About the Office of National Scholarships
The Office of National Scholarships (ONS) recruits and mentors high-achieving students to compete for prestigious national and international scholarships. ONS nominates candidates for competitions that require institutional endorsement (Group 1) the Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, Goldwater, Udall, Jack Kent Cooke, Truman, and Carnegie Jr. Fellows competitions. We also support students applying for prestigious competitions that do not require nomination (Group 2) like the Gates Cambridge, Javits, Madison, Knowles, Pickering, NSF Graduate, NIH Partnership and many more. Students are encouraged to visit ONS early in their college careers to consider their options.
To become a strong candidate for a prestigious scholarship, candidates must maintain excellence in their coursework and research as well as demonstrate leadership and involvement in their extracurricular pursuits. Talk to your faculty and follow the links on our advice page: Become a Strong Candidate.
Preparing early to apply for a prestigious scholarship can broaden your intellectual horizons, focus your goals and help you articulate yourself as a scholar.
The Application Process
Visit our office in the Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) 414 to learn how you can be competitive. Drop by or make an appointment with the Director, Dr. Jill Deans, 486-0087, ons@uconn.edu or contact Marlene Coughlin, 486-6255, with questions.
Other Scholarships
Here are links to information about scholarships not administered by the Office of National Scholarships.
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Congratulations to Vatsal Patel who has been named the Walter and Adelheid Hohenstein Fellow for the Northeast region by Phi Kappa Phi. Vatsal is graduating this Spring and will be attending medical school in the Fall.
Congratulations to our 2008 Goldwater Scholar!
Joseph Allen Fournier is a sophomore Chemistry major who also plans to minor in physics and math. In addition to his work with Dr. Robert Bohn’s microwave spectroscopy group to research long-range nonbonded attactions, Joe has been dedicated to community service, having volunteered over 900 hours of his time in the past five years.
Way to go, Joe!
Congratulations to our 2008 Goldwater Honorable Mentions:
Michael Abramczyk, a sophomore Physics and Philosophy major interested in particle and field theory and currently researching quantum chromodynamics (QCD) with Dr. Tom Blum.
Sonali Shah, a junior MCB/Nutritional Sciences & Chem minor who aspires to an MD/PhD, has done work at the GE Global Research Center and is currently conducting research in the lab of Dr. Richard Bruno.
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