This scholarship was established to support students who are studying ecological sciences and are pursuing field research in the year in which they receive funding.
Tufford Family Scholarship
2025 Tufford Family Scholar: Mya Englert
Mya is a biology major with a chemistry minor, planning to attend medical school. She currently volunteers in the Reynolds Lab, where she assists graduate students on their research projects studying plant-environment interactions. Aside from research, she serves as an undergraduate teaching assistant for both Biol-L111 and Biol-L112, volunteers at her local hospital, and mentors first-year students as a resident assistant. She is a member of the Hutton Honors College and Phi Eta Sigma-Alpha Lambda Delta. Through Hutton, she has participated in two study abroad programs about agriculture and local food in Greece and a study of urban spaces in Paris.

2024 Tufford Family Scholar: Kajal Kaur
Kajal works in the Lau Lab where she has an ongoing project working with hog peanut plants. She runs a nonprofit, Radiate Power, which provides free and organic period products to girls in public schools. Kajal plans to attend medical school.