Award Recipients

Below is a list of MSU recipients of grants and awards administered by the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. National and chapter-level recognitions are included. Among these distinctions is the MSU Chapter's Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship (EAIS). For more information about this Award, visit the EAIS webpage.

2026

  • Jenus Shrestha (Fellowship – Chapter)
  • Farzaneh Ebrahimzadeh Holasu (Dissertation Fellowship – National)
  • Taewoo Kang (Missy Hopper Dissertation Fellowship – National)
  • Careers In Real Life: Bridging the Gap Between Students’ Disciplinary Learning and Care (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship – Chapter)

2025

  • Ming Ming Cheung (Love of Learning Award- National)
  • Grant Bruninga (Fellowship-National)
  • MSU Telehealth Research Group (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

2024

  • Hariharan Ramakrishnan  (Pioneer Award- National; Love of Learning Award- National)
  • Nikita Nel (Fellowship-National)
  • Maryam Berijanian (Love of Learning Award- National)
  • Leah Jansen (Love of Learning Award- National)

2023

  • Nicholas Bray (Pioneer Award- National)
  • Enrique Nunez-Mussa (Love of Learning Award- National)
  • Vidhula Srinivasan (Pioneer Award- National)

2022

  • Sustainable Climate, Agriculture, Landscapes, and Energy (SCALE) (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)
  • Eliot Haddad (Fellowship-National-Marcus L. Urann Fellows)
  • Alyssa LaBerge (Love of Learning Award- National)
  • Joel Berends (Love of Learning Award- National)

2021

  • Catherine Bargerstock (Love of Learning Award- National)
  • Kellee Coviak Hansen (Love of Learning Award- National)
  • Cameron Hancock (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • Brianna Robinson (Love of Learning Award- National)

2020

  • Layla Brooks (Study Abroad Grant-National)
  • Sustaining Community Development in Tanzania 2019 (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)
  • Nathan Wicks (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • Joel Berends (Love of Learning Award- National)
  • Gayathri Gunathilaka (Love of Learning Award- National)

2019

  • Derek Bowman (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • Delivering Bacterial Enzymes into Cancer Cells Using Adenovirus for Cancer Immunotherapy  (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

2017

  • Elizabeth Karney (Fellowship-Chapter)

2016

  • Quality Milk Alliance (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)
  • Brittany Ladson (Study Abroad Grant - National)
  • Katherine Robiadek (Love of Learning Award - National)

2015

  • Theresa Kaminski (Fellowship-National)
  • Promoting Inclusive, Ethical, and Successful STEM Teams (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)
  • Kassy Fineout (Love of Learning Award-National)

2014

  • James Miller (Fellowship-National)
  • Healthcare Packaging Immersion Event (HcPIE) (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

2013

  • Alison Chrisler (Love of Learning Award-National)
  • Yang Zhang (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • Clara Balliet (Study Abroad Grant-National)
  • ArtSmarts Among Innovators in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

2012

  • Erika Vivyan (Fellowship-National)
  • The Avida-ED Project: Technology for Teaching Evolution Using Digital Organisms (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

2011

  • Angelika Kraemer (Literacy Grant-National)
  • Marisa Rinkus (Love of Learning Award-National)
  • Jillian Stewart (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • The Conservation Ethics Group (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

2010

  • Erik Byker (Love of Learning Award-National)
  • Lori Hoisington (Love of Learning Award-National)
  • The Children and Technology Project (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

2009

  • Kyalamboka Brown (Fellowship-National)
  • Rebecca L. Farnum (Study Abroad Grant-National)
  • Danielle L. Rudder (Love of Learning Award-National)

2008

  • Tychele Naomi Turner (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • Marieka E. Brouwer (Love of Learning Award-National)
  • MATRIX - The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

2007

  • Kate Fedewa (Fellowship-National)
  • Nicole Marie Vasilnek (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • Greenwood Elementary Literacy Project (Literacy Grant-National)
  • Nanomedicine and Molecular Intervention Research Group (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

2006

  • James Reinhart (Fellowship-National)
  • Joshua Mastenbrook (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • Women Against Violence Initiative (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

2005

  • Sze-Ling Ng (Fellowship-National)
  • Natalie Jill Stein (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • Joshua Mastenbrook (Study Abroad Grant-National)
  • Karen McKnight Casey (Excellence of Performance Award-Chapter)
  • Keith Widder (Meritorious Accomplishment Award-Chapter)
  • Early Head Start Research & Evaluation Project (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

2004

  • Angela Smith (Fellowship-Chapter)

2003

  • Adrienne Nassar (Fellowship-Chapter)

2002

  • Affordable Housing Research Team (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

2001

  • Prashant Vaishnava (Fellowship-National)
  • Teresa Ann Heinle (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • The Functional Neuroimaging Group (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

2000

  • Dennis Rasmussen (Award of Excellence-National)
  • The Liberty Hyde Bailey Scholars Program (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

1999

  • Mark Nakamoto (Fellowship-National)
  • Shannon Shelton (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • Snowflakes (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

1998

  • Zachary Ruderman (Fellowship-National)
  • Holly Zorka (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

1997

  • Amanda Sloat (Award of Excellence-National)
  • Vivek Gurudutt (Fellowship-Chapter)

1996

  • Ryan Hawley (Award of Excellence-National)
  • Michael Thomas Hay (Fellowship-Chapter)

1995

  • Paul Blair (Award of Excellence-National)
  • Laura Anne Young (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • James Votruba (Honorary Member Award-Chapter)
  • Elizabeth Bartels (Meritorious Service Award-Chapter)
  • MSU Neurotoxicity Team (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

1994

  • Jennifer VanAntwerp (Fellowship-National)
  • Diane Chudziak (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • Merrily Dean Baker (Excellence of Performance Award-Chapter)
  • Seed of Change/Japan Project (Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship-Chapter)

1993

  • Rujuta Bhatt (Fellowship-National)
  • Laura Wojcik (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • Charles Webb (Meritorious Service Award - Chapter)

1992

  • Jacob Lorch (Fellowship-National)

1991

  • Erin Ann Smith (Fellowship-National)
  • Deborah Suzanne Meizlish (Fellowship-Chapter)
  • Gordon Guyer (Excellence of Performance Award - Chapter)
  • Horace King (Meritorious Service Award - Chapter)

1990

  • Charles Hoogstraten (Fellowship-National)

1989

  • Gregery Buzzard (Fellowship-National)

1988

  • Peter Larrowe (Fellowship-National)

1987

  • Connel Fullenkamp (Fellowship-National)

1986

  • Sonia Suter (Fellowship-National)

1985

  • David Lewis (Fellowship-National)

1984

  • Kimberly Lewis (Fellowship-National)

1983

  • Richard Cordray (Fellowship-National)

1981

  • Gordon Zook (Fellowship-National)

1980

  • Klaus Kolb (Fellowship-National)

1979

  • Ellen Francik (Fellowship-National)

1978

  • Scott Bales (Fellowship-National)

1976

  • Jane Aldrich (Fellowship-National)

1975

  • Richard Lovett (Fellowship-National)

1974

  • Doug Blanke (Fellowship-National)

1973

  • Mary Tavormina (Fellowship-National)

1971

  • Teresa Sullivan (Fellowship-National)

1970

  • Charles Humphreys (Fellowship-National)

1965

  • Gertraud Rainer (Fellowship-National)

1963

  • Barbara Lowrey (Fellowship-National)

1948

  • Ruth Beegle (Fellowship-National)

1934

  • Maurice Bates (Fellowship-National)