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The Scholarship is open to Ph.D. candidates applying to their first year of graduate school with a minimum GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. In addition to academic excellence, the selection committee will also consider commitment to scholarship, involvement in extracurricular activities and interests beyond science and technology in the selection process. The successful candidate is required to maintain full-time student status as determined by the Academic Programs Office at the College of Optical Sciences. The Scholarship will cover the student’s academic year stipend, tuition, university fees and health insurance for up to two years. Partial funding for summer research is an option.
The Scholarship recipients will be encouraged to select an academic advisor and decide on a dissertation topic early in their studies. The program of research must result in the submission of a written Ph.D. dissertation. Publication of research results is strongly encouraged, as is acknowledgement in those publications of support through the Louise A. Wyant Memorial Scholarship in Optical Sciences.
The College of Optical Sciences imposes no restrictions and requires no commitments from the recipients beyond a pledge to maintain a high academic standard and to complete the Ph.D. requirements.
At the completion of the Ph.D. dissertation, recipients will be free to pursue their goals and interests.
Application Deadline: We are NOT accepting applications at this time.
For More Information, Please Contact: Dr. Carl F. Maes Associate Dean, Academic Programs College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona 1630 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721
Application Materials: In addition to the standard application material for the College of Optical Sciences, each applicant for the Louise A. Wyant Memorial Scholarship in Optical Sciences is required to submit a two-page statement of purpose, a detailed list of extracurricular activities and a list of possible topics for a project that will lead to the Ph.D. dissertation. Supporting recommendation letters must address the applicant’s unique qualifications for the scholarship. A committee of OSC faculty will review the applications and announce the winner.
Scholarship Recipients:
2007–2008: Sergio Johnson
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Louise
Wyant was a watercolor artist who grew up in Cambridge,
Mass., and studied art at Emmanuel College in Boston. She
moved to Tucson, Ariz., in 1974 and lived there with her husband,
Jim, and son, Clair, until her death in 2004. She painted using
various media, but after moving to Tucson she concentrated in
watercolor. She was a member of the