Student Awards
Each year the Rice Engineering Alumni (REA) provides grants, awards, and scholarships to students in the George R. Brown School of Engineering in recognition of their academic achievements and to support their efforts in a variety of student endeavors. Details for each of these programs can be found by clicking on the links below.
The deadline for submitting applications to the Fall 2023 graduate student travel (first round) and undergraduate student project grants programs is September 22, 2023, at 11:59 PM. The deadline for submitting an application for the Spring 2024 graduate student travel grants program (second round) will be announced at a later time. NO LATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. Any questions should be emailed to the REA Grants & Awards Committee Chair at reascholarships@gmail.com. Please note that beginning this year (2023/24) student project grants will be awarded only in the Fall Semester.
For those awards that are explicitly directed to junior and senior engineering students, we consider a senior to be a student who reasonably expects to graduate in December 2023, May 2024, or August 2024. A junior is a student who reasonably expects to graduate in December 2024, May 2025, or August 2025.
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Outstanding and Distinguished Junior and Senior Awards
The REA and the George R. Brown School of Engineering recognize one outstanding junior and one outstanding senior from each department in the school with Outstanding Junior and Outstanding Senior Awards. In addition, the REA selects one Distinguished Junior and one Distinguished Senior from among the Outstanding Juniors and Seniors chosen by their departments. No application is required for these awards.
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Leadership Excellence Award
This award is given to undergraduate engineering students who have shown outstanding leadership while at Rice.
Applications are due at 11:59 PM CST, Friday, March 8, 2024.
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Research Excellence Award
This award is given to undergraduate engineering students who have performed outstanding academic research at Rice.
Applications are due at 11:59 PM CST, Friday, March 8, 2024
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Buckley Sartwelle Scholarship
Created by Jack Boyd Buckley CE ’48 and Helen Sartwelle Buckley BA ’44 in memory of their parents, this scholarship is awarded to an outstanding junior in mechanical engineering.
Applications are due at 11:59 PM CST, Friday, March 8, 2024
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R.K.M. "Bob" Dickson Prize
Created by H. deForest Ralph Jr. BA ’55, ChE ’56 in memory of his roommate Bob Dickson ’55, this award recognizes engineering students whose work benefits society.
Applications are due at 11:59 PM CST, Friday, March 8, 2024
Student Project Grant Program
The Rice Engineering Alumni (REA) has established a grant program to support outstanding student-led engineering initiatives at Rice. The focus of this program is to provide financial support to projects, activities and initiatives which are not directly related to class work. Both undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to apply to the program. Grant funding must be used to support a specific activity and may not be used to supplement a general operating fund for an organization or group.
Student-led projects/activities/initiatives will be selected for funding based on the following criteria:
Demonstrated need for financial support
Educational impact for involved students
Societal impact of proposed project/activity
Feasibility of project/activity
Grant winners will be required to provide a follow up report and/or 10 minute presentation at an REA event, such as at the Winter Social or at the REA Homecoming event, upon completion of the project. In addition, grant winners will be recognized at the annual REA Student Awards Celebration in April.
Graduate Student Travel Grant Program
The Rice Engineering Alumni (REA) has established a graduate student travel grant program. The focus of this program is to support engineering graduate students and their research work. The key requirement for receiving the grant is that the travel is for the purpose of performing research directly based on the student’s thesis work at Rice or to present a paper or poster based on the student’s research at Rice at a future conference/proceeding. Grant funding may not be used to supplement a general operating fund for the research group.
The grant request will be selected for funding based on the following criteria:
Demonstrated need for financial support
Educational and professional impact for involved graduate students
The REA will award the grants during the fall and spring grant cycles. Grant winners will be required to provide a follow up report and/or 10-minute presentation at an REA event, such as at the Winter Social or at the REA Homecoming event, after attending the conference/meeting. In addition, grant winners will be recognized at the annual REA Student Awards Celebration in April.