Scholarships
Click the arrow for more informationScholarships through the Murray State Scholarship Office
New and continuing students in the Biology Department apply for scholarships through one application made on the Murray State Scholarships Office website. Students will automatically be considered for any scholarships for which they qualify. The Department of Biology has a number of scholarships that are given out to students in specific fields such as Pre-medical, Pre-dental, Wildlife and Conservation or Aquatics students, as well as scholarships that can be granted to any student in the Biological Sciences. Our students receive > $50,000 in scholarships each year from the Scholarships listed below.
We greatly appreciate the contributions to scholarship funds that make these scholarships possible. If you would like to contribute to these funds to help our students succeed, please make a donation to the specific fund at this link.
Scholarship Name |
Student Specialization |
Charles G. Smith Future Physician's Scholarship |
Pre-medical |
Charles Leroy & Kate Eldridge Scholarship |
Biology and Agriculture |
Clark Conrad |
Biology |
Connie Crittenden Lowry Pre-Medical Scholarship |
Pre-medical |
Dr. Jonathan Nicholas Terhune Memorial Scholarship |
Biology |
Dr. Liza Spann Scholarship |
Biology |
Dr. Morgan Emery Sisk, Jr. Alumni Scholarship |
Aquatics |
Dr. Stephen B. White Wildlife Biology Scholarship |
Wildlife and Conservation Biology |
Dr. Thomas Timmons Scholarship |
Student research projects |
Dr. WJ and Martha Pitman Endowed Scholarship |
Biology and Chemistry |
Emily and Alfred Wolfson Scholarship |
Biology |
Hal E. Houston Endowed Fund for Excellence in Biomedical Science |
Pre-medical internships |
Hugh Houston |
Biomedical sciences |
Jesse & Deborah Jones Scholarship |
Sciences |
Larry D. Harris Memorial Wildlife Biology Fund |
Wildlife and Conservation Biology |
Murray Calloway County Scholarships |
Pre-Health Professionals |
Thomas N. and Marjorie J. Weems Scholarship |
Pre-medical and pre-dental |
Three River Coon Hunters |
Wildlife and Conservation Biology |
Ken Maddox Renewable Scholarship* |
Herpetology |
Wayne T Harrell Memorial Alumni Scholarship* |
Pre-medical |
Ann Ross Evans Biology Scholarship* |
Biology |
Ashbrook Endowed Scholarship* |
Biology |
Jane Henry* |
Biology/Chemistry/Physics |
Jeanne and Roy English* |
Biology/Chemistry/Nursing |
Brian Ray Smith* |
Biology |
*These funds are not yet endowed. Please donate to them!
Other Scholarship Opportunities through Murray State Biology
Some scholarships do not go through Scholarship Office; instead there is a separate application for each of them:
Biology Study Abroad Scholarships (apply through the Murray State Study Abroad Office)
Research grants (apply through the Office of Research and Creative Activity or ORCA)
Grants for Murray State students to study biodiversity in our region - Upper Delta
Region Biodiversity Scholarship for graduate and undergraduate students (apply at this website to participate at Murray State).