The following awards and scholarships are given by the department. Read more about the award criteria on our Awards page.
Congratulations to all our first-year PhD students who identified permanent labs this year.
We are fortunate to have many generous alumni who donate funds to make our departmental scholarships possible. The following students received scholarships for 2024-25.
Martin Ag Scholarship is awarded by the Office of Academic Programs in the College of Ag to students who demonstrate high academic performance, quality research contributions and a desire for continued learning about research in agriculture.
The following students received this award for the 2025-2026 academic year
Our Biochemistry Club led by faculty mentor, Dr. Orla Hart, was awarded Chapter of the Year at the annual conference held this year in Chicago. We had 25 undergraduates present posters, and 2 of our students, Nina Wilson and Nathan Henderson were awarded Honorable Mention in the poster competition.
Each year, the department selects one student as the outstanding student from each class on the basis of excellence in academics, research and service. These students are then nominated for the college-level awards, which are announced last night at the College Spring Awards Banquet. Our outstanding students this year are:
Leo Koenigsfeld grew up in a small town in central Missouri with the unlikely name of...
A generous gift from the Young Family will drive food innovation at Purdue University over the...
Austin Grant, a senior majoring in aquatic sciences with a minor in military science and...
Kingsly Ambrose, a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, was...
Her love for insects started early. “From the moment I could walk, I was outside looking at...
Purdue Animal Sciences awarded $72,200 in scholarships to students for the 2025–26 school...