As a Bethel biological sciences student, you'll have opportunities to receive funding for research from your first day on campus.

This scholarship and assistant program will give you opportunities to pursue your interest in research, thanks to the memory of a longtime Bethel professor.

C. Weldon Jones Memorial Assistant Program

Funding is available to freshmen and sophomores interested in gaining research experience through the C. Weldon Jones Memorial Assistant Program. The program goals are similar to those receiving C. Weldon Jones Scholarships but the time commitment and expectations are less. Students should contact individual faculty for information in specific projects and availability prior to applying for the assistant program.

How do you apply?

The deadline is typically in mid-April each year.

Download the assistant application (docx).

The C. Weldon Jones Memorial Research Scholarship is given annually to students in the biological sciences to provide support for summer research activities.

The goals of the C. Weldon Jones Memorial Research Scholarship are to:

1. Encourage students to pursue independent research projects in collaboration with a faculty mentor, perhaps leading to a research focus beyond the undergraduate years.
2. Provide funding for undergraduate students to work on significant research questions and help prepare them for graduate-level training.

Awards are made annually based on proposals submitted to the Department of Biological Sciences.

Contact

For more information, contact one of the following:

• Department of Biological Sciences Chair, Amy Dykstra a-b-dykstra@bethel.edu
• Jeff Port jport@bethel.edu

How do you apply?

Traditionally, applications are in early to mid-April.

Download the scholarship application (docx).

To make a donation to the C. Weldon Jones Memorial Research Scholarship:

1. Visit our giving page.
2. Click "Donate Today" on the right side of the screen.
3. For "Designation," select "Other."
4. Indicate "C. Weldon Jones Memorial Research Scholarship" in the blank field below "Designation."

These awards are in honor of Dr. C. Weldon Jones, a longtime department member who passed away suddenly in 2003 and was widely recognized for his excellence in teaching and collaborative research with students.

His undergraduate education at Harvard was followed by a Ph.D. from Harvard and a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University Medical School. Before joining Bethel College (now University) he spent a year at the Dana Farber Cancer Center of the Harvard Medical School.

Named the Minnesota Professor of the Year in 1995 by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, published extensively, and the recipient of numerous National Science Foundation grants, Dr. Jones is best remembered as a quiet professor who truly loved biology and Bethel. His tireless energy and many hours at Bethel changed the lives of generations of biology students. During his time as faculty advisor to the Gamma Omega chapter of the TriBeta National Honor Society, the chapter won the national Lloyd M. Bertholf Award for program excellence three times in eight years, and he had numerous student publications in BIOS, a national undergraduate research journal along with his own publications in peer-reviewed journals.