Donald W. Clayton Engineering Excellence Awards to Outstanding Undergraduate Students

The Donald W. Clayton Engineering Excellence Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Students is awarded to a full-time senior at LSU enrolled in the College of Engineering with an interest and desire to enroll in an engineering graduate program at LSU. The recipient must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident with a strong academic record. Recipients must not be previous recipients of the award and must demonstrate leadership skills, be good mentors and ambassadors, and show integrity and exemplary character.

Award
Varies
Scopes
Undergraduates, College of Engineering
Deadline
03/31/2026
Supplemental Questions
  1. Do you plan to enroll in a graduate engineering program at LSU?
  2. If so, what degree do you plan to pursue, and what is your career goal?
  3. Please list your extracurricular and community activities.
  4. How have these activities allowed you to demonstrate strong leadership skills, show personal integrity and exemplary character, serve as a good role model and/or mentor for your peers, and provide you with the opportunity to act as a good ambassador for the College of Engineering?
  5. Letter of Recommendation
  6. Authorization
    • 1. By submitting this form, I hereby acknowledge the information I have provided is true and complete to the best of my knowledge, and I have completed this form voluntarily. I give my permission to disclose this information and photo to the scholarship donor/s or their families or representatives and the committee of reviewers tasked with selecting scholarship recipients. Furthermore, I give permission to use part or all of this information for internal LSU reporting and future media releases.
    • 2. Full Name
    • 3. Date
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