Goldwater Scholarship Campus Application Instructions
Campus Deadline: Student applications due by 30 November 2026; Letters by 7 December 2026
Submit the following materials electronically as documents using the “Submit Materials” tab on our website:
- The signed/dated Nomination & Permission Waiver Form The Form needs to include your “wet signature“; do not merely type your name on the signature line. The form is found on our Submit Materials tab.
- The LC-Goldwater-Campus-Application-Form (submit as a WORD document)
- Be mindful of the text box character limits
- The Goldwater Scholarship Research Essay as described at the end of the Goldwater Campus Application Form (submit as a WORD document)
- The essay is a research essay of no more than 3 pages, with 1 inch margins and 12-point Ariel font.
- The 3 page limit includes images, footnotes, bibliography/references.
- You may work with your research mentors on this essay.
- A detailed, fulsome resume or CV
- The resume/CV should provide details about your research experiences, as well as other activities, including leadership roles, extra- and co-curricular activities, interests, etc.
- There is no page limit on this detailed resume/CV.
- The names, contact information and rationale for your selection of 3 STEM recommenders who can write strongly about your abilities.
- Recommendation letters must be submitted by the recommender to Dean Goldberg as WORD attachments. Our campus application deadline for the letter is 7 December. However, if the recommender needs more time, please have them reach out to Dean Goldberg.
- Letters should be signed, on letterhead.
- Letters cannot exceed 2 pages and adhere to the following formatting: 1 inch margins and 12-point font and may not include hyperlinks
- Please see: Information for Goldwater Recommenders