The Tarrant Summer Graduate Research Fellowship is supported through the Tarrant endowment, created by University of Florida Professor Emeritus Paul Tarrant to honor the memory of his beloved wives, Viola and Marian. Paul graduated from Duke University (Ph.D.), Purdue (M.S.), and Howard College (B.S.) and started his career at UF in 1946. He is credited with the first “sponsored” research program at UF (1948) and was the first Chair of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Fluorine Chemistry. In 1966, he received the Florida Award of the Florida Section of the ACS, which recognizes leadership and contributions toward the advancement of the profession of chemistry. He retired in 1980 after 34 years of service to the University of Florida.

Applications will be solicited via Departmental email, typically in the late Spring or Summer A. The Tarrant Summer Graduate Research Fellowship is a full summer research fellowship available to post-qualifying Organic Division graduate students or post-qualifying graduate students of Organic Division faculty members. The fellowship will include a $500 travel stipend to an approved conference in the summer of or academic year following the award period.

The recipient(s) will be selected based primarily on research accomplishments and research potential, but leadership/service and academic record will also be considered. Students already holding a fellowship/scholarship (GSF, NSF, etc.) that would support them as an RA in Summer C, or previous winners, are ineligible.