Overview
The Goldwater Foundation awards up to 460 scholarships to sophomores and juniors demonstrating potential for success in a research career in the sciences, engineering, or mathematics. Competitive students will have a high GPA (3.8+), research experience, and intend to pursue a PhD and research career. The scholarship awards $7,500 towards undergraduate expenses per year of college remaining. Ohio State will nominate 4-5 applicants for this award.
Eligibility
- U.S citizen, national, or permanent resident
- Full-time sophomore or junior (1-2 years of study remaining after applying)
- 3.0 GPA or higher (3.8 or higher, highly recommended)
- Intend to pursue a research career in a natural science, mathematics or engineering
Selection Criteria
Goldwater Scholarship selection criteria include:
- Strong academics
- Extensive research experience (3+ semester including summers and/or high school)
- Capable of becoming future leaders and innovators in the natural sciences, engineering, and/or mathematics
Application Materials
- A completed application (short answer questions about career goals/professional aspirations, research projects (including publications), recognitions, non-research accomplishments and skills, future academic plans, coursework, research skills)
- Research essay: a chance to discuss previous research or proposed research (three pages; guidance here)
- Three letters of recommendation from research mentors or STEM professors/course instructors (See guidance here under Step #4.) that will be emailed directly to fellowships@osu.edu.
- Official Transcript
- Permanent resident card and letter of intent to become a citizen, if applicable
Application Procedure
Campus Application Deadline – November 20, 2023
Campus Application Process
Because the university is required to nominate candidates for this opportunity, there is an internal application process. For support on your application, reach out to fellowships@osu.edu at any time while the applications are open.
Please submit all of the materials listed above, including letters of recommendation, to fellowships@osu.edu by 5 pm on the campus deadline. After a review of applications, we will contact all applicants to announce the campus nominee. From that point, Undergraduate Fellowship Office staff will work with nominee to revise materials in advance of the national deadline.
National Application Deadline – January 26, 2024
All application materials must be submitted to fellowships@osu.edu in advance of the national deadline. Undergraduate Fellowship Office staff will communicate about deadlines with nominee.
Past Goldwater Scholars
*Indicates Honorable Mention
- 2022-2023 - Isaiah Boateng
- 2022-2023 - Defne Ceyhan
- 2022-2023 - Devi Dheekshita Nelakurti
- 2022-2023 - Anya Phillips
- 2021-2022 - Lia Gomez-Perez
- 2021-2022 - Anthony Moussa
- 2021-2022 - Rakesh Murugesan
- 2021-2022 - Mackenzie Scott
- 2020-2021 - Mitchell Ticoras
- 2019-2020 - Daniel Lesman
- 2019-2020 - Sarthak Shah
- 2019-2020 - Eitan Rothberg
- 2019-2020 - Emily Osborne
- 2018-2019 - Caroline Jipa
- 2018-2019 - Thomas Porter
- 2018-2019 - Vilas Winstein
- 2018-2019 - Meihui Zhang
- 2017-2018 - Kyle DeBry
- 2016-2017 - Griffin Spychalski
- 2016-2017 - Scott Garner
- 2016-2017 - Maya Gosztyla
- 2016-2017 - Taylor Schaffner
- 2015-2016 - Lagnajit Pattanaik
- 2015-2016 - Ross Vasko
- 2015-2016 - Kaeli Hughes
- 2015-2016 - Maggie Grau *
- 2014-2015 - Lucas Beaufore *
- 2014-2015 - Alexis Crockett
- 2014-2015 - Henry Tran
- 2013-2014 - Katrin Daehn
- 2013-2014 - Jason Ford *
- 2013-2014 - Tyler Friesen
- 2013-2014 - Joseph Gauthier
- 2012-2013 - Brett Geiger *
- 2012-2013 - Brian Hurwitz *
- 2012-2013 - Brian Mog *
- 2012-2013 - Jonathan Timcheck
- 2011-2012 - John Greco
- 2011-2012 - Nicholas Jarjour *
- 2011-2012 - Ronald Siebenaler
- 2011-2012 - Grant Yang
- 2010-2011 - Philip Bunting *
- 2010-2011 - Clark Butler
- 2010-2011 - Martin Dalefield *
- 2010-2011 - Dominic Labanowski
- 2009-2010 - Jake Connors
- 2009-2010 - Dustin Gable
- 2009-2010 - Tyler Merz
- 2008-2009 - Kevin Disotell *
- 2008-2009 - Thomas Henighan *
- 2008-2009 - Tyler Miller *
- 2008-2009 - Carrie Yozwiak *
- 2007-2008 - Craig Buckley
- 2007-2008 - Ehsan Sadeghipour
- 2007-2008 - Douglas Schaefer
- 2007-2008 - Christine Zgrabik
- 2006-2007 - Gregory Kestin
- 2006-2007 - Megan Meuti *
- 2006-2007 - Olivia Twu *
- 2006-2007 - Matthew Wohlever
- 2005-2006 - Michael Chmutov
- 2005-2006 - Ian Jones *
- 2005-2006 - Gregory Kestin *
- 2005-2006 - Brian Kiel *
- 2004-2005 - Dominick Olivito *
- 2004-2005 - Imogen Pryce
- 2003-2004 - David Bradway
- 2003-2004 - Michael Gribble
- 2003-2004 - Lauren Walters *
- 2003-2004 - Thomas Weisgarber
- 2002-2003 - Christopher Alvarez-Breckenridge
- 2002-2003 - Christopher Hammond
- 2002-2003 - Jason Randel
- 2001-2002 - Cullen Buie
- 2001-2002 - Michael Tychonievich
- 2000-2001 - Gabriel Chong
- 2000-2001 - Karoline Gilbert
- 1999-2000 - John Antos
- 1999-2000 - Matthew Buoni
- 1998-1999 - Bradley Blaser
- 1998-1999 - Matthew Dorsten
- 1998-1999 - Ilya Finkler
- 1997-1998 - Lisa Bisconti
- 1997-1998 - Richard Corn
- 1997-1998 - Anthony Roecker
- 1996-1997 - James Baumgardner
- 1996-1997 - Eric Katz
- 1995-1996 - Garth Robins
- 1995-1996 - Michael Timko
- 1994-1995 - Jeffrey Fox
- 1993-1994 - John Wang
- 1992-1993 - Frank Swenton
- 1988-1989 - Svetlana Shtrom