Foundation Scholarships

Rossman, George & Jeri Phy Sci

This is an interdisciplinary, merit-based scholarship fund that was created to support undergraduate students in the physical or biological sciences. The scholarship can also be used to support undergraduate researchers chosen on the basic of academic merit and research aptitude. The recipient must be a declared major in one of the academic disciplines of biology, chemistry, materials science, geography, geology or physics and astronomy.

The Chair/Director of each department/program should make sure the scholarship opportunity is announced to their majors by mid-February. Application forms should be made available in the department/program office or sent via email from the department/program office. Department/program offices may also make the application available on their website.

Application form must be returned to the department/program office of the student’s major by the third Friday in March.

The Chair/Director of each department/program will select two finalists (based on the eligibility criteria above) from all of the applications received in their department/program. The A&S Dean’s Office will be notified of the two finalists from each department/program by April 1st (a copy of the finalist’s application form should be forwarded to the Dean’s Office). A packet of departmental/program finalists’ applications (one from each department/program) should be sent to each of the Chairs/Directors for final ranking. The College of Arts and Sciences Scholarship Committee (which will be composed of the Chairs/Directors of the departments/programs involved, and chaired by the Dean of Arts and Sciences or the Dean’s designee) will meet in early April to select the overall finalist for the award.

Early April. The announcement of the recipient should coincide with UWEC’s Honors Week. The recipient should be recognized at the Honors Week event of the department/program of their major.

The Dean will notify the recipient by letter and complete and submit a “Scholarship Award Form” to the Financial Aid Office.

A thank-you note should be sent to George Rossman in care of the UW-Eau Claire Foundation, Schofield Hall 214.