The 2025 Gorgas Scholarship Final Competition will be held February 27-28, 2025 at Troy University in Montgomery Alabama. Online registration and Gorgas papers must be submitted electronically by December 31st, 2024. See the checklist at the bottom of the page for completing your entry.
2025 Alabama Science Scholar Search
The Gorgas Scholarship Program is a program of the Alabama Academy of Science. The purposes of the Gorgas competition are to promote interest in science and to aid in the education of promising students.
Information on the annual competition and awards may be found on the website at https://alabamajunioracademyofscience.org/home/gorgas-scholarship-competition. For further information, contact Ellen Buckner, PhD, RN, CNE, AE-C, FNAP, Chair, Gorgas Scholarship Competition, ebbuckner@gmail.com , (205) 910-9877.
Applications for the 2025 competition may be submitted directly to the Chair, Dr. Ellen Buckner. Deadline for receipt of electronic scientific paper is December 31st, 2024. Send to ebbuckner@gmail.com and gorgasscholarshipcompetition@gmail.com and include Gorgas in Subject line. Receipt will be acknowledged. Finalists will present their scientific research at Troy University Montgomery in Montgomery, Alabama.
Complete application materials may be sent one week later in early January. Register at link below. Official transcript should be sent by electronic service or email directly from the school. Letters of recommendation, page 1 of application, and Statement of Outside Assistance, Supervising Scientist Form (if required), and Human/Vertebrate Animal approvals (if required), should be sent electronically by email as attachments. No materials should be sent in paper copy. In subject line, use Gorgas, ID what document type (ex SOA LOR, Transcript) and student last name to: gorgasscholarshipcompetition@gmail.com or ebbuckner@gmail.com
Entrants must have a scientific paper describing original research or project. Scientific work may have been done in conjunction with a summer science program or year-round supervised work. It may have been presented at other science fairs or paper competitions, including the current year AJAS paper competition. Gorgas Scholars are Alabama High School Seniors only (public, private or homeschool). They compete for over $10,000 in Scholarships and most Alabama Colleges and Universities offer additional scholarships.
The Gorgas Scholarship Program is named for General William Crawford Gorgas, the Alabama physician who conquered yellow fever in the Panama Canal Zone. The purposes of the Gorgas competition are to promote interest in science and to aid in the education of promising students. The Alabama Science Scholar Search/Gorgas Scholarship Competition is a program of the Alabama Academy of Science. For questions, contact the Gorgas Chair, Dr. Buckner, by email at ebbuckner@gmail.com or (205) 910-9877, or Dr. Mark Jones, AJAS State Director, jonesmt@troup.org.
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