Student Awards
Graduate Alumni Fellowship - Jessica Fiser
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
This fellowship annually recognizes an incoming first-year student with promise for exceptional accomplishment in graduate study.
J. Newell Stannard Scholarship - Jiwon Choi
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
To recognize one deserving incoming graduate student for their commendable academic achievements. Dr. Stannard developed the world’s first doctoral program in radiation biology at the School of Medicine and was a faculty member for almost 40 years before retiring in 1975.
Merritt and Marjorie Cleveland Fellowship - Jessica Ogu
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Fellowship was established in 1991 from Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Cleveland and is awarded to a PhD student entering graduate study through the Biomedical Sciences Program with interest in developing a neuroscience-related research career.
Outstanding Student Mentor - Michael Giannetto
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
This award, established in 2015, recognizes a student mentor who guides, supports, and promotes the training and career development of others.
Provosts Fellowship - Jonathan Williams
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
First awarded in 1990, the Provost's Fellowship is one of the most prestigious graduate fellowships awarded by the University of Rochester, awarded to PhD applicants who possess an exemplary record of academic achievement and scholarly accomplishment from backgrounds which are underrepresented in higher education
Sarah C. Mangelsdorf and Karl S. Rosengren Presidential Award Recipients - Lia Calcines-Rodriguez & Abigail Alpers
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
The Presidential Award celebrates students who demonstrate both scholarly excellence and leadership potential, particularly through mentoring, interdisciplinary collaboration, and public or science communication.
Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student - Sara Yablonski
Monday, September 1, 2025
The Edward Peck Curtis Awards for graduate student teaching are given to a small number of full-time graduate students who have a role in undergraduate education. Recipients have assisted in undergraduate instruction, and have had significant face-to-face interaction with undergraduates in the classroom or laboratory.
Joan Goodman Dissertation Fellowship - Thomas Delgado
Monday, July 21, 2025
This fellowship was endowed by Joan Wright Goodman, PhD class of 1952, to support doctoral students across disciplines in the sciences. It is one of the University’s most competitive dissertation fellowships and is given to students who display exceptional ability and promise.
Vincent du Vigneaud Award Recipients - Luke Shaw & Bryan Redmond
Monday, July 21, 2025
Vincent du Vigneaud Award and Leadership Award for Excellence in Equity and Inclusion.
Irving L. Spar Fellowship - Catrin Zharyy
Monday, July 21, 2025
Honors the memory of Dr. Spar, a former Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the School of Medicine and Dentistry.