Applications are being accepted for the NDSU Development Foundation Steinhaus-Rhinehart Scholarship. Students with senior standing as of fall 2009 can apply for the $825 scholarship.

Mabry C. Steinhaus established the endowment in 1994 in honor of her late husband, NDSU alumnus Edward A. Steinhaus, and his parents, Alice Rhinehart Steinhaus and Arthur A. Steinhaus.

The scholarship provides assistance to students in the College of Science and Mathematics or the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources who are majoring in a biological science including animal and range sciences, biochemistry, biological sciences, biotechnology, botany, crop and weed sciences, horticulture, microbiology or zoology. The applicant must plan to do research and attend graduate school in the area of biological science. Students must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or greater.

Steinhaus was a native of Max, N.D., and graduated from NDSU in 1936 with a major in bacteriology. He went on to earn his doctorate from Ohio State University in 1939, focusing on bacteriology with a strong interest in entomology.

Applications are available in the office of Student Financial Services, Ceres Hall 202, and will be accepted until March 27. A committee of faculty members from the two colleges will monitor applications. The recipient will be determined by April 10 and the award will be distributed during the fall 2009 semester.

For more information, contact Diane Goede at 1-7412 or diane.goede@ndsu.edu.