Announcing a Limited Submissions funding opportunity, the 2026 Beckman Scholars Program. 

Please share this information widely with anyone who may be interested in developing an institutional application to create a Beckman Scholars Program at ODU . 

(NOTE: This is not an existing scholarship program for ODU students. This is a grant opportunity to create a Beckman Scholars program at ODU.)

  • The purpose of the Beckman Scholars Program is to help stimulate, encourage, and support research activities by talented, full-time undergraduate students.
  • Research activities must be centered in either chemistry, biochemistry, the biological and medical sciences, or some interdisciplinary combination of these subjects and are overseen by a full-time, approved science faculty member at the university.
  • Sponsored by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, the program was revised this year to remove barriers to participation for prospective Beckman Scholars and to encourage student applicants from a variety of experiences, backgrounds, opportunities, and who may not have had access to STEM resources or role models during their K-12 education.
  • The Beckman Scholar Program is an institutional award that supports six undergraduate “Beckman Scholars” (with funding for student stipends, institutional contact funds, travel funds, and mentor research supplies) extending over two summers and one academic year. Awardee institutions will name two Scholars in each year of the three-year institutional award term, for a total of six Scholars.

Please see https://www.beckman-foundation.org/programs/beckman-scholars/ for detailed information on the program and the application process.

The Beckman Scholars Program is a Limited Submissions funding opportunity and will be competed internally using ODU’s new InfoReady platform: https://odu.infoready4.com/#homePage.

The deadline for submitting an internal proposal is April 15, 2025.

Please login into InfoReady at https://odu.infoready4.com/#homePage for information on how to prepare an application for the internal competition. You may create a login using your ODU.EDU email or use your MIDAS login. If you have questions about using InfoReady, please contact Jackie Stein, Director of Research Development.