronomical Society (AAS); College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS); and University of Maryland (both UMD scholarships and national scholarships). You may also be interested in our webpage for research and internship opportunities.
Previous Award Winners
The following is a partial list of external and university awards won by undergraduate astronomy majors. Please send additions to the Webmaster.
- University Medalist
- Christopher Bambic (2018)
- Goldwater Scholarship
- Mia Bovill (2003)
- Harley Katz (2012)
- Mark Moretto (2016)
- Christopher Bambic (2017)
- Churchill Scholarship
- Christopher Bambic (2018)
- Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
- Lauren Woolsey (2011)
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- Phillip Cowperthwaite (2013)
- Harley Katz (2013)
- Emily Garhart (2017)
- Christopher Bambic (2018)
- Junellie Gonzalez (2019)
- Caleb Harada (2020)
- Amanda Broadmeadow (2023)
- Elaine Taylor (2025)
- AAS Chambliss Award
- Kathleen Hamilton, hon. mention (2018)
- Steffi Yen, hon. mention (2013)
- MD Space Grant Consortium Scholarship
- Lenore Koenig (2014)
- Patrick Tamburo (2014-15)
- Kyle Elliott (2015)
- Molly Grabill (2015-16)
- Emily Garhart (2016)
- Anjali Mittu (2016)
- Catherine Cassell (2017)
- Jordan Corbett-Frank (2017)
- Anna Engle (2017)
- Michael Greklek-McKeon (2017)
- Andrew Leisner (2017)
- Alyssa Mills (2017)
- Chris Rhinehart (2017)
- Ryan Skoletsky (2017)
- Logan Wood (2017)
- USRA Scholarship Award
- Emily Garhart (2016)
- NASA/Goddard Star Award for Science
- Austin Kim (2016)
- Lucas Tax (2016)
- UMD Philip Merrill Presidential Scholar
- Alexandra Lockwood (2006)
- Ashley King (2009)
- Bryan Holler (2011)
- Allison Bostrom (2014)
- Chris Bambic (2017)
- Jillian Kunze (2020)
- Fred Angelo Batan Garcia (2023)
- NOAA Hollings Scholarship
- Siobhan Light (2021)
- CMNS Undergraduate Summer Research, Travel, and Educational Enrichment Award
- Christopher Bambic (2017)
- Alyssa Mills (2018)
- Claire Hinrichs (2019)
- Hannah McCright (2025)
- CMNS Dorfman Prize for Undergraduate Research
- Ashley King (2008)
- Phillip Cowperthwaite (2013)
- Allison Bostrom (2014)
- CMNS Mary and Tom Snitch Undergraduate Scholarship
- Lenore Koenig (2013)
- CMPS/CMNS Outstanding Undergraduate
- Curran Muhlberger (2008)
- CMPS/CMNS Commencement Speaker
- Curran Muhlberger (2008)
- Michael Greklek-McKeon(2019)
- CPS Shapiro Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award
- James Keane (2008)
- Valerie Klavans (2009)
- Steffi Yen (2011)
- UMD Honors College Research Grant
- Shreya Anand (2017)
- Christopher Bambic (2017)
- Fred Angelo Batan Garcia (2023)