Barry Goldwater Scholarship Foundation

06/20/2023

Congratulates to Goldwater Scholars Isabel Gallegos (2021), Philip Kocheril (2019), Viabhav Mohanty (2018), Anna Soper (2021), and Madeleine Urbanek (2021) for being selected 2023 Hertz Fellows.

06/12/2023

The research of Walker Smith, 2021 Goldwater Scholar at Indiana University Bloomington, is highlighted here in "The Sound of Molecules."

Walker Smith might just be a polymath in training - majoring in chemistry and music composition, and with many other interests between and aside.

05/01/2023

Congratulations to Derek Price, 2023 Goldwater Scholar from Kennesaw State University!

Kennesaw State University junior Derek Price II has been awarded a Barry M. Goldwater scholarship, presented each year to the nation’s top undergraduate scholars in the sciences, mathematics and engineering.

03/31/2023

Congratulations to the Goldwater Class of 2023! As a result of a partnership with the Department of Defense National Defense Education Programs (NDEP), Dr. John Yopp, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, is pleased to announce that the Foundation is awarding 413 Goldwater scholarships for the 2023-2024 academic year. See the 2023 press release on our website.

03/20/2023

Dr. Olivia Wilkins, a 2014 Goldwater Scholar, is highlighted in the Early Career Scientist Spotlight for her research at the NASA Goddard S**ce Flight Center.

The Sciences and Exploration Directorate is the largest Earth and space science research organization in the world. Its scientists advance understanding of the Earth and its life-sustaining environment, the Sun, the solar system, and the wider universe beyond. The Directorate is part of Goddard S**c...

03/10/2023

Congratulations!! Christopher Slaughter, 2022 Goldwater Scholar from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, is named a 2023 Gates Cambridge Scholar.

Christopher Slaughter ’23, M31 computer engineering, has won a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue graduate work at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom next fall. "He exemplifies UMBC's values and the Gates Cambridge vision of preparing leaders who demonstrate not only academic exc...

08/30/2022

Congratulations!! 2022 Goldwater Scholar Tanae Lewis is also named a 2022 Astronaut Scholar.

Senior chemistry student Tanae Lewis of Youngsville, North Carolina, has made history as North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s first Goldwater Scholar to also be named an Astronaut Scholar – the first from a historically Black college or university (HBCU) to achieve this d...

03/28/2022

Congratulations! 2021 Goldwater Scholar Cameron Young is a 2022 Churchill Scholar.

Cameron Young, who will graduate from Northeastern in May with a degree in chemical engineering and biochemistry, will begin a master’s degree program in medical science at the British university this fall.

03/25/2022

Congratulations to the Goldwater Class of 2022! As a result of a partnership with the Department of Defense National Defense Education Programs (NDEP), Mrs. Peggy Goldwater Clay, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, is pleased to announce that the Foundation is awarding 417 Goldwater scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year. See the 2022 press release on our website.

01/30/2022

Congratulations! 2021 Goldwater Scholar Karthik Ravi is a 2022 Churchill Scholar.

Congratulations to Karthik Ravi, LSA '22.

01/30/2022

Congratulations! 2021 Goldwater Scholar Sarah Weinshel is a 2022 Churchill Scholar.

The Churchill Scholarship, widely recognized as the STEM equivalent of the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships, is one of the most prestigious and competitive grants open to graduating seniors. As a scholar, Weinshel will receive full tuition for one year of master’s study at Churchill College in the...

01/29/2022

Congratulations! 2021 Goldwater Scholar Jenny Wan is a 2022 Churchill Scholar.

Scholarship will fund her first year of studies at University of Cambridge.

01/29/2022

Congratulations! 2021 Goldwater Scholar Jahmaine Yambing is a 2022 Churchill Scholar.

The scholarship, which was created at the request of Sir Winston Churchill, is widely considered the most prestigious post-undergraduate STEM research award.

01/28/2022

Congratulations! 2021 Goldwater Scholar Ilakkia Anabayan is a 2022 Churchill Scholar.

As a Churchill Scholar, Ilakkia Anabayan will pursue a master’s degree in clinical neurosciences at the University of Cambridge next year. She is Emory’s third Churchill recipient and the first since 1988.

01/28/2022

Congratulations! 2021 Goldwater Scholar Spencer Hurt is a 2022 Churchill Scholar.

Spencer Hurt is one of 16 students to win a 2022-23 Churchill Scholarship, which supports a year of graduate study at Cambridge University

01/27/2022

Congratulations! 2021 Goldwater Scholar Naveen Raman is a 2022 Churchill Scholar.

Graduating Scholars in Mathematics, Computer Science to Spend Next Year Completing Master’s Degrees at University of Cambridge

01/27/2022

Congratulations! 2021 Goldwater Scholar Tara Venkatadri is a 2022 Churchill Scholar.

MIT seniors David Darrow and Tara Venkatadri have been named 2022 Churchill Scholars. HST medical student James Diao was named Kanders Churchill Scholar.

01/26/2022

Congratulations! 2021 Goldwater Scholars Megan He and Sarah Zhao are both 2022 Churchill Scholars.

Two seniors and an alumnus have been awarded Churchill Scholarships to study science, mathematics, engineering and science policy at the University of Cambridge for the 2022-23 academic year.

01/26/2022

Congratulations! 2021 Goldwater Scholar Andrew Burke is a 2022 Churchill Scholar

The Churchill Scholarship is a prestigious fellowship that provides American students funding to attend Churchill College within the University of Cambr...

01/25/2022

Congratulations! 2021 Goldwater Scholar Katie Rojales is a 2022 Churchill Scholar.

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WACO, Texas (Jan. 20, 2022) – Baylor University senior chemistry major Kate Rojales of Milton, Georgia, is among 18 recipients of the prestigious Churchill Scholarship in mathematics, science and engineering, announced by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States. Rojales, who conducts...

10/27/2021

09/10/2021

Congratulations to Rebecca Shyu, a 2021 Goldwater Scholar from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

The University of Missouri offers countless opportunities for undergraduates to dive into the world of research. Meet Rebecca Shyu, a senior engineering major who’s already helping to change how Missourians receive essential health care.

08/11/2021

Congratulations to Baylor University and their 2021 Goldwater Scholars Alexis Simmons and Katherine Rojales.

WACO, Texas (June 21, 2021) – Baylor University students Kate Rojales, a senior chemistry major from Milton, Georgia, and Alexis Simmons, a senior physics and mathematics major from Houston, Texas, have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in E...

07/30/2021

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05/20/2021

Kudos to 2021 Goldwater Scholars Tyrone Nieves, Jocelyn Mathew, Kaelyn McFarlane-Connelly from the University of Rochester.

The highly competitive honor supports college students planning research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering.

05/19/2021

Congratulations to Emmarie Alexander, Marta Cortinovis, Evan Dray and Ariel Lerman -2021 Goldwater Scholars from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign!

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04/28/2021

Kudos to North Carolina A&T and to Rachel Richards, 2021 Goldwater Scholar. See the N.C. A&T press release: https://www.ncat.edu/news/2021/04/richards-goldwater.php

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03/26/2021

Congratulations to the Goldwater Class of 2021! As a result of a partnership with the Department of Defense National Defense Education Programs (NDEP), Mrs. Peggy Goldwater Clay, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, is pleased to announce that the Foundation is awarding 409 Goldwater scholarships for the 2021-2022 academic year. See the 2021 press release on our website.

03/08/2021

Meet Dr. Geoff Considine, Goldwater Scholar 1989 (Georgia Tech)—from the first Goldwater class!!—and Ellen Considine from Goldwater class of 2019 (Univ of Colorado, Boulder). Learn more about the journeys of father and daughter here - https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/ellen-and-geoff-considine/

03/05/2021

Meet Justice Robinson (Goldwater Scholar ’20, Tulsa Community College)! Read about her STEM leadership, quest to study neuroscience, and current research and studies at Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/justice-robinson/

02/09/2021

Congratulations Joshua Young Yang (Goldwater Scholar ’14, UC San Diego) for being recognized in Forbes 30 Under 30 2021! Kudos on your extraordinary leadership and accomplishments in healthcare! https://aep.ucsd.edu/aep-community/alumni/spotlights/joshua-yang.html and https://www.forbes.com/profile/joshua-yang/

Yang cofounded kidney diagnostics startup Nephrosant, which is based on his research into kidney injury prediction.

02/08/2021

Kudos to William Snyder, Goldwater Scholar ’19 from Bucknell University. William is one of 24 Gates Cambridge Scholars in the 2021 U.S. cohort! https://www.gatescambridge.org/biography/18406/

01/27/2021

Meet Dr. Phillip Maffettone, Goldwater Scholar ’13 (University at Buffalo)! Read about Dr. Maffettone’s amazing journey driven by a quest for confusion and scientific adventure. https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/phillip-maffettone/

01/26/2021

Meet Mariana Kneppers, Goldwater Scholar ’17 (Elon University)! Read about her journey that led her to documentary production to inspire conservation and climate change mitigation! https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/mariana-kneppers/

01/25/2021

Meet Dr. Phillip Milner, Goldwater Scholar ’09 (Hamilton College)! Now at Cornell Univ., his teaching and research unite his “two passions - organic synthesis and materials science – to develop new porous materials for solving challenges in human health, medicine, energy, and the environment.” Read about his amazing journey! https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/phillip-milner/

01/22/2021

Meet Magdalena Russell, Goldwater Scholar ’17 from Montana State Univ, now a PhD student at Univ. of Washington! Read her story at https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/magdalena-russell/

01/15/2021

What was one of the top-viewed 2020 articles at University of Maryland, College of Computer, Mathematical, & Natural Sciences? Meet 2020 Goldwater Scholars Jesse Matthews, Scot Moroch, Seungtaek Daniel Oh, and Pavan Ravindra. Kudos to each of you! https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/features/4561?fbclid=IwAR3Otu-GlrDOlScrd_S3tsTQ3Q274G5Jjg-16fqL1mv9P5nWZ1l0fwhvygQ

01/14/2021

Look who is on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list! Congratulations Dr. Amanda Chen (Goldwater Scholar 2013, Univ. of Rochester)!! Scientist Dr. Amanda Chen’s bold leadership and accomplishments continue to impress! https://www.forbes.com/profile/amanda-chen/?list=30under30-science&sh=673452b44ac7

The liver is one of the most complex organs in the body.