The department confers the Departmental Citation, Bioengineering Chair's Award and Bioengineering Department Service Award annually to graduating seniors. BioE also grants a limited number of Dr. Budinger Bioengineering Exploration Awards each year to continuing students for travel to present their research at a conference.

Chair Daniel Fletcher with 2019 winners Brenda Yang, Kevin Godines and Cuong Luu

All scholarships, fellowships and significant monetary awards and prizes are granted centrally at UC Berkeley, not at the discretion of the department. Please see the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office for more information.

The Departmental Citation

This is long-standing award is given to one bioengineering major for their exceptional academic performance, in addition to impressive achievements in other areas of student life, such as research, teaching, or service. It is customarily awarded to a graduating senior. Students with top GPAs are invited to apply in the spring.

The Chair's Award in Bioengineering

This award, unique to the Bioengineering Department, honors one graduating senior for their outstanding achievements in an area of personal passion, in addition to maintaining the highest academic performance. Students with top GPAs are invited to apply in the spring.

Bioengineering Department Service Award

This award recognizes one graduating senior for exceptional achievements and dedication to serving the community, in addition to maintaining high academic performance. Nominations are called for from students, faculty and staff in the spring, after which nominees are invited to apply.

Dr. Thomas Budinger Bioengineering Exploration Award

Created to honor our founding department chair and fearless explorer Dr. Thomas Budinger, this award recognizes outstanding extracurricular research by continuing BioE undergraduates. The winner receives up to $1,000 in reimbursement for travel to a scientific or academic conference in order to present their research. Students must have attended Berkeley for at least one semester before applying, and have at least one semester to go before graduation. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more about the application process.

Past Award Winners

	Department Citation	Chair's Award	Service Award
2019	Kevin Godines	Brenda Yang	Cuong Luu
2018	Tong Zhang	Yutong Liu	Sarah Bhattacharjee & Yining Chen
2017	Alison Long	Serena Leong	Karthik Prasad
2016	Lucy Hu	Daniel Hu	Zian Liu
2015	Sivan Marcus	Shin Yu Celia Cheung
2014	Brooke Liang	George Sun
2013	Daniel Price	Tahoura Samad
2012	Novalia Pishesha	Anand Mohapatra

Departmental Citation