STEM InfoChart

Mission/Purpose

Duration/value

Application Quarter, Year

Application Materials

Letters of Recommendation

Goldwater Scholarship*

Undergraduate funding for PhD-bound researchers

$7,500 in academic funding

Fall Quarter (December),
2nd and 3rd Year

Two page essay highlighting research/academic area of interest

3, written to explicitly highlight research experience

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Freedom to pursue research via funding for graduate school

Three year stipend of $34,000

Fall Quarter
(Late October/November), 4th Year or Alumni

Three Page “Personal” statement; Graduate Research Plan Statement

3-5

Churchill Scholarship*

Supports outstanding STEM students to pursue one-year Masters at Churchill College, University of Cambridge

1 year of fully funded graduate study at University of Cambridge

Fall Quarter (October),
4th Year or Alumni

Personal Statement/Program of Study explanation

4 (from inside of your discipline)

Astronaut Scholarship*

To support leadership amongst the best and brightest STEM students

$10,000 in academic funding

Winter Quarter (February) 2nd and 3rd year

One page, single spaced, Personal Statement

2

DAAD RISE

Research Internships in Science and Engineering in Germany

Funded summer internships

Fall Quarter (November through December)

Cover letter for each internship, CV

1