Greater Houston Section |
Scholarships The 2023 Scholarship Examination is scheduled for Saturday, April 15 at the University of Houston! |
Award Criteria
Three scholarships are awarded at each level (1st year and 2nd year) to students who participate in the Greater Houston Section's annual Scholarship Examination. The awards will be $2500, $1500, and $1000 for first, second, and third places, respectively. Scholarship awards and certificates for honorable mentions will be presented at the Awards Banquet of the American Chemical Society-Greater Houston Section (ACS-GHS) held in the Fall.
Scholarship funds will be paid directly to the Financial Aid Office of the student's college or university, once registered. Award funds will not be paid directly to the student and cannot be used for other educational purposes. Award disbursement may be delayed to later years of a student's program if necessary.
Eligibility Requirements
- Students registering for the 1st year exam must be currently enrolled in or have completed first year chemistry, but NOT have enrolled in AP or IB chemistry.
- Students registering for the 2nd year exam should be currently enrolled in or have completed AP Chemistry or 2nd year of IB Chemistry.
2020 - 2022 Scholarship Awardees
No scholarships awarded 2020 - 2022. Exams cancelled due to COVID-19
2019 Winners - 1st Year 1st Place - Yitian Zhu Seven Lakes High School, Teacher Mayra Colombani-Acosta 2nd Place (Tie) - Saiprasada Manihonda Dulles High School, Teacher Nancy Malone 2nd Place (Tie) - Sid Arora Clements High School, Teacher Dianne Aparicio 2nd Place (Tie) - Geoffrey Zhang Clements High School, Teacher Dianne Aparicio Honorable Mention - Kyle Tsai DeBakey High School for Health Professions, Teacher Barbara Williams Honorable Mention - Sanjay Nagarav Clements High School, Teacher Dianne Aparicio Honorable Mention - Adrienne Nguyen DeBakey High School for Health Professions, Teacher Barbara Williams Honorable Mention - Ayush Suresh St. John's School, Teacher Dwight Raulston |
2019 Winners - 2nd Year
1st Place - Ryan Anslem Clements High School, Teacher Carolyn Ericson 2nd Place - Shaan Parekh Dulles High School, Teacher Nancy Malone 3rd Place (Tie) - Siddarth Muppalla DeBakey High School for Health Professions, Teacher Barbara Williams
3rd Place (Tie) - Michael Tang Clements High School, Teacher Dianne Aparicio
Honorable Mention - Michael Ji
Klein High School, Teacher Vicki Hemsdorf Honorable Mention - Eric Mao Clements High School, Teacher Dianne Aparicio Honorable Mention - Stephen Xie Clements High School, Teacher Dianne Aparicio |