Goldwater Scholarship Application Process

Important Dates

November 18	Application due to the Fellowship Coordinator. See below for details.
Mid-late January	An official campus endorsement committee reviews applications and selects up to four applicants to be endorsed to the Foundation.  Applicants are notified of endorsement decisions; endorsed applicants may revise their application materials on the basis of the committee's comments.
January 26	FINAL SUBMISSION of endorsed applicants' materials to the Fellowship Coordinator.
January 29	Electronic and mail receipt deadline of endorsed applicants' materials to the Foundation.
Late March	Selection of Goldwater Scholars.
May 2010	Cornell Fellowships Reception for all endorsed applicants.

Application Materials

The Foundation's application materials will be available, beginning September 1, on the Goldwater Foundation Web site. Students must make an appointment with the Fellowship program office to register their intent to apply and to discuss their candidacy. Call 255-6931 to schedule an appointment.

APPLICATION MATERIALS DUE to Fellowship Coordinator (November 18)

The Fellowship Coordinator will forward your application materials to the Cornell Endorsement Committee. Make sure that you read the fine print on the application forms and that you have filled in all the blanks as you would for the final submission. Materials should be in polished form, collated and paper-clipped (not stapled) for easy distribution to committee members. All materials must arrive to 103 Barnes Hall by 4:30 pm, November 18, 2009.

Submit to the Fellowship Coordinator, 103 Barnes Hall:

• Nominee Application
• Nominee Essay
• College transcript(s) from each institution attended
  —Transcript from current institution, including fall semester grades if available;
  —Transcript from other institutions that nominee attended with grades for courses taken.
• High School Transcript
• Three Letters of Recommendation
  
  Students list three recommenders and their email address in their application. The system will then generate an email to each recommender giving them instructions on completing their online recommendation. The letters should be from faculty who know you well, both academically and personally. Two of the three evaluations must be from the faculty members who can discuss your potential for a career in math/science/engineering. If you have done research, one of your letters must be from the individual who supervised your work. Recommenders are asked to evaluate your initiative, maturity, and potential for a career in math, science, or engineering.
   

Endorsement

Four candidates will be endorsed by the campus committee.
The campus committee may offer nominees advice on how to improve their materials for final submission. Nominees must submit the final version of their materials for approval to the Fellowships Coordinator by January 26, before submitting the application electronically.

A complete application consists of:

• Nominee Application
• Essay
• College Transcript(s) from each institution attended
• High School Transcript
• Three Letters of Recommendation