Graduate Student Scholarships & Awards
The Department of Agricultural Biology grants annual scholarships every spring and awards in the fall at the Winter Awards Ceremony. Your graduate student coordinator will notify all our graduate students of the upcoming applications and deadline information via email every year.
Additional scholarship and financial aid options are available university wide.
Scholarship & Award Opportunities
Bert Bohmont Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Extension Education
Criteria: The candidate must have demonstrated high academic achievement and ability; dedication to entomology, plant pathology, weed science, or related field; demonstrated excellence in extension activities such as presentations at workshops or field days; participation in departmental and university activities; and proven ability to help and work cooperatively with others. This award is $500.
Graduate Student Teaching Award
Criteria: The candidate must submit copies of teaching evaluations and written comments, a one page or less statement describing their teaching philosophy, and the Graduate Student Annual Evaluation form. This scholarship is $1000.
Outstanding Master of Science Student Scholarship
Criteria: The candidate should possess a dedication to the field of entomology, plant pathology, or weed science. The candidate should also have demonstrated excellent academic achievement; exhibited a high potential for research, extension, or teaching accomplishments; participated actively in departmental and/or university activities; and demonstrated an ability and willingness to help and work cooperatively with others. This scholarship is $500.
Frank Hawksworth Memorial Graduate Student Scholarship
Criteria: The candidate must have demonstrated high academic achievement and ability; dedication to the field of plant pathology or forest management; participation in departmental and university activities; and proven ability to work cooperatively with others. This scholarship is $1,000.
H. Jesse Dubin Travel Award in Honor of Peace Corps
Eligibility: Any student who has completed at least one semester of graduate study at Colorado State University and is currently pursuing a M.S. or Ph.D. program with an emphasis in Integrated Pest Management in the Department of Agricultural Biology or an interdepartmental graduate group with a major professor.
Criteria: The candidate should possess a dedication to the field of integrated pest management. The candidate should also have demonstrated excellent academic achievement; exhibited a high potential for research, extension or teaching accomplishments; participated actively in departmental and/or university activities; and demonstrated an ability and willingness to help and work cooperatively with others. This award is $500.
Howard Schwartz Award for Excellence in Integrated Pest Management
Eligibility: Any student who has completed at least one semester of graduate study at Colorado State University and is currently pursuing a M.S. or Ph.D. program with an emphasis in Integrated Pest Management in the Department of Agricultural Biology or an interdepartmental graduate group with a major professor.
Criteria: The candidate should possess a dedication to research and extension work emphasizing the biology and management of plant pathogens, insects and/or weeds relevant to Colorado and the surrounding region. The candidate should also have demonstrated excellent academic achievement; exhibited a high potential for research, participated actively in departmental and/or university activities; and demonstrated an ability and willingness to help and work cooperatively with others. This award is $500.
Karl Kinney Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarship in Entomology
Eligibility: Any student who has completed at least one semester of graduate study at Colorado State University and is currently enrolled in an entomology graduate degree program, M.S. or Ph.D., in the Department of Agricultural Biology.
Criteria: The candidate should possess a dedication to the field of entomology. The candidate should also have demonstrated excellent academic achievement; exhibited a high potential for research, extension, or teaching accomplishments; participated actively in departmental and/or university activities; and demonstrated an ability and willingness to help and work cooperatively with others. This scholarship is $500.
Louis G. Davis Scholarship
Eligibility: Any student who has completed at least one semester of graduate study at Colorado State University and is currently pursuing a M.S. or Ph.D. program majoring in Bioagricultural Sciences.
Criteria: The recipient will be in good academic standing, with a GPA above 3.0 and will have a career interest in entomology.
Monty and Jeanice Harrison Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarship in Plant Pathology
Eligibility: Any student who has completed at least one semester of graduate study at Colorado State University and is currently enrolled in a plant pathology graduate degree program, M.S. or Ph.D., in the Department of Agricultural Biology.
Criteria: The candidate should possess a dedication to the field of plant pathology. The candidate should also have demonstrated excellent academic achievement; exhibited a high potential for research, extension, or teaching accomplishments; participated actively in departmental and/or university activities; and demonstrated an ability and willingness to help and work cooperatively with others. This scholarship is $500.
Ralph Baker Graduate Student Award for Research Excellence
Eligibility: Any student who has completed at least one semester of graduate study at Colorado State University and is currently enrolled in a graduate degree program, M.S. or Ph.D., in the Department of Agricultural Biology or students whose advisors are faculty members.
Criteria: The candidate must have demonstrated excellence in research while a graduate student at Colorado State University. The candidate should possess a dedication to entomology, plant pathology, weed science or related field and exhibit a high level of academic achievement; participated actively in departmental and/or university activities; and demonstrated an ability and willingness to help and work cooperatively with others. This award is $500.
Robert L. Zimdahl Outstanding Graduate Student Awards in Weed Science and In Pest Ecology
Eligibility: Any student who has completed at least one semester of graduate study at Colorado State University and is currently enrolled in a weed science graduate degree program, M.S. or Ph.D., in the Department of Agricultural Biology or any student who is co-advised in their graduate program by a member of the Department of Agricultural Biology.
Criteria: The candidate should possess a dedication to the field of pest ecology. The candidate should also have demonstrated excellent academic achievement and exhibited high potential to contribute to science. This award is $750.
Tex Baker Plant Pathology Scholarship
Eligibility: Any student who has completed at least one semester of graduate study at Colorado State University and is currently enrolled in a graduate degree program, M.S. or Ph.D., in the Department of Agricultural Biology or students whose advisors are faculty members of .
Criteria: The candidate must have demonstrated excellence in research while a graduate student at Colorado State University. The candidate should possess a dedication to entomology, plant pathology, weed science or related field and exhibit a high level of academic achievement; participated actively in departmental and/or university activities; and demonstrated an ability and willingness to help and work cooperatively with others. This award is $500.
William M. Brown Professional Development Award
Eligibility: Any student who has completed at least one semester of graduate study at Colorado State University and is currently pursuing a M.S. or Ph.D. program with an emphasis in Integrated Pest Management in the Department of Agricultural Biology or an interdepartmental graduate group with a major professor in .
Criteria: The candidate should possess a dedication to the field of integrated pest management. The candidate should also have demonstrated excellent academic achievement; exhibited a high potential for research, extension or teaching accomplishments; participated actively in departmental and/or university activities; and demonstrated an ability and willingness to help and work cooperatively with others. This award is $500.
Ynez Morey and Chuck Reagin Memorial Entomology Scholarship
Eligibility: Any student who has completed at least one semester of graduate study at Colorado State University and is currently enrolled in a graduate degree program, M.S. or Ph.D., in the Department of Agricultural Biology or students whose advisors are faculty members.
Criteria: The candidate should possess a dedication to entomology and exhibit a high level of academic achievement; participated actively in departmental and/or university activities; and demonstrated an ability and willingness to help and work cooperatively with others. This scholarship is $1,000.