UNLV offers a number of financial aid opportunities, including scholarships, grants, and other programs. Listed below are scholarships available for students with majors in the College of Sciences.
College of Sciences Awards
General
- Anthony C. Hollins Memorial Scholarship
- David W. Emerson Scholarship — Physics, Chemistry
- Josh Muterspaw Scholarship
- NSTeC National Security Scholarship
- Wolzinger Family Research Scholarships — Sciences and Engineering (Graduate and undergraduate)
Biology
- W.G. Bradley – D.B. Dill Award in Environmental Biology
- Terry Evans Scholarship
Chemistry
- Black Mountain Kennel Club Scholarship
- Professor MN Jan Scholarship
- Harold and Mayme Stocker Scholarship
- Nowak Notre Dame Mountain Mines Scholarship Endowment
Geoscience
- Anne Fenton Wyman Scholarship
- Bernada French Scholarship
- Desert Space Foundation Award
- Douglas Orr Memorial Scholarship
- E. Edwards & M. Olswang Scholarship
- Jack and Fay Ross Family Fellowship — Graduate Student only
- Lilly Fong Scholarship
- Nate Stout Memorial Scholarship
- Natural Science Scholarship Association
- Southern Nevada Gem & Mineral Society Scholarship
Mathematical Sciences
- Bhatnagar Family Awards
- Chris McNamee Memorial Scholarship
- Leonard and Rhoda Frome Memorial Scholarships
Physics & Astronomy
- Russell L. & Brenda Frank Endowed Scholarship
Financial Aid & Scholarships Awards for Science Students
- Edwin Wiegand Science and Technology Scholarship — Sciences
- Phyllis Frias Science Scholarship — Biology, Chemistry, Geoscience, and Physics
- Sarah Lynne Halsey Scholarship Award — Mathematics and Engineering
- W.A. Tarr Award for Outstanding Scholarship (awarded to an outstanding senior member of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, national honor society for earth sciences)
Graduate College Awards for Science Students
- Hermsen Fellowship Fund
Honors College Awards for Science Students
- Linfa R. Wright Scholarship (member of APHP or AED)