Physics External Graduate Awards

APS Apker Award

Two LeRoy Apker Awards are given annually by the American Physical Society for outstanding achievement in physics by an undergraduate, one for students from PhD granting institutions and one for students from non-PhD granting institutions. The award includes $5000 and a travel allowance to the APS meeting at which the award is presented.

Year	Winner
2017	Calvin Leung
2006	Stephanie M. Moyerman
2003	Nathaniel P. Stern
1998	Gwendolyn Rae Bell

APS Apker Award Finalist

Two LeRoy Apker Awards are given annually by the American Physical Society for outstanding achievement in physics by an undergraduate, one for students from PhD granting institutions and one for students from non-PhD-granting institutions. These students were selected among the four finalists from non-PhD-granting institutions.

Year	Winner
2014	Jaron P. Kent-Dobias
2011	Neal C. Pisenti
2009	Andrew P. Higginbotham
2008	Gregory Minton
2004	Joseph Checkelsky

NSF Graduate Fellowship

The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, mathematics, and engineering in the United States and to reinforce its diversity. A competition is conducted for Graduate Research Fellowships, with additional awards offered for women in engineering and computer and information science. NSF Graduate Fellowships offer recognition and three years of support for advanced study to approximately 900 outstanding graduate students in the mathematical, physical, biological, engineering, and behavioral and social sciences, including the history of science and the philosophy of science, and to research-based PhD degrees in science education. (from http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/programs/grf/)

Year	Winner
2023	Albany Blackburn, Kausik Das, Anna Soper, Eli Weissler
2022	Anna Rose Barth
2021	Guadalupe Quirarte
2019	Maya Martirossyan, Timothy Middlemas
2018	Kemper Ludlow
2017	Helen L. Fitzmaurice and Jonas Leif Kaufman
2016	Jim Wu
2015	Robert E. Kealhofer
2014	Brendan D. Folie and Sheena K. Patel
2012	Julien B. Devin
2011	Alyssa Dray, Carolyn M. Meldgin, and David I. Miller
2010	Marc A. Badger
2009	Samuel W. Skillman
2007	Katherine L. Perdue and Andrew R. Wetzel
2006	Jeffrey Jauregui, David Liao, Stephanie M. Moyerman, and Ryan S. Yamada
2005	Nicholas P. Breznay and Adam E. Pivonka
2004	Joseph Checkelsky, David Gaebler, William Steven Kolthammer, Elizabeth J. Main, and Christopher T. Rodolfa
2003	Nathaniel P. Stern
2001	Michael J. Rust and Paul G. SanGiorgio
1999	Alexander C. Johnson, Kevin L. Moore, and Itai Seggev
1998	Paul U. Berry, Thaddeus D. Ladd, Wendy R. Panero, and W. Wood-Vasey
1997	Steven Lee Johnson and Travis T. Norsen
1993	Dario G. Falquier and Cindy K. Harnett
1992	Guy D. Moore and Bryan W. Reed
1991	Stephen I. Applebaum and Charles A. Sackett
1990	Douglas E. Dunston and J. Williamson
1988	George S. Park
1987	Keith Saints
1986	Charles E. Cunningham and Michael W. Redmond
1982	James M. Cline
1978	Charles Horowitz
1976	Carl Hardin
1975	Alan D. Chave
1971	James G. Richman
1970	Gregory L. Campbell, Frederic D. Cohen, and Chris Cunningham
1969	Thomas H. Bleakney, Lloyd A. Regier, and E. Torigoe
1968	Stanley A. Dodds, William M. Sharp, and Christopher P. Wilson
1967	George B. Rothbart and Charles K. Westbrook
1966	Dennis H. Eaton and John C. Haugeland
1965	Mark P. Goldstein
1963	Donald W. Alderman and Lauren R. Mather

Hertz Fellowship

Year	Winner
2023	Anna Soper
2008	Peter J. Scherpelz
2005	Adam E. Pivonka
2003	Nathaniel P. Stern
1998	Thaddeus D. Ladd
1996	Noah O. Kubow
1994	Joseph H. Thywissen
1992	Matthew S. McAdams
1988	George S. Park
1979	Mark A. Muntean
1975	Gregory A. Lyzenga
1972	Robert S. Howard
1968	James A. Ross and William M. Sharp
1967	Charles K. Westbrook
1965	Eric I. Thorsos
1964	Ray G. Helmke

Churchill Fellowship

The Winston Churchill Scholarship program was created as Churchill college was being founded in Cambridge for the purpose of bringing outstanding American scholars to England to study for a year after earning a bachelor’s degree. Between twelve and fifteen scholars per year are selected to pursue a program of research and study leading to a master’s degree. The scholarship is worth $44,000 – $50,000 and covers all expenses for the year of study in Cambridge, including up to $1000 support for travel. Eight Churchill Fellows have gone on to win Nobel Prizes.

Year	Winner
2021	Shion E Andrew
2009	Andrew P. Higginbotham
2004	Christopher T. Rodolfa
1984	A. Middleton

Watson Fellowship

Year	Winner
2016	Natasha Allen
2013	Dustin R. Zubke
2009	Richard B. Horn
2006	Stephanie M. Moyerman
1997	Ryan M. Arndt
1991	Eric J. Prosser
1990	Douglas E. Dunston

Department of Energy Science Graduate Fellowship

Year	Winner
2021	Madeleine Carolyn Kerr
2017	Jonas Leif Kaufman
2010	Andrew P. Higginbotham

NSF Honorable Mention

Year	Winner
2022	Winnie U Chu
2021	Anna Rose Barth and Madeleine Carolyn Kerr
2020	Shifrah Aron-Dine, Henry Louis Fetsch, Ina Claire Flood, and Luis Angel Martinez
2019	Shanel Wu
2018	Sarah Lau Hale and Adam Lawrence Shaw
2017	Nathaniel Allen Leslie and Calvin Leung
2016	Matthew Dannenberg, Jaron P. Kent-Dobias, and Michelle L. Vick
2015	Carola M. Purser and Paul L. Riggins
2011	Hong W. Sio
2007	Audrey J. Sederberg
2006	Colin V. Parker and Andrew R. Wetzel
2005	Adele C. Tamboli
2004	Laura [Fisher] Clark, Zoe [Boekelheide] DeCamp, and Andrew T. Grier
2001	Robert J. Walters
1996	Matthew J. Evans and Noah O. Kubow
1992	Kent C. Burr and Patrick M. Ogle
1986	John K. Hillier, Michial D. Howell, and Steven R. Spielman
1985	Chris Felix and William J. Hovingh
1983	Enson Chang, Emily A. Greene, and Michael F. Hundley
1979	Roger T. Howe and Mark A. Muntean
1977	Kenneth J. Adams, Joseph J. Becker, Deborah A. Konkowski, and David A. Kopriva
1976	Craig Watkins
1975	Bradley L. Bobbs, H. Hamaker, and Gregory A. Lyzenga
1974	Joe Costello, Robert R. Lewis, and Francisco Valdes
1973	John Mallinckrodt and Howard T. Onishi
1972	Lloyd L. Green and Dolores A. [White] Walters
1971	Robert L. Billington, Howard I. Krausz, and Catherine A. [Anderson] Pilachowski
1970	John Oakley
1969	Arne C. Mortensen and George B. Zimmerman
1968	Kenneth Noel [Thomson] Gullekson, Bruce R. Land, and James A. Ross
1966	John H. Halperin
1965	Michael M. Dworetsky, James E. Enstrom, and Eric I. Thorsos
1964	Ray G. Helmke, David V. Jensen, George W. Moore, and Gary A. Welch
1963	Michael T. Yates
1962	Gregory Milman and Richard G. Olson
1961	Robert C. Ashenfelter

Fulbright Fellowship

The Fulbright program for U. S. students aims to foster leadership, learning, and empathy between cultures. Sponsored by the U. S. Department of State and awarded to more than 1300 students annually, a Fulbright scholarship offers U. S. students support for one year of study or research abroad.

Year	Winner
2007	Kevin S. Mistry

National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship

Year	Winner
2017	Calvin Leung
2001	Robert J. Walters

Rockefeller Trial Year Fellowship

Year	Winner
1969	Henry Brady

Woodrow Wilson Fellowship

Year	Winner
2016	Shanel Wu
1970	Frederic D. Cohen
1963	Lauren R. Mather
1962	Richard G. Olson