Application Deadline for Nomination: November 11, 2022

The Goldwater Scholarship awards $7,500 to college sophomores and juniors majoring in math, science, engineering, or research psychology (not clinical). Students who are competitive for the award have had significant research experience and have plans for graduate study (aspire to a PhD or MD/PhD) and a career in research. Please review all eligibility requirements and rules on the official Goldwater Scholarship website. You are encouraged to make an appointment with Rowena Grainger, ONSF Advisor, to discuss your eligibility before you apply for nomination.

To Apply

You must be nominated by the University to apply for the national competition. The UConn application for nomination deadline for the 2022 Goldwater competition is: November 11, 2022.

All applications for nomination will be submitted through the Goldwater Scholarship national website. You may access the application for nomination here.  Students must complete the pre-application before October 14, 2022 in order to be considered but encouraged to complete this phase once the application is available.  ONSF will evaluate each pre-applicant’s eligibility, and only eligible applicants will be approved to continue.  At that point, students who are approved to continue the process will need the following materials to complete the application:

• Unofficial UConn transcript & any grade reports from other institutions (may be unofficial at this stage, but would need official transcripts upon nomination). Please note that students are required to have a GPA of 3.5 or higher to be competitive for campus nomination.
• A letter of recommendation from your faculty research mentor or supervisor (this letter should be emailed directly from the recommender to rowena.grainger@uconn.edu)
• A polished & edited research essay (2 pages)

Recent Goldwater Scholars & Honorable Mentions from the University of Connecticut

Katie Hooker
2021 Goldwater Scholar

Katherine Lee
2020 Goldwater Scholar

Seema Patel
2020 Goldwater Scholar

Berk Alpay
2018 Goldwater Scholar

Ariane Garrett 
2018 Goldwater Scholar

Saurabh Kumar
2018 Goldwater Scholar

Sam Markelon
2018 Goldwater Scholar

Saurabh Kumar
2017 Honorable Mention

Cameron Flower
2016 Goldwater Scholar

John Ovian
2016 Goldwater Scholar

Adrian Coscia
2016 Honorable Mention

Shaharyar Zuberi
2016 Honorable Mention

Brendan Smalec
2015 Honorable Mention

Michael Cantara
2014 Goldwater Scholar

Peter J. Larson
2014 Goldwater Scholar

Patrick Lenehan
2014 Goldwater Scholar

Rebecca J. Wiles
2014 Honorable Mention

Ragini Phansalkar
2013 Goldwater Scholar
2012 Honorable Mention

Nicholas Gallo
2013 Honorable Mention

Anna Green
2012 Goldwater Scholar
2011 Honorable Mention

William David Lindsay
2011 Goldwater Scholar
2010 Honorable Mention

Kathleen Carey
2011 Goldwater Scholar
2010 Honorable Mention

Colin Carlson
2011 Goldwater Scholar

Michael Abramczyk
2009 Goldwater Scholar
2008 Honorable Mention

Alexander Meeske
2009 Goldwater Scholar

Kevin Burgio
2009 Goldwater Scholar

Rory Coleman
2009 Honorable Mention

Joseph Fournier
2008 Goldwater Scholar

Sonali Shah
2008 Honorable Mention

Ryan Notti
2006 Goldwater Scholar