{"id":519,"date":"2025-09-22T15:19:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T22:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/?page_id=519"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:17:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T00:17:48","slug":"phd-student-achievement-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/cas-awards\/award-information\/phd-student-achievement-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Student Achievement-Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Purpose<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Recognizes and honors doctorate students in the science disciplines for outstanding academic performance, achievements in research, scholarly, and\/or creative activity, and contributions or service to their academic unit, the college, and WSU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Criteria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Outstanding academic performance, strong research, scholarly and\/or creative productivity, interdisciplinary collaborations, service, and professional growth during graduate studies at WSU; actual or potential impact of relevant research, scholarly, and\/or creative activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Specific Eligibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Students enrolled in a PhD degree program offered by the School of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of the Environment, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, or Department of Physics and Astronomy and who are on track to complete their degree in 2026 (spring, summer, or fall).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">Questions?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact the Office of the Dean at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:cas.awards@wsu.edu\">cas.awards@wsu.edu<\/a>&nbsp;or 509-335-4581.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column  wsu-color-background--gray-0\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">Required Materials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--default\">All nomination packets must include the following materials:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wsu-spacing-after--sxxsmall\">\n<li><strong>Nominee\u2019s Curriculum Vitae<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expected Date of Graduation<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expected Degree<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nomination Letter <\/strong>(Limit of one page)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" wsu-font-size--medium\">A broad description of why the nominee is deserving of the award. Cite specific examples of relevant accomplishments, publications, and recognition. Focus on the impact of the nominee\u2019s work within the discipline, across the institution, in external communities, and\/or on fellow students as appropriate. \u00a0Include professional development, interdisciplinary research, and outreach activity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta  wsu-cta--width-full\" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/cas-awards-nomination-form\/\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button \">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tNominate a Colleague\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":234,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":741,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/519\/revisions\/741"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}