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The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Application Deadline: November 10, 2008
The Barry M. Goldwater
Scholarship provides up to $7,500 per year for educational expenses to sophomores
and juniors who intend to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences,
or engineering. The Goldwater Foundation seeks students in mathematics or the sciences, display intellectual
curiosity and intensity; and possess potential for significant future contributions
in their chosen field. Sophomores awarded the scholarship receive
two years of support; juniors receive one year of support. Applicants must
have a minimum GPA of 3.60 to be considered for the Campus Selection procedure.
Visit the Goldwater
Scholarship Homepage
Eligibility
To be considered
for nomination as a Goldwater Scholar, a student must:
- Be a full-time matriculated sophomore or junior pursuing
a degree at an accredited institution of higher education
during the 2008-2009 academic year. "Sophomore"
is defined as a student who plans two more years of full-time
undergraduate study beginning September 2008. Sophomore
nominees can expect to receive a maximum of two years of
support. "Junior" is defined as a student who
plans one more year of full-time undergraduate study beginning
September 2008. Junior nominees can expect to receive a
maximum of one year of support.
- Have a college
grade-point average of at least "B" (or the equivalent) and be in
the upper fourth of his or her class.
- Be a United
States citizen, a resident alien, or, in the case of nominees from American
Samoa or the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands, a United States national.
Nominations from resident aliens must include a letter of the nominee's intent
to obtain U.S. citizenship and a photocopy of the Alien Registration Card.
Selection Process
- You may apply to this scholarship only after you have
been nominated by a UNC faculty member. You may contact
your professors, indicating your interest in the scholarship,
and solicit their nomination of you.
- Deadline for receipt of faculty nominations: October 13, 2008. Nomination letters should be sent to Trent Johnson (trent@unc.edu), UNC Office of Distinguished Scholarships, with the department Chair copied on the email.
- Following the above deadline, e-mail notifications will
be sent to the applicants selected as potential nominees.
These selected students must complete the online application (see Goldwater website) including an essay, and the nomination information
form. You will register online the names of recommenders, who will, then, be contacted by email. Please provide hard copies of your high school transcripts and college transcripts to the Office of Distinguished Scholarships. (You may request from the Registrar,
at no cost, an internal transcript to be sent to our office
in 225 Graham Memorial. Please make this request at least
5 days prior to the deadline.) Please note: Due to the
importance of these recommendation letters to the selection
committee, students are strongly encouraged to plan in advance
from whom they will request their letters.
- The online applications, and transcripts, must be submitted by 12 p.m., November 10, 2008. (Our office will make copies of the transcripts.)
- Applicants selected as nominees will then prepare their
applications for a mid - January submission date.
Return all applications to the Office of Distinguished Scholarships, room
225 Graham Memorial Hall, CB # 3510. For further information about the
application process, please contact George Lensing, lensing@email.unc.edu or the Goldwater Faculty Committee Chair Professor Jason Reed (jreed@email.unc.edu).
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