The Eberly College Of Science

Science Achievement Graduate Fellows

In 2018, the Eberly College of Science started a new scholars program, namely the Science Achievement Graduate Fellows Program, designed to recruit, recognize and promote outstanding graduate students seeking a doctoral degree in the sciences and mathematics. Our college is determined and committed to promoting women and gender-diverse individuals, who are underrepresented in the sciences and mathematics, as a matter of urgency to enable the full potential of humankind essential to solving the great global challenges.

The Millennium Science Building at the University Park Campus.

The Science Achievement Graduate Fellows program provides support packages that include graduate scholarships, available to each of the seven Eberly Science department graduate programs, and named after women scientists who are recognized as having achieved profound and lasting contributions to their fields:

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Science Achievement Graduate Scholarship in Astronomy
Barbara McClintock Science Achievement Graduate Scholarship in Biology
Rosalind E. Franklin Science Achievement Graduate Scholarship in BMB
Marie Sklodowska Curie Science Achievement Graduate Scholarship in Chemistry
Maryam Mirzakhani Science Achievement Graduate Scholarship in Mathematics
Mildred Dresselhaus Science Achievement Graduate Scholarship in Physics
Janet L. Norwood Science Achievement Graduate Scholarship in Statistics

These prestigious scholarships are unique in STEM and provide a high level of recognition to the awardees, which will continue throughout their careers.

Sara Seager to present Science Achievement Graduate Fellows-Russell Marker Lecture in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Sara Seager is an astrophysicist and a professor of physics, professor of planetary science, and professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT.

The lecture, titled "Exoplanets and the Search for Life Beyond Earth," will be held in Freeman Auditorium, in the HUB-Robeson Center on Tuesday, October 29. Doors will open to the public at 6:00 p.m., with the lecture starting at 7:00 p.m.

Sara Seager Lecture

Image of Sreenidhi Srinivasan for the SAGF landing page. Two block quick link component.

In addition to providing graduate scholarships, the program sponsors, with funds from the Russell E. Marker Lecture series, annually two distinguished lectures in the college in honor of the women for whom the graduate scholarships are named. These lectures rotate among the seven departments. The invited lectures will be given by individuals who are currently prominent in their respective fields and have demonstrated record of supporting women and gender-diverse individuals. The current scholarship holders select the lecturers and act as hosts for the lecture.

View the lectures

Science Achievement Graduate Fellows Lecture Archive