He is one of six graduate students across the U.S. to win a $20,000 Urann Fellowship, given to Phi Kappa Phi members entering their first year of graduate or professional study. An alumnus of the Eugene McDermott Scholars Program, Siddiqui is the fourth UT Dallas student to receive the Urann award. The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi also awards 50 fellowships of $8,500 each and two at $35,000. Each Phi Kappa Phi chapter is allowed to nominate just one candidate a year. Despite the stiff competition, UT Dallas students have received a fellowship each of the nine years the University has been a Phi Kappa Phi chapter member.