Scholarship Awardees & Finalists

National Scholarship Awardees & Finalists

We are delighted to announce this year’s national scholarship awards recipients and finalists as they come in. University of Massachusetts Amherst’s undergraduates, graduates, and postgraduate students share how they plan to utilize their awards to fulfill their research, studies, and teaching goals. Congratulations to all recipients and finalists!

DAAD Scholarships and Grants (German Academic Exchange Service)

Brahm VanAntwerp '23
Environmental Science; Natural Resources Conservation; Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Germany

MS in Environmental Pollution Management, University of Koblenz-Landau

Hannah Jury '23
Sustainable Community Development, Economics, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Germany

MS in Urban Design, Technical University Berlin

Renee Owen '23
Biology; German and Scandinavian Studies, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Germany

Independent research project, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Leipzig

Sara MacManus '23
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; German and Scandinavian Studies; Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Germany

MS in Regenerative Biology and Medicine, University of Dresden

Fulbright Scholarship

Amrita Adak '23
Individual Concentration, Biology, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: South Korea

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

Anna Shahbazyan '23
English, Comparative Literature, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Moldova

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

 

Emily Nguyen '21
Communication Disorders, Spanish, Linguistics
Host Country: Vietnam

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

 

Jordan Legaspi '25
Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology
Host Country: Singapore

Fulbright Research Award 

Julia Burke '23
Biomedical Engineering, Mathematics, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Ireland

Fulbright Study/Research Award

Kiara Batista '22
Legal Studies, Portuguese, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Brazil

Fulbright English Assistantship

 

Liam Lustberg '22
Legal Studies, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Colombia

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

 

Michael Redington '22
Psychology, Neuroscience, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Taiwan

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

 

Rafael de Pillis '22
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Czech Republic

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

Renee Owen '23
Biology, German and Scandinavian Studies, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Germany

Fulbright Study/Research Award

Sara Macmanus '23
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, German and Scandinavian Studies, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Germany

Fulbright Study/Research Award (alternate)

Tameah B. Chandler '27
Ph.D. Candidate in Education, International Education concentration; Education Policy, Research, and Administration
Host Country: Taiwan

Fulbright Research Award

Tiffany Huynh '23
English, Comparative Literature, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Taiwan

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

Yoojee Kim '23
Spanish, Linguistics, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Spain

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

Goldwater Scholarship

Wes Walsh '24
Biology, Commonwealth Honors College

Critical Language Scholarship

Soha Habib '23
Political Science, History, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Oman

Arabic

Gilman Scholarship

Emi Aleksanyan '24
Linguistics, Psychology, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Italy
Jeffrey Gomez '25
Computer Science, Mathematics
Host Country: Spain