LoginsGoldwater nominations begin in someone’s lab. Faculty mentors bring sophomores and juniors into real research, then vouch for them in the letters that carry an application. This page gathers the mentors the Foundation has recognized — the recipients of the national award described below, and others whose contribution to Goldwater Scholars the Foundation has chosen to mark. Since 2014 the Foundation and the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) have given the CUR–Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Award to one faculty member a year for exceptional mentorship of undergraduate researchers; the recipient’s institution receives $5,000 to support their research program and students.
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Dr. David A. Dixon, 1949–2026: A Legacy of Mentorship
Read more: Dr. David A. Dixon, 1949–2026: A Legacy of MentorshipThe Foundation recognizes the mentoring contributions of Dr. David A. Dixon, whose students included twelve Goldwater Scholars between 2004 and 2026.
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UNT’s Acree Selected as 2026 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee
Read more: UNT’s Acree Selected as 2026 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor AwardeeWilliam (Bill) Acree Jr, FRSC, FIUPAC, Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton, TX, has been selected as the 2026 Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) – Goldwater…
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Creighton’s Strauss-Soukup Selected as 2025 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee
Read more: Creighton’s Strauss-Soukup Selected as 2025 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor AwardeeJuliane Strauss-Soukup, PhD, associate vice provost of Research and Scholarship and professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, has been selected as the 2025 Council on Undergraduate Research…
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CoA’s Anderson Selected as 2024 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee
Read more: CoA’s Anderson Selected as 2024 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor AwardeeDr. John Anderson, W.H. Drury Professor of Ecology and Natural History at College of the Atlantic (COA) in Bar Harbor, ME, has been selected as the 2024 Council on Undergraduate Research –…
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UNT’s Fuchs Selected as 2023 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee
Read more: UNT’s Fuchs Selected as 2023 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor AwardeeDr. Jannon Fuchs, professor in the University of North Texas’s (UNT) Department of Biological Sciences, has been selected as the 2023 Council on Undergraduate Research – Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee. The…
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Furman’s Shields Selected as 2022 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee
Read more: Furman’s Shields Selected as 2022 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor AwardeeDr. George Shields, professor of Chemistry at Furman University, has been selected as the 2022 Council on Undergraduate Research – Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee. The award consists of a plaque and…
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Texas Tech’s Casadonte Selected as 2021 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee
Read more: Texas Tech’s Casadonte Selected as 2021 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor AwardeeDominick J. Casadonte Jr., Minnie Stevens Piper Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, has been selected as the 2021 Council on Undergraduate Research-Goldwater Scholars…
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Steven J. Miller Selected as 2020 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee
Read more: Steven J. Miller Selected as 2020 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor AwardeeWilliams College Professor Honored for Exemplary Mentoringand Leadership in Mathematics Steven J. Miller, professor of mathematics at Williams College, has been selected as the 2020 Council on Undergraduate Research-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor…
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Suzanne O’Handley Selected as 2019 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee
Read more: Suzanne O’Handley Selected as 2019 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor AwardeeSuzanne O’Handley, associate professor in the School of Chemistry and Materials Science at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), has been selected as the 2019 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee. The award, which…
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David Peak Selected as 2018 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee
Read more: David Peak Selected as 2018 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor AwardeeDavid Peak, professor of physics at Utah State University, has been selected as the 2018 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee. The award, which consists of a plaque and $5000 for the awardee’s…