Goldwater Scholars

Current Undergraduates ⟩ CLA Student Award Recipients ⟩ Goldwater Scholars

The Barry Goldwater Scholarship is one of the oldest and most prestigious national scholarships in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics in the United States. It identifies and supports exceptional sophomores and juniors who show promise of becoming the nation’s next generation of research leaders in these fields. For the 2021 competition, more than 5,000 applications were submitted from 438 academic institutions, with 410 students being named Goldwater scholars.

Goldwater Scholars exhibit strong commitment to a research career in STEM, effective display of intellectual intensity in STEM, and potential for a significant future contribution to research in their chosen field.

Matt Knerr, Ethan Lambert and Ally Watrous

Three UM Students Named Goldwater Scholars

Record-breaking class of honorees awarded for excellence in STEM studies and research March 31, 2022 By Staff Report For the first time at the University of Mississippi, three students have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships in a single year. Ethan Lambert, of Corinth; Reinhard “Matt” Knerr, of Paducah, Kentucky; and Alexandria “Ally” Watrous, of Lexington, Kentucky, all members of...

UM Students Win Coveted Goldwater Scholarships

Austin Wallace and Qing Ivy Li awarded one of nation’s most prestigious national scholarships April 5, 2021 by Edwin B. Smith Two Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College students at the University of Mississippi have been awarded prestigious and coveted Barry S. Goldwater Scholarships. Qing Ivy Li, of Oxford, and Austin Wallace, of Southaven, became the...

UM Students Win Coveted Goldwater Scholarships

Jax Dallas and William Meador awarded one of nation’s most prestigious academic honors APRIL 1, 2020 BY EDWIN B. SMITH Two juniors in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi have been awarded coveted Barry S. Goldwater Scholarships. Jax Dallas, a physical chemistry and mathematics major from Caledonia, and William Meador...

UM Student Wins Coveted Goldwater Scholarship

Addison Roush is the university’s 14th Goldwater Scholar MAY 8, 2019 BY EDWIN B. SMITH A University of Mississippi chemistry major who is pursuing research treatment methods that he hopes will eventually combat Alzheimer’s disease has been awarded a prestigious and coveted Barry S. Goldwater Scholarship. Addison Roush, an Oxford native and junior in the...

RECIPIENTS BY YEAR

2022

Matthew Knerr
Biochemistry

Ethan Lambert
Chemistry

Alexandria “Ally” Watrous
Chemistry

2021

Qing Li
Chemistry (BS)

Austin Wallace
Mathematics (BA), Chemistry (BS)

2020

Jax Dallas
Mathematics (BA), Chemistry (BS)

William Meador
Chemistry (BS)

2019

Addison Roush
Chemistry (BS)

2012

Dana Nicole Reinemann
Chemistry (BS), Chemical Engineering

2010

Anna Hailey
Chinese, Chemistry (BA), Chemical Engineering

2007

Brandon Russell
Chemistry (BS)

2006

Adel M. Elsohly
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mathematics (BS), Chemistry (MS)

Samuel S. Watson
Classics, Mathematics (BS, MS), Physics (BS)

2002

Robert Sindelar
Chemistry (BS)

Ryan Tomlinson
Forensic Chemistry