Goldwater Internship

The Barry Goldwater Summer Research Internship Program is a new initiative designed to enable college freshmen and sophomores to engage with research early in their undergraduate careers. This will help recipients to develop skills, knowledge, and experience that will benefit them in all future endeavors.

Goldwater Internships are 10-week research opportunities across the United States. Goldwater interns will be placed in laboratories across the United States where they will join collaborative research teams that include senior researchers, postdoctoral scholars, graduate students, and other undergraduates. Interns will also participate in a weekly Zoom meeting designed to build community across the Goldwater Intern cohort. This will include a workshop that supports Goldwater Interns in preparing applications for the Goldwater Scholarship, which Interns are expected to apply for through their home institutions after the completion of their internship.

Each Intern will receive $10,500 to cover the internship and related expenses.

For more information, you can visit the Goldwater Internship website and our Canvas site. 

To be considered for the Goldwater Internship, applicants must:

• Be a current Freshman or Sophomore
• Be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident
• Meet all other eligibility criteria of the selected project

Applicants should begin by reading through and selecting up to two active projects that they want to be considered for. Applicants should reach out to the Fellowships Office for advice on drafting application responses. When they are ready to submit, the Goldwater Internship application can be found on the Goldwater Internship website and filled out directly in the browser.

Applicants will also be required to include:

• Unofficial Transcript
• Resume/CV
• Two References
  • References are not required to submit letters of recommendation, but may be contacted as part of the process