04/11/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/11/2024 13:39
Five UC Santa Barbara undergraduate students have been named 2024 Barry Goldwater Scholars, a record number for the campus in an unprecedented year in which every UCSB student who was nominated received a scholarship.
Established by Congress in 1986 to honor Senator Barry Goldwater, the scholarships are designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.
The recipients are:
UCSB's recipients are among 508 sophomores and juniors nationwide to receive scholarships, selected from a pool of over 5,000. Of the total number of awardees, 17 hail from the University of California.
"I am delighted that our exceptional undergraduate students have received a record number of Goldwater Scholarshipsthis year," said Michael Miller, associate vice chancellor for undergraduate education. "I congratulate all five of our awardees on this prestigious honor, and I look forward to their further success as they complete their time at UCSB and move into graduate study and beyond. I also want to acknowledge their faculty mentors for their unwavering dedication to undergraduate research on our campus."
Criteria for Goldwater scholarships include a nominated student's area of study, career objectives and, perhaps most important, the extent to which the student has the commitment and potential to make a significant contribution to his or her field. Recipients are awarded funds to cover the cost of tuition, fees, books and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.
Nora Drake
Communications Director, College of Letters & Science
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