Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation United States
US federal scholarship for college sophomores and juniors who plan research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering. Students are nominated by their institution.
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About
Also: undergraduate scholarship toward tuition and fees; Goldwater scholar network.
Who can apply: Sophomores and juniors at US institutions nominated by their campus representative; campus deadlines are earlier than the national one.
Free to apply.
Annual; application opens the first Tuesday in September, nominations due the last Friday in January, scholars announced the last Friday in March.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: research essay, references, transcript, nomination.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “scholarships to college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers”
Who can apply
- Open to students
- Sophomores and juniors at US institutions nominated by their campus representative; campus deadlines are earlier than the national one.
What you will need
- Research proposalUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- TranscriptOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
- Nomination packetOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your personal statement and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation without your tap.
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