Scholarships and Internships for Neuroscience Undergraduates
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:
Sandi Brabb
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:
Sandi
Brabb
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: Sandi
Brabb
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 Academic Coordinator,
Heather Cochran, at neuromajor@wsu.edu.
Program in Neuroscience
110 McCoy Hall
Pullman, WA 99164-6520
(509) 335-0986
