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Scholarships for Neuroscience students are available from three
Washington State University sources:
The Neuroscience Program offers scholarships to undergraduates
(as well as fellowships to graduate students). All of the
scholarship funds are provided by donors to the Neuroscience
Program. Awards of scholarships follow the wishes of donors
and, thus, student eligibility varies from fund to fund.
Application inquiries should be directed to the Neuroscience
Program Office, to the WSU Scholarship Services Office, the
Honors College or Pre-Health Sciences Advising Office.
Scholarship Recipients
Neuroscience Endowed Scholarship
Contact: 509-335-6624.
The WSU Program in Neuroscience offers an academic scholarship
competition for undergraduate students. The scholarship is
intended for students who are certified majors, Neuroscience
advisees, and prospective incoming transfer and freshman
Neuroscience advisees. The Program in Neuroscience awards
$250-$1500 scholarships to the most qualified applicants for the
following academic year. Applicants must have a minimum 3.0
grade point average.
Students interested in applying for a scholarship must complete
the
WSU Academic Scholarship
Application. Applications are due January 31.
Peter A. Zornes Memorial Neuroscience Scholarship
Contact: 509-335-6624.
In memory of Peter A. Zornes, and to serve as an inspiration to
others, a memorial neuroscience scholarship was established in
honor of Peter A. Zornes. The scholarship is intended to
benefit certified neuroscience undergraduate students like
Peter.
Peter was raised in Oakesdale, a small, rural town in eastern
Washington. In 1999, he started school at WSU as a Neuroscience
major with the dream of becoming a physician. He graduated magna
cum laude in 2003.
In addition to his excellent scholastic accomplishments, Peter
showed real leadership potential by participating in a number of
extracurricular activities while a WSU student. During his
first year at WSU, Peter worked diligently to earn a "walk-on"
position on WSU's baseball team. While he did not make the
team, that didn't stop him from seeking an outlet for his
passion. Pete was very active coaching little league and high
school baseball providing young people an opportunity to compete
and learn good sportsmanship.
However, baseball and neuroscience were not Peter's only
passions. He was also an avid musician and completed a double
major in Music.
After graduating from WSU and living a short period in Ohio,
Peter returned to Whitman County where he was to begin a
research position in Dr. Joe Harding's newly formed Bio-tech
firm. This was not to be, however, as he was killed three weeks
prior to the start of that job at the age of 25.
Students interested in applying for a scholarship must complete
the
scholarship application. Applications are due January 31.
Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) Pre-Vet Undergraduate
Internship
Contact: Bobbi Sauer at 509-335-7675.
Academically qualified pre-veterinary students are eligible to
apply for a unique pre-veterinary internship program hosted by
the College of Veterinary Medicine. Each semester, five
students are selected to participate in a volunteer
internship/leadership program in the WSU Veterinary Teaching
Hospital. Students accepted into the program learn about the
practice of veterinary medicine by rotating through three main
clinical wards in the hospital. This is a three semester
commitment (not including holidays and academic breaks) with an
average of 6 hours per week spent working in the hospital. In
the first two semesters, students rotate through the large
animal, small animal and exotics wards. The third semester is a
leadership opportunity where the students are asked to mentor
other incoming undergraduate pre-vet interns in either the small
or large animal rotations. This is an excellent, one-of-a-kind,
program where students are afforded the opportunity to gain
additional hours of animal exposure while working side-by-side
with world class veterinarians, technicians, and DVM students.
Applications for the program are taken in both the fall and
spring semesters.
For additional information, contact the Neuroscience Program
Director at
neuromajor@wsu.edu.
Program in Neuroscience
1815 Ferdinand's Lane
PO Box 647620
Pullman, WA 99164-7620
(509) 335-6624
