Goldwater Scholarship 2021 | How are Goldwater Scholars announced
The applicant must also intend to pursue a research career in a natural science mathematics or engineering these fields include chemistry computer and information sciences and engineering engineering geosciences life sciences materials research mathematical sciences physics and astronomy and psychology for more eligible fields visit the goldwater website while research and medicine is not supported by the national science foundation students interested in pursuing careers in medicine or veterinary medicine are eligible for a goldwater scholarship if research is a central part of the student's career goals.
Applicants must have a gpa of at least 3.0 and they must be a u.s citizen national or permanent resident each goldwater scholar annually receives an amount covering the cost of tuition mandatory fees books and room and boardminus the amount of support provided for by other res by other sources up to a maximum of 7 500 dollars rising junior scholarship recipients are eligible for a maximum of two years of scholarship support rising seniors for a maximum of one year scholars also receive access to the goldwater scholar community which is composed of goldwater alumni the community regularly holds regional meetups and webinars to educate goldwater scholars about applying a graduate school graduate school awards research and career opportunities and more sophomores and juniors must take part in vanderbilt's campus nomination process vanderbilt can nominate four students and one transfer student annually to be considered for nomination applicants must first complete the enter the race form by early fall of their sophomore or junior year the specific deadline will be listed on the career center fellowships website and in the info reality application portal this form includes questions about your career goals interest in the goldwater graduate plans research experience and three potential recommender recommendation letter writers students who meet the enter the race deadline will be invited to complete their online application which includes their research essay and all recommendation letters to the career center applicants should be working with faculty in their field of study to review and provide feedback on their application particularly their research essay they should also seek advising from the fellowships team particularly regarding the short answers of their applications they will then submit their complete application by vanderbilt's internal deadline usually around mid-fall the fellowships team and nominating committee will meet to identify vanderbilt's nominees this may involve interviews depending on the number and quality of applications received in november and december and throughout the winter break nominees will meet and work together as a small cohort with the guidance of the fellowships team to strengthen their applications late january the fellowships team will submit completed endorsed applications through the goldwater portal then the goldwater review committee will review all goldwater applications and decide scholarship recipients around mid-spring goldwater recipients are announced ideal goldwater applicants usually possess the following traits they exhibit academic excellence through a strong gpa upper division science coursework and awards and honors recognizing their academic performance.
The gpa range of students awarded a goldwater scholarship usually varies from 3.3 to 4.0 with a recommended gpa of at least 3.5 ideal applicants possess significant independent research and lab experience or have been research it is recommended that applicants obtain research experience as early as possible in their college career ideal applicants also intend to pursue research-based graduate degree to produce the strongest possible application start earl you cannot rush the process producing a competitive application requires multiple drafts and most successful applicants report at least five rounds of revisi seek guidance and feedback from the fellowships team faculty in your fiel campus and community mentors identify potential recommenders like faculty research supervisors or pis ideally a recommendation letter should come from upper division science professors ensure that they are willing to provide strong letters of recommendation at least a month before the campus deadline offer to share drafts of application materials and work to integrate their
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take advantage of campus resources the fellowships team will be happy to offer guidance on drafting revising your essays updating your cv and other application components formore information please visit the goldwater scholarship website to begin the goldwater application process or for additional information about vanderbilt's nomination process contact the career center fellowships team.