Herschel & Caryl Roman Scholarship

About Dr. Herschel Roman

The Herschel and Caryl Roman Undergraduate Science Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to deserving undergraduates at the University of Washington who have an interest in genetics research.

The Scholarship Fund was established in memory of Dr. Herschel Lewis Roman, who joined the UW faculty in 1942 and founded the Department of Genetics (now known as the Department of Genome Sciences) in 1959. By the time of his retirement in 1980, he had received international recognition for his work in chromosomal behavior and genetic recombination. With his passing in 1989, his family and friends proposed this scholarship in his honor.

To Make a Donation

If you would like to make a donation to this scholarship fund, you may do so online via the UW Medicine website. We are grateful for your support!

About the Scholarship

The scholarship, which provides a total of $2500-$5000 for the academic year, will be awarded to undergraduates who demonstrate an interest in genetic research. Award amounts depend on the number of awardees selected and available funding. The selection criteria include academic achievement and aptitude. By the terms of the scholarship, the awardee will participate in genetics research for at least ten hours per week for three quarters and must continue to make satisfactory progress toward his or her degree. If the student is not already working in a lab, we can help with a lab placement.

Please note that previous scholarship recipients are not eligible to apply for a second year of funding.

To Apply

The application deadline is July 1. To apply, please send the following items to Brian Giebel (bgiebel [ a t ] uw.edu):

1. Please fill out the application form.
2. a one or two page personal statement in which you discuss your interest in genetics, career goals, and any other relevant information
3. a recommendation letter from a faculty member (should be emailed directly from the faculty member to Brian)
4. your transcript (an unofficial web copy is fine)

For more information, please contact Brian Giebel at bgiebel [ a t ] uw.edu.

Past Scholarship Awardees

2025

Tiffany Do – Shendure Lab
Sabrina Fong – Shendure Lab
Aditi Kishore – Malik Lab
Katherine Lai – Swisher Lab
Amanda Ro – Dunham Lab
Tegan Yao – Abitua Lab

2024

Vincent Chau – Beliveau Lab
Haley Parrett – Berg Lab
Catherine Rasgaitas – Noble Lab

2023

Kensho Gendzwill – Fowler Lab
Hana Khan – Malik Lab
Ivan Woo – Starita Lab
Dave Young – Hsieh Lab

2022

Varun Ananth – Noble Lab
Anna Anderson – Lieber Lab
Dylan Clark – Feder Lab

2021

Aman Agarwal – Stergachis Lab
Matthew Cotter – G. Horwitz Lab
Annamarie Steed – Dunham Lab
Sadie Van Den Bogaerde – Starita Lab
Sunny Ye – Fowler Lab

2020

Winston Chen – Noble Lab
Ryan Chern – Beliveau Lab
Batool Mutawe – Brewer-Raghuraman Lab
Tai Nguyen – Monnat Lab
Bill Young – Promislow Lab

2019

Forrest Golic – Promislow Lab
Jonathan Mah – Bloom Lab
Jackson Zariski – Beliveau Lab

2018

Zach Krieger – Fowler Lab
Dianne Cintron Laboy – Mefford Lab
Samantha Paskvan – Brewer-Raghuraman Lab

2017

Yong-Han Hank Cheng – Doherty Lab
Kevin Felt – Bruce Lab
Bernice Lin – Berg Lab

2016

Lucas Cary – Queitsch Lab
Liesl Strand – Berg Lab
Cynthis Wong – Malik Lab

2015

Alice Cheng – Noble Lab
Cambria Heuston – Waterston Lab
Miriam Williamson – Fowler Lab

2014

Noah Hanson – Dunham Lab
Kate Harrison – Hawkins Lab
Dylan Holmes – Noble Lab

2013

Ann Bucher
Steven Lee – Brewer-Raghuraman Lab

2012

Evan Boyle – Shendure Lab
Paul Ellenbogen – Noble Lab
Kai Rodgers – Monnat Lab

2011

Joanne Hsu – Villen Lab
Kiana Mohajeri – Malik Lab

2010

Molly Gasperini – King Lab
Kelsey Haas – Brewer-Raghuraman Lab

2009

Hannah Jordt – Queitsch Lab
Anand Kaul

2008

Jacob Bale – Queitsch Lab
Tiffany Vu – Raskind Lab

2007

Adam Koch – Wakimoto Lab
Chris Nicolai – Stamatoyannopoulos Lab
James Thornton – Fields Lab
Lianna Wood – Sibley Lab

2006

Janice Chen – Horwitz Lab
Jeannie Nguyen – Raskind Lab
Baswijit Paul – Chance Lab
Katherine Reinhart – Raible Lab
Cody Wyles – Braun Lab

2005

Andrew Hemmaplardh
Lauren Surface
Stephanie Suzuki

2004

Lesley Everett
Kirstin Wiederholt

2003

Duangkamol Chungsiriwat
Brian Rezvani
Kwun Wah Wen

2002

Anna Fortin
Bryan Howie
Ursula Lang
Andrea Eberly