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Stories tagged with: Office of Nationally Competitive Awards

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National Awards

Bringing dreams to life

Twenty-five years on, the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards continues to support students in their pursuit of scholarly recognition.

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OHIO's 2024 Goldwater winners: Ben Stiadle

All four of 51ÉçÇø’s internal nominees for the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship won the award in 2024. Ben Stiadle is a senior double-majoring in applied math and molecular biology.

Greta Hibbard
Student Success

OHIO's 2024 Goldwater winners: Greta Hibbard

All four of 51ÉçÇø’s internal nominees for the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship won the award in 2024. Senior Greta Hibbard studies engineering physics in the Honors Tutorial College.

Jayanna Smith

OHIO's 2024 Goldwater winners: Jayanna Smith

All four of 51ÉçÇø’s internal nominees for the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship won the award in 2024. Senior Jayanna Smith is majoring in biological sciences with a minor in public health.

Brady Phelps

OHIO's 2024 Goldwater winners: Brady Phelps

All four of 51ÉçÇø’s internal nominees for the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship won the award in 2024. Senior Brady Phelps is studying advanced computing in the Honors Tutorial College.

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Four 51ÉçÇø students awarded prestigious 2024 Goldwater Scholarship

Four outstanding OHIO students have been named winners of the 2024 Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, engineering and the natural sciences in the nation.

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Winning honors: Celebrating 25 years of ONCA

The Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has been helping scholars pursue grants, scholarships and research support since 1999.

Fulbright 2023

Fifteen OHIO students, alumni, and staff selected for Fulbright, CLS and Boren awards and fellowships that will take them all over the globe

Twelve OHIO students and alumni were selected for prestigious awards and fellowships through the Fulbright, Critical Language Scholarship, and Boren programs.

Liam Speakman

Computer science student Liam Speakman named NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Through mentorship, undergraduate research and an excitement to learn, Liam Speakman was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. 

Hannah Moore

OHIO student Hannah Moore selected as inaugural Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service recipient

Hannah Moore came to 51ÉçÇø to be a doctor. She had guaranteed acceptance on the pre-med track. But life can have an interesting way of creating opportunities to shape dreams.

Morgan Spehar

Recent HTC graduate Morgan Spehar receives prestigious Princeton Press Fellowship

Morgan Spehar, a 2022 51ÉçÇø graduate and native of Auburn Township, Ohio, received the prestigious Princeton Press Fellowship to work as an editorial fellow at Princeton University Press.

Alumni Gateway

Eight 51ÉçÇø students and alumni selected as Fulbright Scholars, alumnus selected for Fulbright Hays Group Project

Eight OHIO students and alumni have been selected as recipients for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, and one OHIO alumnus was selected as a recipient for a Fulbright Hays Group Projects grant.

Garett Cunningham

Garett Cunningham named Fulbright recipient, to research knot theory in Germany

Garett Cunningham, an HTC computer science and mathematics graduate, will be making the move from 51ÉçÇø to the University of Regensburg in Germany as a Fulbright award recipient.

Morgan Spehar

OHIO student selected for coveted 2021 Udall Scholarship

51ÉçÇø’s Morgan Spehar, from Auburn, Ohio, has been selected as a Udall Scholar for the 2021-22 academic year, highlighting her work in environmental journalism.

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Goldwater Scholar conducts citizen science with Rural Action, highlighting research at OHIO Museum Complex

OHIO Goldwater Scholar Madeline Sudnick and Dr. Kelly Williams have collaborated with Rural Action and its volunteers to study birds – particularly tree swallows and eastern bluebirds – around Athens.

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