Applicants MUST follow our posted Campus Application Instructions and complete the Campus Application Form. Do NOT use the application form available on the official Goldwater website at this time.
The Goldwater Scholarship supports undergraduate students in the STEM fields (sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics). The scholarship is intended to provide a continuing source of highly qualified individuals within the STEM fields of academic study and research. The scholarship provides financial support towards the cost of the undergraduate study including tuition, fees, books and room and board.
The scholarship is designed to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural/physical sciences and engineering as well as to foster excellence in those fields.
Scholars and Honorable Mentions are recognized as among the nation’s very best future scientists, engineers, academics and research physicians (in human or veterinary medicine). Those awarded the scholarship as sophomores receive 2 years of funding; those awarded as juniors receive 1 year.