The College of Pharmacy Awards for Excellence

Doctor of Pharmacy Student Awards

Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences Student Awards

Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy Student Awards

Graduate Track Awards

Each spring, the College of Pharmacy celebrates excellence in the graduate programs (PhD and MS). Graduate track awards recognize students from each of the four graduate program tracks who have showcased academic excellence and outstanding research throughout the past year. Recipients were selected for two categories based on either GPA or research nominations. The executive committee then made the selection, and the Track Directors announced the awardees to the Grad Student Council. To learn more about the different nomination and application requirements for each graduate research award, contact your Program Coordinator.

Program Track - Drug Discovery & Development

Program Track - Pharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics

Program Track - Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes

Program Track - Pharmacology & Toxicology

Program Track - Pharmaceutical Sciences MS Track

Graduate Research Awards

 - The Glenn Sipes Graduate Travel Award

Started by Dr. Glenn Sipes, this award is intended to fund travel expenses for graduate students who are pursuing a doctorate in pharmacology and toxicology and will enable and encourage them to advance their research by participating in scientific meetings. Travel to conferences and scientific meetings remains an important aspect of graduate education where students network with fellow scientists and researchers. This award will continue to encourage students to participate and reduce the burden of costs associated with travel.

 - Joseph Ryan Graduate Student Award

This is a perpetual endowment established in 1990 by Mrs. Joey Nell Leonard in memory of her father, Joseph B. Ryan, a prominent Phoenix pharmacist who operated a number of drug stores in Arizona. This fund is awarded to UA College of Pharmacy alumni who are interested in the MS/PhD program. Candidate must have demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities and genuine academic promise.

 - Hugh E Laird II Memorial Fellowship

Established in 2002, this award was created in memory of a 1962 alumnus and former college professor of pharmacology and toxicology. The award is for graduate students in the College’s graduate programs with preference given to PhD graduate students, particularly graduate students in the PharmD/PhD graduate program.  Preference also given to second year or more advance graduate students.   

 - William and Betty Milleson Fink Graduate Scholarship

This $1,000 fellowship was established in 2010 by Bill and Betty, friends of The College. Bill has been a registered pharmacist for more than 60 years and holds one of the oldest pharmacy licenses awarded by the State of Arizona, and Betty worked at The UA for 34 years. The award is given to a full-time Health and Pharmaceutical Outcomes graduate student with a 3.5 GPA. If there is no such student in the Health and Pharmaceutical Outcomes graduate program track, the award may be given to any full-time graduate student with a 3.5 GPA in another graduate program track.

 - The Abraham and MacDonald Graduate Student International Research Fellowship

Established in 2013, the vision of donors Ivo Abraham and Karen MacDonald is to give students the opportunity to widen their horizons and push themselves beyond their comfort zones, experiences that are essential to conducting research that will change the world. The award is intended to encourage graduate students pursuing a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences to conduct research or receive research training in a country in which English is not the primary language. The cash award of $5,000 may be awarded to one, or split among multiple recipients, at the discretion of the selection committee. Applicants should have a minimum GPA of 3.0.

 - The Caldwell Health Sciences Research Fellowships

Dr. George Thornhill Caldwell and Dr. Mary Estill Caldwell worked together as scientists and marriage partners and devoted nearly a century of teaching and research to the University of Arizona. In honor of their dedication to the development of future scholars, the Caldwell Health Sciences Research Fellowships were established and offer research awards to deserving students at the UA Colleges of Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing and Public Health. This fellowship was established in 1995 in memory of Mary Caldwell, who worked at UA for 55 years, first as a biology and bacteriology professor and then as a researcher. Awards of up to $3,000 each are given to graduate students conducting original research.

 - The Conklin Sheevers Award