Allen Osgood awarded scholarship to attend Washington University in St. Louis

2013 Aug 2

Allen Osgood of Loveland, Ohio (45140), was recently awarded the James M. McKelvey Undergraduate Research Scholar Award from Washington University in St. Louis. Osgood will be a freshman in the university’s School of Engineering & Applied Science when the fall semester begins Aug. 27.

First-year applicants to the School of Engineering & Applied Science may apply for the James M. McKelvey Undergraduate Research Award, which provides $5,000 each for up to eight incoming freshmen. Recipients receive an award to conduct research with any Washington University faculty member in engineering, medicine or the sciences.

McKelvey Scholars are also able to take advantage of special programming, publish in a special undergraduate research journal, and receive preparation and mentoring for graduate school.

The research award may be used for summer stipends to enable students to spend one or more summers at Washington University focusing on in-depth research projects.

The McKelvey scholarship is named after a former dean of the School of Engineering, James M. McKelvey, and is funded in part by the Clare Boothe Luce Program of the Henry Luce Foundation. Students were selected for the McKelvey scholarship based on research interest, outstanding academic record, and desire to make a difference in the world.

Washington University is counted among the world’s leaders in teaching and research, and it draws students and faculty to St. Louis from all 50 states and more than 100 nations. The total student body is nearly 14,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students.

The approximately 3,400 faculty teach in seven schools: Arts & Sciences, Brown School, Olin Business School, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, School of Engineering & Applied Science, School of Law and School of Medicine. Twenty-three Nobel laureates have been associated with Washington University, with nine doing the major portion of their pioneering research there.

The university offers more than 90 programs and almost 1,500 courses leading to bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in a broad spectrum of traditional and interdisciplinary fields, with additional opportunities for minor concentrations and individualized programs.

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