The Wuttke and Beckman Foundation Biochemical Sciences Research Award provides support for undergraduate students who are majoring in Biochemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder, in order to reduce financial barriers that may prevent students from obtaining appropriate research support. Recipients will be students who are pursuing research opportunities in laboratories of faculty members who are rostered in a science department. To be eligible for funding, students must agree to the following expectations:
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Must be committed to doing laboratory research.
- Must remain in strong academic standing (minimum of 3.0 cumulative GPA) for the awarded terms.
- Encouraged to participate in department-wide meetings and symposia.
Scholarship awards given to students who meet the following criteria:
- Must be听majoring in biochemistry.
- Must have/maintain a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA.
- Undergraduates are not expected to have prior research experience or pre-select a mentor.
- Preference will be given to students who have financial need as determined by the financial aid office.听
- Preference will be given to diverse students - students from geographic areas and socioeconomic backgrounds that are historically underrepresented in the fields of the biochemical sciences, first-generation students, ethnically and racially diverse students, and/or students that have faced an unusual adversity.
The 2023 Fall Wuttke-Beckman was awarded to听Michaela (Misha) Lewis and Keiran McGee.
2023 Fall Wuttke-Beckman Recipients
Misha Lewis
"This award has given me the opportunity to begin developing professional skills early in my career. I have started helping on a project in virology which has given me a glimpse of what my career will be like. I look up to the graduate students and scientists in the lab for advice while making decisions about my future. It motivates me to work harder in school and explore my career options after graduation. I am honored to have the Wuttke & Beckman Foundation give me a chance to explore my potential as an undergraduate."听听
Keiran McGee
"The time commitment I want to be able to make to research would not be possible if I had to fit a different job into my schedule. The Wuttke & Beckman scholarship will give me the security to keep pursuing undergraduate research here at CU. Being able to spend more time in the lab now, will help me to collect the necessary data and material for my goal of writing an honors thesis next year."
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