Honors Students Receive National and International Scholarships

Scholarships by the Numbers

In addition to the hundreds of members who receive Honors Program scholarships each year (see infographic below), many honors students undertake the rigorous process of applying for national and international scholarships. The following were among those recognized recently as recipients of such awards: 

Third-year University of Iowa student Nina Osborne has been awarded a 2026 Goldwater Scholarship, the country’s most prestigious undergraduate scholarship for students pursuing research careers in mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering. 

Alumna Shefa’a T. Tawil (BS psychology ‘25) from Cedar Rapids, Iowa has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Arabic this summer in Amman, Jordan.

Sean Hagan of Coralville, Iowa, who will earn a BA in Russian and international relations in May, has been awarded a U.S. Department of State CLS to study Russian this summer in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Honors alumni were also among the students awarded Fulbright scholarships for the 2025-26 year, including Maia Rivera Diaz, Delaney Orweiler, Katie Matthew, Marissa Good, Ryann Hubbart, and Parras Bassuk. A full list of recipients for the 2026-27 year had yet to be released as of publication.