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!

Boren National Security Education Scholarship & Graduate Fellowship

Jenifer Atallah, Boren awardee 2022
Jenifer Atallah '24
B.A., Legal Studies, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Jordan

"I will be studying Arabic in Amman, Jordan, for the spring 2023 semester. While there, I will be participating in an intensive Arabic language program while completing research for my Honors Thesis, which focuses on international refugee law and refugee populations in Jordan. My studies with the Boren Award will allow me to develop linguistic and cultural knowledge that is essential to my future career as a lawyer. In addition, Boren will match me with an employment opportunity immediately upon graduating law school, which will greatly help me in pursuing my dream career."

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 Studies, Berlin University

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

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

Fulbright English Assistantship

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

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

Goldwater Scholarship

Ashley Eng, Goldwater recipient 2022-23
Ashley Eng '23
B.S., Microbiology; Commonwealth Honors College

 

 

Wyatt Tran, Goldwater recipient 2022-23
Wyatt Tran '23
B.S., Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Commonwealth Honors College

 

 

Zeynep Alptekin, Goldwater recipient 2022-23
Zeynep Alptekin '23
B.S., Chemical Engineering

 

 

Truman Scholarship

Nia Hyppolite, Truman national finalist 2022
Niajah Hyppolite '23
B.A., Sociology, Political Science; Commonwealth Honors College

TRUMAN NATIONAL FINALIST

 

Gilman Scholarship

Anas Sbai '24
B.A. Psychology
Host Country: Jordan
Jack Krause '24
B.A. Finance
Host Country: Italy
Jenifer Atallah '24
B.A. Legal Studies, Commonwealth Honors College
Host Country: Spain
Selene Bonafini '24
Journalism
Host Country: Cyprus

UMass Presidential Scholarships

Athena Xifaras '24
James Karam Scholarship (academic year 2022-2023)
Catherine Callahan '24
Robert Karam Scholarship (academic year 2022-2023)
Chloe Morgado '22
James Karam Scholarship (academic year 2022-2023)
Kyle Neves '23
James Karam Scholarship (academic year 2022-2023)
Kyle Neves '23
Robert Karam Scholarship (academic year 2022-2023)
Niajah Hyppolite '23
Grace Fey Scholarship (academic year 2022-2023)
Niajah Hyppolite '23
William Bulger Scholarship
Samuele Abi-Younes '23
James Karam Scholarship (academic year 2022-2023)

Rangel Fellowship

Annie Tsan '22
Political Science and Chinese
Foreign Service; Diplomacy

The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State in which they can help formulate, represent, and implement U.S. foreign policy. The Rangel Program selects outstanding Rangel Fellows annually in a highly competitive nationwide process and supports them through two years of graduate study, internships, mentoring, and professional development activities. This program encourages the application of members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, women, and those with financial need. Fellows who successfully complete the program and Foreign Service entry requirements will receive appointments as Foreign Service Officers, in accordance with applicable law and State Department policy. Read more https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-amherst-student-annie-tsan-awarded-charles-b-rangel-international-affairs