Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

E William Sayer Scholarship 
Gift code: A5090 
Description: The Department of Microbiology have chosen the payment of membership dues to the American Society for Microbiology and obtaining subscriptions to various journals (i.e., ASM News, Journal of Microbiology, and Journal of Virology) as the form of a scholarship they wish to give. 

E Russell Duvall Endowed Scholarship Fund 
Gift code: A50900 
Description: Recipients will be selected based on financial need and be undergraduate seniors or graduate students in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics. 

E Ronald and Sharon Rogowski Fellowship for Food Safety and Toxicology 
Gift code: A50909 
Description: Recipients shall be engaged in research in the area of food safety and toxicology, and be selected on the basis of previous academic achievement, professional goals, and perceived research potential. 

E Rudolph Hugh Scholarship Fund 
Gift code: A50910 
Description: The scholarship shall be awarded to Ph.D. candidates after successful completion of the first year of required didactic curriculum and will be based on past academic excellence and future potential expectation. The scholarship shall be awarded to scholars engaged in laboratory research related to molecular pathogenesis of bacteria or the systematic study of phenotypic and genotypic characters of bacterial strains of species associated with infectious diseases to reveal the predictive capacity of characters and the diversity of species. 

E Professor Rudolph Hugh Endowed Chair 
Gift code: A509101 
Description: Supports an endowed faculty position in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. 

F Carter Endowment for Immunology and Infectious Disease Research 
Gift code: A509102 
Description: All expendable amounts shall be used to promote and expand research within the fields of Immunology an Infectious Diseases. 

E Dr. Thomas S. Whittam Graduate Student Award 
Gift code: A5091041 
Description: Preference shall be given to graduate students based on the quality and quantity of their research in the general area of pathogenesis, evolution, or ecology of pathogens. 

E Norman E. and Hanna C. Kelker Undergraduate Research Scholarship in Honor of Harold and Gertrude Sadoff 
Gift code: A5091042 
Description: This fund provides scholarship support for deserving and capable students doing undergraduate research in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. 

E The Ralph Evans Award 
Gift code: A5091043 
Description: Expendable Amounts shall be used to support awards for postdoctoral researchers or senior graduate students for making important contributions to the understanding of microbial evolution and its underlying ecological and genetic processes. Awardees may not be appointed in MMG, but they should work with a faculty member who has at least a partial appointment in MMG. 

X Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Early Career Lecture Award 
Gift code: A5091044 
Description: Programmatic / Expendable. 

E Richard M. and Susan S. Van Frank Undergraduate Research Fund 
Gift code: A5091045 
Description: Funds from this endowment will be used to support undergraduate research within the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. Expendable amounts from this endowment will support and enhance undergraduate research programs and experiences.  

E Michele M. Fluck Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Enhancement Endowment
Gift code: A5091046
Description: This endowment will be used to support the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the discretion of its chairperson.

F C. Donald Powers Microbiology Fellowship Endowment 
Gift code: A509105 
Description: Recipients will be graduate students in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. 

E Dr. Amber Cody Springman Memorial Scholarship Endowment for Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Research 
Gift code: A509106 
Description: Preference shall be given to undergraduate students who will have achieved Junior or Senior status in the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics by the beginning of the semester in which the award will become effective and who are engaged in undergraduate research. 

E Theodore P. and Alice J. Rykala Scholarship Fund in Microbiology 
Gift code: A509107 
Description: Scholarship recipients must be students enrolled in the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics. Recipients shall demonstrate financial need as determined by the Federal Government according to its policies and procedures. The scholarship is renewable for up to four (4) years at the discretion of the College. 

X Tuberculosis Research Fund 
Gift code: A509108 
Description: Research / Expendable. 

X Microbiology Pythium Fund 
Gift code: A509109 
Description: Programmatic/Expendable. 

E Dr. Marvis A. Richardson Endowed Fellowship Fund in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics 
Gift code: A50911 
Description: Recipients shall be enrolled in graduate studies in Microbiology and have an outstanding academic record. The donor wishes to encourage qualified persons who have traditionally not pursued the study of immunology to apply for the fellowship. 

E Robert R. Brubaker Lectureship 
Gift code: A509111 
Description: Expenditures from the endowment will be used to support a Lectureship. The Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics will identify qualified speakers or specific programmatic needs to fund with expendable amounts, according to its practices and procedures in effect at that time. Preference will be given to a speaker who is an internationally recognized scientist in the field of bacterial pathogenesis. Expendable amounts may be used to support, but are not limited to, the cost of the speaker’s travel, honorarium, meals, etc. 

E Dietrich C. Bauer Scholarship Fund
Gift code: A509112
Description: This fund will be awarded annually by the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics to one or more deserving junior or senior students requiring financial assistance.

E Dr. Frank Peabody Microbiology Student Research Fund 
Gift code: A50912 
Description: Recipients majoring in NatSci shall be selected on a basis of previous academic achievement, professional goals, perceived research potential, and/or financial need. 

E Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Enhancement Endowment 
Gift code: A50913 
Description: The endowment will be used for the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics purposes at the discretion of its Chairperson. 

E G.D. Edith Hsiung and Margaret E. Kimball Endowed Scholarship in Microbiology 
Gift code: A5092 
Description: Recipients must possess the potential to succeed in chosen field. Preference is given to students whose academic and research interests are in either clinical virology or bacteriology. 

E Gloss Undergraduate Research Award in Microbiology 
Gift code: A5095 
Description: Candidates for this award must be majors in the Department of Microbiology, in good academic standing and U.S. citizens. The applicant must have prior successful research laboratory experience; have identified a faculty sponsor who will assist in defining a research project; and submit a brief description of the research project to be conducted during the award period by the application deadline publicized each spring. Freshman and Sophomores who have already acquired some research experience will especially be encouraged to apply. 

X Gloss Undergraduate Expendable Research Award 
Gift code: A50950 
Description: Undergraduate / Expendable. 

E Eleanor L. Gilmore Endowed Excellence Fund in Microbiology for the College of Natural Science 
Gift code: A5097 
Description: The fund supports research and scholarships for faculty and students, including the purchase of equipment and laboratory enhancement, as conducted by the Department of Microbiology. 

E Berttina B. Wentworth Endowed Fellowship Fund 
Gift code: A5098 
Description: Recipients shall be selected on the basis of the applicant's prior academic record and acceptance to the graduate program in microbiology. The recipient shall pursue a graduate research program in medical microbiology, immunology or virology. 

E Dr. Marvis A. Richardson Endowed Fellowship Fund 
Gift code: A5099 
Description: Recipients must be enrolled in graduate studies in Microbiology and have outstanding academic records. The donor wishes to encourage qualified women to pursue study of immunology.