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Oberlin CollegeSouth alumna named Goldwater Scholar for Parkinson’s research
Read more: South alumna named Goldwater Scholar for Parkinson’s researchAn Oberlin College neuroscience student and 2026 Goldwater Scholar is testing more accessible treatments for Parkinson’s disease.
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Michigan Technological UniversitySound Decisions: Acoustics Research Leads Goldwater Scholar to NASA and Beyond
Read more: Sound Decisions: Acoustics Research Leads Goldwater Scholar to NASA and BeyondA Michigan Tech junior who had barely encountered acoustics two years ago is now applying artificial intelligence to the field at NASA Langley Research Center.
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University of North DakotaCasia Steinhaus from Devils Lake is first UND student to earn national honor as Astronaut Scholar
Read more: Casia Steinhaus from Devils Lake is first UND student to earn national honor as Astronaut ScholarA 2026 Goldwater Scholar at the University of North Dakota becomes the first UND student to be named an Astronaut Scholar.
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California State University, Los AngelesCal State LA chemistry major earns prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Read more: Cal State LA chemistry major earns prestigious Barry Goldwater ScholarshipFormer Long Beach City College student and now a Cal State LA chemistry major and 2026 Goldwater Scholar intends to pursue a research career studying macromolecular, supramolecular, and nano chemistry.
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Chapman UniversityAshley Agatep ’27 Recognized as a 2026 Goldwater Scholarship Recipient for Environmental Research in L.A. County
Read more: Ashley Agatep ’27 Recognized as a 2026 Goldwater Scholarship Recipient for Environmental Research in L.A. CountyChapman University environmental science and policy major and 2026 Goldwater Scholar uses NASA satellite data to map thermal inequities in Los Angeles County parks, and intends to pursue a research career in environmental science driving changes in policy.
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High Point UniversityHPU Student Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Read more: HPU Student Awarded Prestigious Goldwater ScholarshipHigh Point University biochemistry and physics major and 2026 Goldwater Scholar intends to pursue a research career in optical imaging and photonics, studying fluorescent rhodamine dyes that reveal chemical and biological processes at microscopic scale.
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University of VermontMadison Guyette is Awarded the Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Read more: Madison Guyette is Awarded the Prestigious Goldwater ScholarshipUniversity of Vermont molecular genetics major and 2026 Goldwater Scholar intends to pursue a research career in cancer biology and DNA repair, studying how blocking the translesion synthesis pathway could make chemotherapy more effective.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore CountySenior Caly Ferguson recognized with National Society of Black Engineers’ ’25 Under 25′ award
Read more: Senior Caly Ferguson recognized with National Society of Black Engineers’ ’25 Under 25′ awardUMBC mechanical engineering major, Meyerhoff Scholar and former Goldwater Scholar has gone on to earn a National Society of Black Engineers ’25 Under 25′ award, and intends to pursue a research career developing affordable, machine learning-driven prosthetics and biomedical devices.
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Smith CollegeA Passion for Math Research Leads to Goldwater Scholarship
Read more: A Passion for Math Research Leads to Goldwater ScholarshipSmith College mathematics major and 2025 Goldwater Scholar intends to pursue a research career in algebraic combinatorics, graph theory, and representation theory.
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University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBalut awarded prestigious Churchill Scholarship
Read more: Balut awarded prestigious Churchill ScholarshipUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign physics major, Astronaut Scholar and 2025 Goldwater Scholar has gone on to win a Churchill Scholarship for graduate study at Cambridge, and intends to pursue a research career in condensed matter physics and strongly interacting matter.