Scholarships for Sophomore College Students

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarshp

• The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship awards up to $7,500 per academic year. Funds can be used for costs such as tuition, textbooks, room and board and fees. According to the Goldwater Scholarship website, applicants must "have outstanding potential and intend to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering." Students must be nominated for the scholarship by their institutions, so if you're interested in the Goldwater Scholarship, talk to your school's financial aid office. Each year four-year colleges can nominate up to four sophomores and two-year colleges can nominate up to two sophomores. Qualifying applicants can receive up to two years of scholarship support. The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship awards up to 300 scholarships annually.

  Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
  6225 Brandon Ave., Suite 315
  Springfield, VA 22150
  703-756-6012
  act.org/goldwater/index.html

Ronald Reagan College Leaders Program

• The Ronald Reagan College Leaders Program, administered by the Phillips Foundation, offers renewable scholarships from $1,000 to $7,500 per academic year. Scholarships are available to sophomores who have shown leadership in areas such as promoting freedom, American values and constitutional principles. According to the scholarship website, the scholarship honors Reagan's "achievements on behalf of freedom, American values and constitutional principles, his optimism about America's future, and his faith in America's youth to protect and enhance the legacy of liberty entrusted to them." Applicants must be full-time students in their sophomore year at an accredited American four-year school. Winners can reapply for a one-time renewal. Applicants must write an essay detailing their background and career goals and describing their commitment to "promoting freedom, American values and constitutional principles" through leadership activities.

  Ronald Reagan College Leaders Scholarship
  Phillips Foundation
  1 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 620
  Washington, DC 20001
  202-250-3887
  thephillipsfoundation.org/index.php?q=node/3

Udall Scholarship

• The Udall Scholarship Foundation awards up to 130 scholarships per year, ranging from $350 to $5,000 to students in their sophomore or junior year of college. Qualifying students must be preparing for careers in the environment or be Native American or Native Alaskan students committed to a career in tribal public policy or Native American health care. Qualifying career areas related to the environment include business, economics, education, engineering, health, justice, policy, science and urban planning and renewal. Tribal policy areas include cultural preservation and revitalization, economic development, education, natural resource management, tribal governance, tribal law and tribal sovereignty. Native American health care areas include health care administration, medicine, health care research and social work.

  Udall Foundation Scholarship
  30 S. Scott Ave.
  Tucson, AZ 85701
  520-901-8500
  udall.gov/OurPrograms/MKUScholarship/MKUScholarship.aspx