Chosen as Beckman Scholars Institution

During UK’s initial three-year term as a Beckman Scholarship awarding institution, the award provided $17,600 to each student.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 15, 2005) -- The University of Kentucky has been selected as an awarding institution for the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation’s Beckman Scholarships to support undergraduate research.

This marks the second time UK has been chosen by the foundation, with the first announced in 2002 and expiring this year. The new award is $115,800 and will fund six scholarships. The scholarships are to be awarded over a three-year period.

The scholarships, in the total amount of $19,300, will fund undergraduate research from one summer through the academic year and continuing through a second summer. The scholars’ research must be conducted full-time during the summers and at least 10 hours per week during the academic year.

Since UK was chosen as an awarding institution in February 2002, six students have received Beckman Scholarships: Robin Petroze and Garrett Matthew Sparks in 2002; Elizabeth Megan Flynn and Anna Margaret Rothert in 2003; and Stephanie Lynn Logsdon and Brandon Michael Sutton in 2004.

During UK’s initial three-year term as a Beckman Scholarship awarding institution, the award provided $17,600 to each student.