Awards for Graduate Students

John C. Cothran Memorial Fellowship

Dr. John C. Cothran (1885-1974) earned his A.B. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry from Cornell University. He was chairman of the Division of Science and Mathematics at UMD (then Duluth State Teachers College) and taught general, analytical, organic and physical chemistry, as well as physics and mathematics, from 1933 until he retired from UMD in 1954.

Selection Criteria:
Chemistry graduate student who has demonstrated academic and research excellence

Application/selection process:
Fellowship recipients selected by the graduate faculty under the leadership of the Director of Graduate Studies.

Award winners receive:
Certificate; Monetary Award

Moses Passer Memorial Fellowship

Dr. Moses Passer (BS-Chemistry, University of Rochester, 1945; PhD-Organic Chemistry, Cornell University, 1948) was a UMD professor of chemistry from 1948 to 1964 and served as director of education for the American Chemical Society from 1964 to 1987.

Selection Criteria:
Chemistry graduate student who has demonstrated academic and research excellence

Application/selection process:
Fellowship recipients selected by the graduate faculty under the leadership of the Director of Graduate Studies.

Award winners receive:
Certificate; Monetary Award

Siders Chemistry Graduate Fellowship

The UMD Siders Graduate Fellowship was established by Paul and Vicky Siders in memory of Charles and Francis Siders and Mary Siders Carson, to provide funding for graduate fellowships in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry.

Selection Criteria:
Chemistry graduate student who has demonstrated academic and research excellence

Application/selection process:
Fellowship recipients selected by the graduate faculty under the leadership of the Director of Graduate Studies

Award winners receive:
Certificate; Monetary Award

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Selection Criteria:
Outstanding second year graduate teaching assistant in Chemistry and Biochemistry

Application/selection process:
Awardees selected by faculty in spring

Award winners receive:
Certificate