Dr. Eigenmann was a distinguished researcher of fishes and evolution. The scholarship is a bequest of his daughter, Adele Rosa Eiler, who died in 1978.
Read about Carl Eigenmann and the recent recipient of the Carl H. Eigenmann Scholarship.
Any undergraduate with a declared major from the IUB Department of Biology who is interested in zoological or other biological research. Must have a GPA above 3.3 as well as a sincere interest in biology. Research, academic, or professional application is essential.
$750.
Application deadline: Friday, February 15, 2019.
Submit all materials listed on the application instructions.
Additional application materials for this award:
A letter of support must be submitted separately by a faculty member.
Save the application form to your computer. Fill out the form using Adobe Acrobat Professional DC. (Acrobat Pro may be downloaded for free from under the "Design & Production" section of IUWare.) Choose "Save as" and rename your completed form as your Lastname_firstname_2019.pdf (example: Wyss_kathy_2019.pdf). Mac users: Please take the extra step of opening your completed form in Preview, select "print," and then use the "Save as PDF" option to resave the form to ensure your application is readable in Windows.
Application instructions Application form Submit your application
Faculty/Postdoc Fellows: Please upload student award recommendations and nominations to the "Recommendations" dropbox.
Recipients of this award will be recognized at a student awards ceremony held on Friday, April 26, 2019, at 3:30 p.m. in Jordan Hall A100.
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