Fall 2025 & Spring 2026 Department Scholarships
The Department of Zoology & Physiology is proud to offer both scholarships and research awards to support our undergraduate and graduate students. These opportunities recognize academic excellence, research potential, and activities such as research-related travel and conference participation.
Fall 2025 & Spring 2026 Departmental Scholarships are now available to apply! The deadline for applications is Friday, November 21, 2025 (11:59PM).
Thanks to our generous donors that the Department of Zoology and Physiology offers about 15 scholarships each year to both graduate and undergraduate students in the department.
Please reach out to Zhaojie Zhang, zzhang@uwyo.edu for more information on how to apply.
Learn more about our current scholarships:
Group 1 awards
Awards with common application format.
$2000 award (1 award) for undergraduate or graduate students in Zoology & Physiology for early-phase research in any field within the department.
$2000 award (1 award) for research in social, biological, or physical sciences within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem for Zoology & Physiology students.
$3000/each (7 awards) for graduate or outstanding undergraduates in Zoology & Physiology, with a focus on wildlife or fisheries management and ecology.
$1500/each (1 award) for juniors in Zoology & Physiology conducting faculty-supervised research in physiology, genetics, or molecular/cellular biology.
$2000/each (10 awards) for juniors, seniors, or graduate students studying biology and management of coldwater fisheries.
$3000/each (3 awards) for graduate students researching aquatic ecosystems in Zoology & Physiology.
$2000/each (1 award) for graduate students in Zoology & Physiology conducting research on Wyoming nongame terrestrial/aquatic species.
Group 2 awards
Quantitative Ecology awards.
$2500/each for graduate students developing quantitative research/statistical approaches in wildlife or fisheries ecology.
McDonald: 2 awards, WEST: 3 awards
group 3 awards
Senior graduate student award.
~$18,000 (2 awards) for Ph.D. candidates in advanced stages of ecology, evolution, wildlife, or fisheries research; this is the Department of Zoology and Physiology’s most prestigious student award.
Group 4 awards
Small grants & scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students.
$500/each (4 awards) for undergraduate or graduate fisheries students involved in the UW chapter of the American Fisheries Society.
$800/each (1 award) for undergraduates, graduates, or postdocs studying fisheries, aquatic invertebrates, or amphibians.
$1500/each (3 awards) for undergraduate WFBM fisheries majors or graduate fisheries students.
$1000/each (3 awards) for juniors, seniors, or graduate students in Zoology & Physiology focused on terrestrial ecology or wildlife management.
$800/each (3 awards) for graduate students in Zoology & Physiology in any field within the department.
$600 (1 award) for senior undergraduate or graduate students who participate in research that can be directly applied to wildlife management.
