MLML Student Scholarships
Each spring, MLML awards many competitive scholarships to our Master's students, in recognition of academic merit, community service, and outreach. Many of these scholarships were established in honor of former faculty and staff, and are made possible by alumni, the Student Body, the Quilt Guild, visitors to our annual public Open House, and other generous members of the MLML community. Typically, MLML scholarships are announced to our current student body after fall semester, with applications due early in spring semester, awards announced in April, and winners celebrated during the final week of spring semester at our annual MLML Scholarship reception.
Established in honor of founding faculty member and MLML Director for nearly 18 years Dr. John Martin, along with his longtime canine companion Xiphias, these scholarships award creativity in marine science and dedication to community service—qualities that John valued and embodied. For more information, please refer the Martin application packet.
Award amount: $3000
Established in honor of founding faculty member and MLML Director for nearly 18 years Dr. John Martin, along with his longtime canine companion Xiphias, these scholarships award creativity in marine science and dedication to community service—qualities that John valued and embodied. For more information, please refer the Martin application packet.
Award amount: $500
Established by founding faculty member and MLML’s invertebrate zoology professor for thirty-two years Dr. James Nybakken, this scholarship awards invertebrate zoology students who demonstrate the potential to become outstanding scientists by conducting innovative research. For more information, please see the Nybakken application packet.
The MLML Quilt Guild funds this scholarship in memory of Signe Amanda Lundstrum, who served as a MLML lab technician from 1972 to 1989, to award students using a creative approach to thesis research. For more information, please refer to the common application packet.
Award amount: $1000
Bill Watson was a big part of MLML for many years—first as a student in Dr. Broenkow’s Phys Oce lab, then working in the shop and helping many students with projects, starting a bluegrass group at the lab, and finally starting a two-year trip to handcraft 5 string banjos, one of which was raffled off to fund a student scholarship a few years ago. For more information, please see the common application packet.
Award amount: TBD
After graduating from MLML in 1984, Sonia Linnik Hamilton worked for the Department of Fish and Wildlife, initially as a fishery biologist and later as an environmental specialist in the Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response in Vallejo, CA. On January 11, 1992, she died in a helicopter accident in the Carquinez Strait while investigating an oil spill. Sonia left behind a bequest to fund this scholarship, which awards undergraduate or graduate students at MLML who show outstanding academic merit. For more information, please see the common application packet.
Award amount: $1000
Lifelong supporters and donors to SJSU, the Simpkins Family recently established the Simpkins Family Marine Science Scholarships to support MLML students’ research, education, and marine environment stewardship. For more information, please see the common application packet.
Award amount: $1000 and $2000
This scholarship is funded by the foundation established by the parents of MLML alumna Erin Loury, who helped start the MLML student blog and enjoyed MLML’s other outreach activities before graduating in 2011. The David and Dana Loury Foundation established this scholarship to recognize MLML students who are committed to marine science communication and outreach while working toward their degrees. For more information, please see the common application packet.
Award amount: $1000
Established by the MLML Student Body, these scholarships provide financial support to two MLML graduate students who show academic dedication and outstanding research. For more information, please see the common application packet.
Award amount: $2000
Established by the MLML Student Body, these scholarships recognize MLML graduate students who have generously given their time and shown continued dedication to MLML community service. For more information, please see the common application packet.
Award amount: $500 for first-year students, $750 for continuing graduate students, $850 for graduate students with approved thesis proposals
*Amount subject to change