One $1,000 scholarship is made to an undergraduate student majoring in metallurgical engineering, materials science and engineering, or minerals processing/extraction programs. In addition, a travel stipend of $500 is available for the recipient to attend the TMS Annual Meeting, to formally receive the scholarship. Award recipients must travel to and attend the conference in order to receive the travel funds associated with this award.

The scholarship is established to recognize the memory of Dr. Larry Kaufman for his contributions to computational thermodynamics and its applications. It is supported by CALPHAD Inc. and the TMS Foundation.

Scholarship donors include ASM International Boston Chapter, CALPHAD Inc., CompuTherm LLC, Sandra Kaufman, Zi-Kui Liu, Philip Spencer, Spencer Group Inc.

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• The applicant must be a student member of Material Advantage.
• Applicants must be a current undergraduate sophomore or junior enrolled full time in a metallurgical/materials science engineering program at a qualified college or university.
• Relatives of members of the funding committee/division are not eligible.
• Submitted coursework must be relevant to the scholarship for which the student is applying.
• Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher required.