This is awarded by the Physics Department to outstanding undergraduates in Physics or Astronomy to support summer research under the supervision of a University of Chicago faculty member. They are normally awarded for the summer following completion of the student's 3rd year. The award provides a summer stipend exactly or approximately equal to the REU stipend. The number of awards will be determined by the availability of funds. Applications will be solicited around mid-April, and the offers made around mid-May. This Prize cannot be combined with other compensation for summer research.
Past Awardees
| 2021 | Lara Braverman Oliver Halperin Fangxin (Sam) Li |
| 2020 | Michael Farrington Siqi Ni |
| 2019 | Albert Chen Shoshana Chipman Jasmine Kalia Yat Long Leung Huayue Xue |
| 2018 | Adel Rahman Henry Zheng Zane Rossi Rikuto Fukumori Larry Chen |
| 2017 | Yitian Sun Alexander Smith Mirabai Liu Adel Rahman |
| 2016 | Mykhaylo (Misha) Usatyuk Jonathan Sorce Seth Musser |
| 2015 | Patrick Jensen Joseph Mittelstaedt |
| 2014 | Jay Cushing Rachel McEnroe Jiaqi Jiang |
| 2013 | Taweewat Somboonpanyakul Nathaniel Norton Zihao Jiang |