Opportunities
Barry Goldwater Scholarship
The Goldwater Scholarship, one of the oldest and most prestigious national scholarships in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics in the United States, seeks to identify and support college sophomores and juniors who show exceptional promise of becoming this nation's next generation of research leaders in these fields. Selected students will receive a stipend for academic and research support for their remaining years as an undergraduate.
ELIGIBILITY
- U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Aspiring toward obtaining a PhD or MD/PHD
- Minimum 3.0 GPA
Please note: Candidates who are aiming to obtain a master’s degree in a STEM area and pre-med candidates are not eligible.
IDEAL CANDIDATES
- Undergraduates with one or more years of deep dive research experience
- Significant role in the research project(s) on which the Goldwater application research paper will be written
- Completed research, and not research proposals
- At least a significant study pertaining to the research question being used to apply must be complete at the time of the application
- Papers either in submitted or published status, as well as presentations in local, regional or national conferences
Please note: University nomination is required.
Timeline
Application Deadline
Last Friday of January
When should you engage with ONS?
The first Goldwater meeting should ideally take place when students are rising sophomores, but it should be no later than the August before the January when the application
is due.
Get Started
ONS Contact
Sayandeb Basu - sayandeb@honors.usf.edu
Scholarship Website:
https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/