Dean’s Excellence Merit Scholarship | Biomedical Graduate Education

The BGE Dean’s Excellence Merit Scholarship is awarded to eligible BGE master’s students who demonstrate outstanding academic promise based on their undergraduate GPA. Eligible admitted applicants receive this scholarship automatically.

Eligibility

Submit an application for admission to an eligible BGE master’s program (excluding the Special Master’s Program) by the final application deadline.
- The Special Master’s Program (SMP) does not participate in this scholarship. SMP students are eligible for the SMP Merit Scholarship or BGE’s other scholarships for new master’s students.
Have a verified undergraduate GPA (US 4.0 grading scale) as listed below.
- International applicants must submit a credential evaluation showing their GPA within the ranges of the verified undergraduate GPAs listed below. View our instructions for submitting a transcript from a university outside the United States.
Remain registered as a full-time student.

If you have any questions regarding the Dean’s Excellence Merit Scholarship, please contact bgestudentservices@georgetown.edu.

Incoming Fall Class

Verified Undergraduate GPA	Fall 2026	Spring 2027
3.95+	$11,500	$11,500
3.85-3.94	$9,000	$9,000
3.80-3.84	$7,500	$7,500

Incoming Spring Class

The scholarship amount in Fall will be equal to or greater than the Spring amount.
Verified Undergraduate GPA	Spring 2027	Fall 2027
3.95+	$11,500	≥$11,500
3.85-3.94	$9,000	≥$9,000
3.80-3.84	$7,500	≥$7,500

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Scholarship Recipients

Featured Recipients

Sarada Giridharan

October 29th, 2024

Elisa Yanni

October 28th, 2024

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Spring 2025

Drew Brink
Hillsborough, New Jersey
M.S. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Fall 2024

Subhiksha Balaji
McLean, Virginia
M.S. in Biohazardous Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases

Priyanka Bhakri
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
M.S. in Biotechnology

Michael Bratslavsky
Syracuse, New York
M.S. in Biotechnology

Kanksha Buch
Cincinnati, Ohio
Special Master’s Program in Physiology & Biophysics

Anne Marie Cawley
Raleigh, North Carolina
M.S. in Bioinformatics

Collin Duff
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Special Master’s Program in Physiology & Biophysics

Natalie Ellis
Houston, Texas
M.S. in Health Informatics & Data Science

Delaney Ensor
Columbia, Maryland
M.S. in Biotechnology

Sarada Giridharan
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
M.S. in Bioinformatics

Kinaya Hardie
Fort Washington, Maryland
Special Master’s Program in Physiology & Biophysics

Lea Kosanovic
Bethesda, Maryland
M.S. in Biotechnology

Sophia Levit
Brooklyn, New York
M.S. in Biotechnology

Katie Li
Maryland
M.S. in Physiology & Biophysics

Callum Newton
Syracuse, New York
M.S. in Biotechnology

Nathan Phillips
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
M.S. in Pharmacology

Rachel Rubin
Gainesville, Florida
M.S. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Mira Stone
Bethesda, Maryland
Special Master’s Program in Physiology & Biophysics

Parisa Tabiatnejad
Salem, New Hampshire
M.S. in Biotechnology

Grace Vaillancourt
New Hampshire
M.S. in Pharmacology

Emma Wang
Baltimore, Maryland
Special Master’s Program in Physiology & Biophysics

Elisa Yanni
Scranton, Pennsylvania
M.S. in Integrative Neuroscience

Samantha Zocher
Monticello, Illinois
M.S. in Health Informatics & Data Science

Spring 2024

Caitlin Chanoi
El Paso, Texas
M.S. in Clinical & Translational Research

Thao Phuong Nguyen
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
M.S. in Biotechnology

Sarah Jean Siemers
Katonah, New York
M.S. in Bioinformatics

Fall 2023

Yousuf Alwash
Amman, Jordan
M.S. in Pharmacology

Olivia Atkins
Norfolk, Massachusetts
M.S. in Biotechnology

Mark Bisanzo
Charlotte, Vermont
Executive Master’s in Clinical Quality, Safety & Leadership

Amrita Bonthu
Miramar, Florida
M.S. in Integrative Medicine & Health Sciences

Min-Ju Chien
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
M.S. in Tumor Biology

Eleni Daughters
Pasadena, California
M.S. in Integrative Neuroscience

Amanda DeGraaf
Columbia, Maryland
Special Master’s Program in Physiology & Biophysics

Wei-Chi Huang
Taiwan
M.S. in Tumor Biology

Anastase Karamanolis
Atlanta, Georgia
B.S. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Alissa Keegan
Falls Church, Virginia
M.S. in Tumor Biology

Jesse Martin
San Mateo, California
M.S. in Integrative Medicine & Health Sciences

Joan Mattle
Rochester, New York
M.S. in Health Informatics & Data Science

Alaa Mokbel
Sana’a, Yemen
M.S. in Integrative Neuroscience

Srinidhi Nemani
Aldie, Virginia
M.S. in Tumor Biology

Noah Orlian
White Plains, New York
M.S. in Biotechnology

Yukthasree Penumala
Glen Allen, Virginia
M.S. in Health Informatics & Data Science

Jesse Nathaniel Prakken
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Special Master’s Program in Physiology & Biophysics

Yanmin Qu
China
Special Master’s Program in Physiology & Biophysics

Jordan Schuck
Springfield, Virginia
Special Master’s Program in Physiology & Biophysics

Giorgi Shautidze
Brooklyn, New York
M.S. in Pharmacology

Reva Siva
Virginia
Special Master’s Program in Physiology & Biophysics

Kelsey Swenson
Bend, Oregon
M.S. in Biomedical Science Policy & Advocacy

Amelia Grace Thompson
Marietta, Georgia
M.S. in Microbiology & Immunology

Chizobam Ugboaja
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
M.S. in Systems Medicine

Hasset Solomon Yishak
Goleta, Georgia
M.S. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology