Our department offers a large number of scholarships and awards to our students each year, due to the generosity of our alumni and donors. These awards help our students fund their academic pursuits and participate in research. Many of our scholarships are selected by the faculty based on a student's academic performance and merit in a particular area.

Support for Astronomy graduate and undergraduate awards are possible because of the generous support of our former students and other donors who established the following funds.

Graduate Awards

• Frank and Margaret Edmondson Prize for Teaching
• Benjamin F. Peery Jr. Diversity Award
• Department of Astronomy Civic Engagement Award

Undergraduate Awards

• Astronomy Alumni Award for Overall Academic Excellence
• Goethe Link Prize for Outreach and Public Education in Astronomy
• Department of Astronomy Outstanding Leadership Award
• Marshal H. Wrubel Scholarship