Greater Houston Section |
Scholarships The ACS-GHS 2025 chemistry scholarship examination was held on Saturday, May 3, 2025. We look forward to next year's competition. For questions regarding the Scholarship Exams, please contact acsghseducation@gmail.com |
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 an ACS-GHS Awards Celebration (date TBD).
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. How to claim your scholarship disbursement.
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.
2024 Winners - 1st Year 1st Place – Krish Jha Carnegie Vanguard High School, Teacher Joshua Garcia 2nd Place – Alan Yao Glenda Dawson High School, Teacher Andrea Buchelli 3rd Place – Krishna Harish Elkins High School, Teacher Rolf S. Arvidson Honorable Mention – Leetyan Chen St. John’s School, Teacher Sarwat Jafry Honorable Mention – Boone Roeser St. John’s School, Teacher Roxie Allen Honorable Mention – Kevin Hu Clements High School, Teacher Caitlin Zuber | 2024 Winners - 2nd Year 1st Place (Tie) – Cosmo Wu Dulles High School, Teacher Katherine Coleman 1st Place (Tie) – Richard Zhang Seven Lakes High School, Teacher Mayra Colombani-Acosta 2nd Place (Tie) – Benjamin Bian Seven Lakes High School, Teacher Mayra Colombani-Acosta 2nd Place (Tie) – Vishal Sundaram Elkins High School, Teacher Christopher Nguyen 3rd Place (Tie) – Charles Anstead DeBakey High School for Health Professionals, Teacher Dina Adam 3rd Place (Tie) – Antonio Yu Clements High School, Teacher Caitlin Zuber |
2023 Scholarship Awardees
1st Year 1st Place – Yale Zhang Clements High School, Teacher Caitlin Zuber 2nd Place – Kevin Chen DeBakey High School for Health Professions, Teacher Dina Adam 3rd Place (Tie) – Eric Pan DeBakey High School for Health Professions, Teacher Dina Adam 3rd Place (Tie) – Aryan Singh High School, Teacher TBA Honorable Mention – Surya Mothilal Reddy Jordan High School, Teacher Marie White Honorable Mention – Bill Sun Seven Lakes High School, Teacher Tanya Jensen Honorable Mention – Justin Xu Clements High School, Teacher Caitlin Zuber | 2nd Year 1st Place – Anant Asthana Dulles High School, Teacher Katherine Coleman 2nd Place (Tie) – Aryan Bora Clements High School, Teacher Caitlin Zuber 2nd Place (Tie) – Viraj Neghandi Dulles High School, Teacher Katherine Coleman 3rd Place – Owen Dong Seven Lakes High School, Teacher Mayra Colombani-Acosta Honorable Mention – Evan Zhang Clements High School, Teacher Caitlin Zuber Honorable Mention – Jeffrey Qi Carnegie Vanguard High School, Teacher Joshua Garcia Honorable Mention – Alex Bao Clements High School, Teacher Caitlin Zuber |