WHO SHOULD APPLY?
If you are a sophomore or junior in the natural sciences, math, or computer sciences at Ithaca College with a GPA over 3.0, and you have a strong desire to continue your education in graduate school programs in these fields, then you should consider applying for a Goldwater Scholarship. Your entire application will be reviewed internally by a committee of IC faculty in the STEM disciplines (science, technology, and mathematics). Ithaca College is limited in the number of applicants it can nominate to be sent forward to the Goldwater Foundation. Please submit your pre-application using this online application link by October 11th, 2022. You will be notified by the committee by October 22 if you have been nominated to submit a full application. If you are nominated, you will need to submit your final completed electronic application by November 12.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, you will complete a pre-application using the Goldwater online application. You will also follow the instructions for how to request two faculty members to submit letters of support for consideration as part of your full application.
In your draft essay you should describe the type of science you want to pursue, explain why you are motivated to pursue this avenue of research, and explain why this research is of importance to humanity (what benefit it will serve). Then upload your essay using the same online portal. If your pre-application is approved, your full application will be reviewed by the Goldwater Review committee. Your answers to all questions should be well written, relevant to your line of research, and thoughtfully reasoned. In preparing your essay and application answers, you should not hesitate to seek help from your main research advisor, or a faculty member well versed in the area of science that you would like to pursue.
Please contact Peter Melcher (pmelcher@Ithaca.edu) with any questions or to set up a time to meet.