# Fellowships and Awards

**Source**: https://chem.yale.edu/academics/graduate-program/fellowships-and-awards
**Parent**: https://chem.yale.edu/academics/graduate-program

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Graduate Program

## The Richard Wolfgang Prize

Established in 1971 in memory of Richard Leopold Wolfgang, M.A. Hon 1962, and member of the faculty from 1956 – 1971, it is awarded each year for the best doctoral theses by graduating chemistry students.

## T.F. Cooke Award

Established to recognize excellence as a teaching assistant, the award is bestowed each year to several graduate students based on their teaching evaluations and faculty recommendations.

[View award recipients](/academics/graduate-program/fellowships-and-awards/tf-cooke-awards)

## Chemistry Graduate Research Fellowship Awards

These awards were started in 2019 to recognize, support, and encourage mid-career graduate students in their 3rd – 4th year. The fellowships are named after former faculty and scientists who have been associated with the Department of Chemistry: Jerome A. Berson, Donald Crothers, Peter B. Moore, Lars Onsager, Charlotte Fitch Roberts, John Tully, Harry Wasserman, and Kenneth Wiberg.