Each year the graduating seniors who have achieved the highest level of academic excellence as measured by their GPA in science and mathematics courses will receive the Academic Achievement Award.Each year the faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences nominate and select students for four departmental awards. Award recipients receive a certificate and are recognized at the annual Honors Convocation.
Each year undergraduate students who have made outstanding contributions in research are selected by the faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences to receive the Emil K. Urban Student Research Award in Biology, named in honor of Professor emeritus Emil K. Urban who served as Chair of the Department for 27 years. Awards are given to students whose research is field-based, laboratory-based, and integrated, spanning both the field and the laboratory.
Each year a senior biology major who has demonstrated an exemplary and sustained degree of selfless and dedicated service to the Department of Biological Sciences is selected by the faculty of the department to receive the Dr. Dianne C. Snyder Distinguished Service Award, established in honor and memory of the late Dr. Dianne Snyder.
Each year a senior biology major who has a distinguished record based on their classroom and laboratory performance and their major and overall grade point average is selected by the faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences to receive the Outstanding Biology Senior Award.
Each year the graduating seniors who have achieved the highest level of academic excellence as measured by their GPA in science and mathematics courses will receive the Academic Achievement Award.
| 2021 | Ananya Chakraborty Ryan Frerichs Souravi Mondal |
| 2020 | Abigail Bickle Rachel Hammesfahr Miranda Henderson Sinead O’Bryant Amy Trang |
| 2019 | Avirale Sharma |
| 2018 | Jason Brown |
| 2017 | Keri Jones |
| 2016 | Sarai Hacker Graves |
| 2015 | Kevan Khaksarfard Marjorie Marchman |
| 2021 | Bithika Halder Matthew Zimmerman |
| 2020 | Abigail Bickle Ananya Chakraborty Deanna Doughty Rachel Hammesfahr |
| 2019 | Michael Goodall Liam Wolfe Elise Thomas |
| 2018 | Samantha Hitchens Anthony Peppers Keturah Mingledolph |
| 2017 | Shelby Howard Jennifer Mercer Mikael "Koty" Sapp |
| 2016 | Shelby Buckner Sarah Ozturk Eric Neff |
| 2015 | Atique Alam Jessica Padgett |
| 2014 | Austin Coleman Sandra Tadros |
| 2013 | Charles Best |
| 2012 | Trenton C. Agrelius |
| 2011 | Nuvonka Wilson |
| 2010 | Chalisa M. Nestell Scarlett Timmons |
| 2009 | Lewis E. Boykin II |
| 2008 | Sherry Banks Vernon Horst |
| 2021 | Megan Hobbs |
| 2020 | William Saunders-Cummings Benjamin A. Overlie |
| 2019 | Shubhra Rajpurohit |
| 2018 | Missy Hewitt |
| 2017 | Geoff Franqui |
| 2016 | Laurie Coleman |
| 2015 | Eriq Hearn |
| 2014 | Sierra Mannix |
| 2021 | Ananya Chakraborty Ryan Frerichs |
| 2020 | Chandani Patel |
| 2019 | Shubhra Rajpurohit |
| 2018 | Lara Way |
| 2017 | Keri Jones |
| 2016 | Adrienne Kambouris |
| 2015 | Alyssa Outhwaite |
| 2014 | Lindsey Quibeuf |
| 2013 | Alex Aguilar Amy Jackson |
| 2012 | Patrice A. Frazier Katherine L. Brown |
| 2011 | Kelley Jonske |
| 2010 | Chalisa M. Nestell |
| 2009 | G. Matthew Hinnant |
| 2008 | Sara M. Movaghar David J. Capell |
| 2007 | W. "Hutch" Jackson |
| 2006 | Carol A. Ling |
| 2004 | Sarah Y. Taufique Caroline M. Wolfe |
| 2003 | Mya J. Montoya |
| 2001 | Ruth A. Sapp Sameera T. Warsi |
| 2000 | Daniel H. Platt |
| 1999 | Natalia "Alex" Thrash |
| 1998 | Gwendolyn D. Carroll |
| 1997 | Charles W. Lambert Rinu Varghese |
| 1996 | Laura B. Joiner |
| 1995 | Robert A. DeWitt John F. Mareska |
| 1994 | Lisa M. Walters Johnna E. Wren |
| 1992 | Bonnie P. Jenkins |
| 1991 | Roland M. Brown |
| 1990 | Rebecca L. Feren Christiaan D. Lindsey |
| 1989 | Dennis R. Lindborn |
| 1988 | Laura A. Rayburn |
| 1987 | Donnie P. Hunagan |
| 1986 | K. Suzanne Huffman |
| 1985 | Brian S. Christine |
| 1984 | Michael D. Scott |
| 1983 | Vicky E. Spratlin |
| 1982 | Rayanne Hitzeman |
| 1981 | Kimberly J. Nearhoof |
| 1980 | James R. Herman Tina M. Guillebeau |
| 1979 | Karen L. Swain |
| 1978 | Debra Kay Jones |
| 1977 | Jean Simone |
| 1976 | Sara E. Culpepper |
| 1975 | Kerry C. Diver |
| 1974 | Steven E. Bentley |
| 1973 | Anita T. Cameron |
| 1972 | Jack H. Austin |
| 1971 | Nancy E. Smith |
| 1970 | Jean McRae |
| 1969 | Earl A. Burch, Jr. |
