Fellowships & Grants

The application for this fellowship is typically due in Winter quarter. The information below is from the 2023 call for applications and should be used as a guideline for planning purposes only. The full call and related documents from 2023 is available in this folder.

President's Dissertation-Year Fellowship
more information here.

Presidential DYF fellowships are based on both academic merit and diversity criteria: the academic achievement of the nominee, the potential for success in academia, and the extent the nominee contributes to the diversity among doctoral degree recipients in the division.

To qualify, nominees must be a US citizen, permanent resident, or undocumented student who qualifies for nonresident supplemental tuition exemptions under AB 540, and must be in a position to complete the dissertation by the end of the next academic year. Fellows receive a stipend of $29,250 plus payment of resident tuition for the academic year. Non-resident tuition for international students more than 9 quarters after candidacy will not be covered by the fellowship and must be paid out of other sources.

Chancellor's Dissertation-Year Fellowship

These fellow­ships are based on aca­demic achievement of the nominee. All PhD students regardless of citizenship are eligible for this fellowship. The nominee must be in a position to com­plete the dissertation by the end of the next academic year.

Fellows receive a stipend of $29,250 plus payment of resident tuition for the academic year. Non-resident tuition for international students more than 9 quarters after candidacy will not be covered by the fellowship and must be paid out of other sources.

The Social Sciences Division provided two Graduate Summer Writing Fellowships for each department to be awarded in summer 2023. We hope this Fellowship will be renewed in future years. The 2023 call can be viewed here. 

This fellowship is intended to allow the recipient a chance to dedicate time in the summer to focus on writing their dissertation. Recipients of this award will receive a $6,000 fellowship for summer 2023.

In order to receive this fellowship, students must have:

1. Successfully defended their dissertation proposal by the last day of Spring quarter, Thursday, June 15, 2023. 

2. Been advanced to candidacy for no more than 9 quarters (the Graduate Council Guidelines for satisfactory progress).

3. Include a dissertation plan that clearly shows that the dissertation can be completed by the end of the 2023-2024 academic year.

The 2023 call can be viewed here. 

This fund was set up from a private donation from the Perlino family to support research focusing on "issues related to deafness or developing new techniques and tools to support members of the deaf community." This award funds summer GSR research.

Federico and Rena Perlino Award:

Federico Perlino died in 1981, and Rena Perlino died on October 20, 2003. Together, they had owned and operated Perlino's Poultry Market on Front Street in Santa Cruz, the current site of the Santa Cruz Community Bank, from 1930 to 1960. The Perlinos bequeathed their estate to be used to benefit the local community, and the UC Santa Cruz Psychology Department is one of several local beneficiaries.

Full details are available here.  Applications for this Fellowship are typically due in Winter quarter.

The fellowship supports PhD students (two per campus each year) who are California Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) alumni and have advanced to candidacy at UC. The fellowship aims to foster their interest and preparation for the professoriate.

The program’s goal is to enhance faculty pathways for historically underrepresented groups, particularly Chicanx/Latinx, African Americans, American Indians/Native Americans, Filipinx, and Pacific Islanders in all disciplines; women in STEM; and Asian Americans in the humanities and social sciences. The intent of the program is to provide fellowships for domestic historically underrepresented minorities from federally-designated California HSIs. For purposes of this fellowship, AB540 students are eligible. International students are not eligible for this fellowship.

This UC PPPF is only available to UC doctoral students who are matriculated in academic PhD programs and have advanced to candidacy. Professional students (e.g. M.D., J.D.) are not eligible.

The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to ensure the quality, vitality, and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. GRFP seeks to broaden participation in science and engineering of underrepresented groups, including women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans. The five-year fellowship provides three years of financial support inclusive of an annual stipend of $37,000.

Faculty from across the University of California system nominate candidates for this competitive fellowship. To be eligible, a student must (1) be a graduate of an Indian or Pakistani university in the designated area, (2) be committed to returning to her or his country of origin after receiving the degree, and (3) not have engaged previously in graduate study at any other institution of higher learning in the United States. Individuals already holding a master’s degree will have preference. Students at any stage of graduate study may be nominated, provided that the nominating campus will commit to providing a Nonresident Tuition Fellowship, if applicable, for the Singh Fellow, as needed, for the duration of the Fellow’s program (assuming continued satisfactory academic progress) commencing with the year following the Singh award year. Read the complete fellowship call. 

More information here

The following fellowships are available to first-year students. 

Regents Fellowships

A limited number of these fellowships are awarded to first-year graduate students in master's and doctoral programs. These awards provide a stipend and/or payment of university fees except non-resident tuition.

Chancellor’s Fellowships

A limited number of these fellowships are awarded to first-year graduate students in doctoral programs. These nine-month awards provided a stipend of $24,000 plus payment of all university fees.

Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowships

These state-funded, merit-based fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to first-year graduate students who have overcome significant social or educational obstacles to achieve a college education, and whose backgrounds equip them to contribute to intellectual diversity among the graduate student population. The Cota-Robles fellowship provides a stipend during the regular academic year of $24,000 plus payment of all university fees (except non-resident tuition); for the summer quarter, a $4,000 stipend is awarded. The Cota-Robles Fellowship is part of a five-year total support package.

The department provides support (usually in the form of TA or GSR appointments) for two years; the Graduate Division provides two years of fellowship plus an additional year for those fellows who advance to candidacy within normative time.

Fellowship recipients must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or undocumented students who qualify for nonresident supplemental tuition exemptions under AB 540.

Minority Fellowships