Current Fellowships

ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Foundation, Inc. is a unique, nonprofit, national volunteer organization of women dedicated to providing scholarships to academically outstanding U.S. citizens studying to complete their degrees in science, medicine and engineering, thereby contributing to the worldwide advancement of science and technology.

Award Information

$5,000 stipend per year for two years (second year contingent upon continued satisfactory academic progress).

Dates

Call for nominations: April 26, 2023
School Nomination Deadline: June 16, 2023

Status:  The 2023-24 competition has concluded.

Eligibility Criteria

Each school holds its own competition and makes the final selection of its scholars who meet the following minimum criteria:

• Must have achieved a graduate level UC GPA of 3.5 or better through the winter 2023 quarter.
• Must have have completed at least two years of graduate study, with at least two years remaining before degree completion.
• Must be making satisfactory progress toward their degree goal.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must have identified their individual area of research interest and be willing to prepare a poster board of their research for display at the awards dinner.
• Must have exhibited excellent interpersonal and leadership abilities during their academic program.
• Please note: students must have advanced to candidacy at the time of nomination

Nomination Process

Students should check with their schools for internal deadlines and procedures before submitting any materials.  Schools submit their selected scholar packets to Graduate Division by the deadline below, to include the following:

• A completed ARCS Foundation Scholar Award Nomination form
• A completed Student Biographical Profile with a 100-word student bio
• A current CV
• A statement by the awardee of no more than 2-3 pages in length, describing their research project, progress to date, and plan for completion
• A confidential evaluation of the student by their faculty advisor (multiple letters are acceptable)
• Letters from the program advisor, department chair, and associate dean

The selection process will include a personal interview; each student must be able and willing to speak articulately about their career goals and research.

Click here for current honorees.

Contact

Questions may be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.

The Brython Davis Fellowship provides financial support to graduate students who demonstrate outstanding past academic achievement as well as future promise, have financial need, are U.S. citizens, and are the child of a service member or veteran of the U.S. Navy or Marine Corps.

Award Information

This award provides resident fees and a stipend of $9,000 during Spring Quarter of the academic year of the award.  Nonresident supplemental tuition and professional degree supplemental tuition are not included.

Dates

Call for Applications:  October 9, 2023
Submission Deadline: November 17, 2023

Eligibility Criteria

• Students must be U.S. citizens pursuing a Ph.D. or master’s degree. Students enrolled in self-supporting programs are not eligible
• Must be in good academic standing
• Must demonstrate financial need
• Must be the child of a regular member of the U.S. Navy or Marine Corps

Application Process

Complete the application form, obtain the signature of the Graduate Associate Dean in your school and combine all materials in a single pdf in the order listed below:

1. Brython Davis Fellowship Application Form (complete with all signatures)
2. Recommendation letter from faculty advisor or department chair
3. Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
4. Unofficial transcripts through Spring Quarter
5. Proof of eligibility – copy of parent’s current military I.D. or honorable discharge papers, and a copy of the student’s birth certificate. Retired or honorably discharged members qualify.  Members of the Reserve or dishonorably discharged members do not.

To apply, submit these materials using the Brython Davis Fellowship – Submission Form by November 17, 2023.  Be advised, late or incomplete submissions will not be accepted.

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.

The Graduate Division is pleased to announce the AY 2023-2024 competition for the Chancellor’s Club Fund for Excellence Fellowships. All Schools are invited to submit one nomination each.

Chancellor’s Club Fellowships are intended to recognize our most academically superior doctoral and MFA students — those who exhibit outstanding promise as scholars, researchers, and public leaders. Please note, nominated students must be first-generation college students, with neither parent having received a four-year degree.

Award Information

Each Chancellor’s Club Fellowship recipient will be awarded a six-month stipend to total $18,000 for the period of January 2024 through June 2024. These fellowships do not include tuition and fees. Awardees’ Schools will be expected to cover the cost of the tuition and fees for Winter 2024 and Spring 2024.

Dates

Call for Nominations: September 5, 2023
Nomination Deadline: October 20, 2023

Please note that Schools and Departments typically have earlier internal deadlines for fellowship submissions. Please contact your School or Department for details.

Eligibility Criteria

All Schools are invited to nominate one outstanding doctoral student who meets the following minimum criteria:

1. Plan to complete their Ph.D. or MFA degree by the end of Fall quarter 2024
2. Have a minimum graduate-level UCI GPA of 3.7
3. If a doctoral student, be advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D. by October 20, 2023
4. Demonstrate financial need
5. Be willing to present their dissertation research at a Chancellor’s Club dinner or other function
6. Exhibit excellent interpersonal and leadership abilities
7. Be a first-generation college student, with neither parent having received a four-year degree

Nomination Process

Each School’s package should be submitted by the School’s Associate Dean and must include:

• A completed Chancellor’s Club Fellowship Nomination Form
• A completed Chancellor’s Club Student Information Form, including the financial need, student profile, and student research sections
• The student’s current curriculum vitae
• A confidential letter of recommendation from the faculty advisor/mentor including the student’s planned term of graduation and expressing the advisor’s level of confidence in the student’s ability to complete as planned

Nominations will be evaluated using the following criteria:

• Demonstration of financial need
• Evidence of strong communication skills
• Demonstration of leadership ability
• Academic achievements and promise
• Likelihood of degree completion by the end of Fall quarter 2024

Stipulations

• Students receiving this award are required to file all final degree paperwork by the end of Fall quarter 2024. Award funds will be returned by the school to Graduate Division if the student does not meet this requirement.
• The faculty advisor’s letter of recommendation should include the student’s expected graduation date and express the advisor’s level of confidence in the student’s ability to complete as planned.
• If students have applied for and accepted Financial Aid loans or Work-Study awards and subsequently receive any fellowships, the additional support may affect their eligibility for need-based financial aid. Students should contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships to determine if their eligibility will be affected. Students should also review the terms of any funding that they have accepted for AY 2023-2024 to ensure that they are eligible to receive additional fellowship funding.

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl, at tdahl@uci.edu

The Community Impact Fellowship highlights and supports doctoral and MFA students whose current research shows substantial impact in the immediate vicinity of Orange County. Ideal candidates will be involved in research designed to significantly improve or enrich the lives of Orange County residents or improve the impact of Orange County organizations. 

This fellowship is made possible by the Dean’s Leadership Council, an advisory board to Gillian Hayes, Dean of the Graduate Division and Vice Provost for Graduate Education at UCI. The council was founded nearly a decade ago and each member serves as a significant leader in either academia, industry, or both. They aid the Dean and Graduate Division in moving graduate education forward, implementing programs, and strategies to make sure UCI graduate students are set up to thrive.

Award Information

The award consists of $500 stipend that may be used for personal, professional development or research purposes.

Dates

Call for Nominations: February 2, 2024
Application Deadline:  Friday, March 1, 2024 by 5:00pm

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

1. Have a minimum graduate-level UCI GPA of 3.7 (at least 3 quarters of graduate coursework completed at UCI)
2. Be a current, full-time doctoral or MFA student
3. If a doctoral student, be advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D. by March 1, 2024
4. Conduct research that has critical community impact. (Examples of relevant research include studies that aim to improve economic opportunity and well-being, health care, social justice, political participation, cultural engagement, and scientific or technical solutions to pressing social issues.)
5. Be willing to have research spotlighted/featured on both the Graduate Division’s and UCI’s website, brochures, and social networks, and be able and available to effectively communicate and discuss their research in lay terms with prospective donors, legislators and/or their staff, and the media during the school year.
6. If selected as a recipient, students must be available to give a brief presentation in-person to the Dean’s Leadership Council regarding their research in April 2024 (exact date TBD).

Application Process

Submit an application using the DLC Community Impact Application Form.  Be prepared to provide the following information:

• Applicant Biographic Statement (300 word maximum)
  • Include, where applicable, undergraduate university and previous degrees, research interests, current projects, honors, work experience, outside interests, and any special characteristics or activities.
• Applicant Research Statement (500 word maximum)
  • Provide a research statement that is written for a committee of non-specialist in the field.  The statement should highlight the potential community impact of your research and include your progress to date and plans for the future.
• Community Impact Statement (300 word maximum)
  • Provide a brief statement outlining any community impact experiences you’ve had to date.  This may include volunteer work, sharing your research with the public, etc.
• A Current Curriculum Vitae

Stipulations

• Students should review the terms of any funding that they have accepted for AY 2023-2024 to ensure that they are eligible to receive additional fellowship funding before applying.
• For students already receiving financial aid, acceptance of a DLC Community Impact Fellowship may affect their overall financial need-based support package. In such cases, students are strongly encouraged to consult with the UCI Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships.

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu

The will of Dolores Zohrab Liebmann created a perpetual charitable trust for the purpose of funding advanced education and graduate study grants, which must be carried out entirely in the United States.  Mrs. Liebmann’s primary concern was to attract and support students with outstanding character and ability who hold promise for achievement and distinction in their chosen field of study.  The trustees welcome applications from students of all national origins who are United States citizens.  UCI may nominate three candidates for consideration. 

Award Information

The amount of each fellowship will cover the cost of tuition (no fees) and a stipend of $18,000. 

Dates

Call for Applications: November 28, 2023
Application Deadline:  December 21, 2023

Eligibility Criteria

• The program of study being pursued by the candidate may include any recognized field of study in the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences (including law, medicine, engineering, architecture or other formal professional training). The selection committee has a strong preference for supporting scholarly endeavors.
• Candidate must be enrolled in and pursuing a graduate degree.
• Applicants must have an outstanding undergraduate and graduate record.
• Applicants must demonstrate financial need.
• Applicants must be United States citizens.

Application Process

• 2024-25 Application Checklist
  • A completed and signed 2024-25 Application
  • One copy of your personal vitae or resume.
  • Certified copies of all undergraduate and graduate transcripts to date
  • Copy of graduate exam test scores (if applicable).
  • A Statement of Purpose up to three pages long (double spaced) which considers the relationship between your graduate level study and your intended personal and/or professional goals. Your Statement of Purpose must include a 10-15 line abstract at the top (included in the three pages) that explains, in LAYMAN’S terms, the essence of your proposed topic of study or dissertation, the methodology of its treatment and its anticipated impact on your field of study.
  • Letter of Recommendation from Dean of Graduate School or Department Chair. (OPTIONAL)
  • Letters of Recommendation from at least two professors who have taught or worked closely with you. (REQUIRED)
  • Copy of your Free Application for Federal Student Aid. (FASFA)
  • Financial Aid information from the University or other applicable source.
  • Copies of Federal Income Tax Returns for the prior two years (including spouse’s returns, if applicable). Only submit Tax Return Form – DO NOT send schedules, etc.

Submit complete materials to Turner Dahl (tdahl@uci.edu) by December 21, 2023.

Note: Candidates whose applications are selected for submission to the trustees for consideration will be required to submit one copy of their Federal Income Tax Return for the prior two years (including spouse’s returns, if applicable).  This is not required for internal review.

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) is a registered members association made up of German institutions of higher education and student bodies.  DAAD provides young people with the opportunity to gain international academic and research experience in Germany.  Since it was founded in 1925, DAAD has provided funding to more than 1.9 million scholars in Germany and abroad.

DAAD has invited UC Irvine to nominate one priority candidate for the Study Scholarship and/or Research Grant-One Year Grant programs.  Candidates who aren’t selected as UC Irvine’s priority applicant are still able to apply; however, they will run in the open competition with candidates with all over North America.  DAAD also offers many additional opportunities for students to study or do research in Germany which students are free to apply for directly. For information on our DAAD funding please visit the Scholarship Database.

• Study Scholarships are available to highly qualified final year undergraduate students or those who have received an undergraduate degree of all disciplines for a full master’s degree program at a German university, or for study at a German university as part of a postgraduate or master’s degree program completed in the home country.
• Research Grants-One Year Grants are available to highly qualified candidates who have completed a master’s degree or in exceptional cases a bachelor’s degree at the latest by the time they begin their grant-supported research in Germany.

Dates

Call for nominations:  September 5, 2023
UCI Submission Deadline (for priority candidate consideration):  October 20, 2023
DAAD External Deadlines:  November 3, 2023

*Please note: applicants for the Short-Term Research Grant and applicants in the artistic fields do not apply via the internal process and should follow application instructions on the DAAD website. 

Evaluation Criteria

German language ability is not a requirement for this grant. Students should demonstrate language skills commensurate with their study and research needs. German universities are increasingly offering courses of study that are conducted in foreign languages and because DAAD wants to support such developments, applications may also be submitted for these programs.

Candidates will be evaluated on:

• General and subject-related preparedness, and suitability of the applicant
• Subject-related quality, preparation, and feasibility of the proposal
• Reasons for wanting to study/conduct research in Germany
• Quality of reference/recommendation letter

Application Process

Applicants should submit the following by the UCI internal deadline of October 20, 2023:

1. Submit all requested documents via the DAAD online-portal
2. Send the reference form (available on portal) to your professors and ask them to email a signed copy to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu
3. Once the applicant has submitted all required documents via the online portal, a PDF file of the application summary will become available. Please send this to Turner Dahl (tdahl@uci.edu) at the Graduate Division.

Checklists

• Study Scholarships
• Research Grants-One Year Grants

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.

The Faculty Mentor Program (FMP) Fellowship is designed to increase the number of students who complete their Ph.D. degree and successfully acquire a faculty appointment. Fellows are expected to participate in meaningful research and, eventually, develop an independent project.

Dates

Call for Nominations:  February 23, 2024

Submission Deadline:  April 4, 2024, 12 pm 

The deadline for Schools to submit nominations to the Graduate Division is Friday, April 4, 2023 by 12:00 pm. Late or incomplete nomination packets will not be reviewed. Students should check with their academic program for internal deadlines and submit a complete FMP application form to their department. Nominations are restricted to the top two candidates per school for the 2024 – 2025 academic year, College of Health Sciences is limited to one nomination per school/program.

Award Information

• Fellows receive one year of fellowship support paid directly by the Graduate Division, including a yearly stipend of $30,000 (paid over a nine-month period, Oct. 1 to June 1) and full resident tuition and fees.
  • Graduate programs also provide fellows a supplement to the fellowship (minimum: $7,000) paid over a nine-month period, Oct. 1 to June 1.
• Fellows receive a $500 academic travel stipend.
• Although it is not advised to seek employment during the fellowship period, it is permitted. If you opt to work during any quarter of your fellowship and your employment package includes remission benefits, these benefits will apply to your tuition and fees. However, you are not eligible to receive a fee fellowship in addition to employment remission benefits as part of this fellowship from the Graduate Division.
• Fellows are expected to work towards developing an independent project during the Fall quarter of their award year.
• Fellows are expected to develop an independent project for the Winter and Spring quarters of the award year.
• Fellows are required to participate in UCI’s tracking of programs to assess student progress and eventual job placement.
• Please note:
  • Non-resident tuition is NOT covered by this fellowship award.
  • If students have applied for and accepted Financial Aid loans or Work-Study awards and subsequently receive any fellowships, the additional support may affect their eligibility for need-based financial aid. Students should contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships to determine if their eligibility will be impacted.
  • Students should review the terms of any funding they accepted to ensure they are eligible for additional fellowship funding.

Eligibility Criteria

• Nominees must be current UCI Ph.D. students in the pre-advancement stage of their program and not at the dissertation stage during the award’s tenure.
• Nominees must demonstrate high potential and promise.
• Nominees must indicate an interest in an academic career in teaching and research.
• Nominees must be United States citizens, permanent residents or AB540 status (international students are not eligible for this fellowship).
• Nominees must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
• Students must enroll full-time in 12 units during each quarter of fellowship tenure
• Nominees must qualify as a diversity student, as defined by the University of California and demonstrate experience of situations or conditions which were an impediment to advancing to graduate study, such as socioeconomic or educational limitations, the absence of a family member who attended college, matriculation in a school with poor financial or curricular support, having a physical or learning disability or working long hours while attending school.

Forms

• FMP Student Application Form
• FMP Department Nomination Form
• FMP Submission Form

Application Process

Schools are asked to set internal deadlines and collect the student applications accordingly.  Based on merit, schools will then forward their nominations to the Graduate Division by Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 12 pm.

Students must submit the FMP Student Application Form electronically to their department before the internal program/department deadline.  Please also include the following items in a single PDF:

• Personal statement
• Detailed listing of funding support that has been received over their graduate program
• A brief (2-4 page) Mentoring Plan that includes a schedule of training goals and activities for the 9-month time period
• Unofficial transcripts including most recent winter quarter grades
• Student curriculum vitae (CV)

Departments must complete the FMP Department Nomination Form for each student the department is nominating. Please also include the following items:

• Completed FMP Student Application Form
• Student Application Materials
• Faculty Mentor letter of recommendation
• FMP Department Nomination Form

Forward your nomination packages to your school for further review.

Schools must submit completed documentation for the nominees using the FMP Submission Form.  Please be sure to include:

• All materials must be combined into one PDF for submission.

Contact

E-Mail: Fellowships@exchange.uci.edu

Before this fellowship is awarded, we will be checking Winter grades to make sure the awardee(s) is/are in good academic standing. Prospective awardees not in good academic standing risk being removed from consideration of fellowship disbursement.

The UC Office of the President has announced the Fletcher Jones Fellowship Program for 2023-2024 academic year.  This prestigious award is intended to provide financial support to doctoral students that will allow them to fully focus on their dissertation research.  As this fellowship is intended to support doctoral degree completion, students demonstrating a clear plan and strong likelihood of filing their dissertation by the summer dissertation filing deadline at the end of the award year will be given the strongest consideration.

Information on the Fletcher Jones Foundation can be found at http://www.fletcherjonesfdn.org/.

Award Information

Three doctoral students will be awarded with a dissertation completion fellowship in the amount of approximately $9,000 to be used as a stipend during Winter 2024 or Spring 2024.

Please note that this fellowship does not include tuition and fees. The awardee’s School is expected to cover the cost of the awardee’s tuition and fees for selected quarter of award.

Dates

Call for Nominations:  September 5, 2023
Submission Deadline:  October 20, 2023

Please note that Schools and Departments typically have earlier internal deadlines for fellowship submissions. Please contact your School or Department for details.

Eligibility Criteria

Each School may nominate one outstanding doctoral student who meets the following minimum criteria:

• Shows financial need
• Exhibits excellent interpersonal and leadership abilities
• Has a UCI GPA of 3.8 or better
• Has advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D.
• Is making satisfactory academic progress toward their degree
• Is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• Note: Students planning to file their dissertation in Spring 2024 or Summer 2024 will receive the strongest consideration.

Nomination Process

Each School’s package should be submitted by the School’s Associate Dean and must include:

1. A completed, signed UCI Fletcher Jones Fellowship Nomination Form
2. A completed, signed UCI Fletcher Jones Student Information Form with the following items:

• • 100-word statement of financial need (note any gaps in support, dependents, etc.)
  • 100-word student profile
  • 500-word statement by the nominee describing their research project, progress to date, and plan for completion. Nominees should describe their research in terms that are accessible to a general audience since the reviewers may not be in their field.

3. A current CV
4. Letter of recommendation from the following:

• The student’s faculty advisor/mentor (this letter should address the student’s financial need, interpersonal and leadership abilities, satisfactory academic progress, and expected date of degree completion)

The nomination package should be forwarded with the signature of the School or Program’s Associate Dean to acknowledge that the School will cover the cost of tuition and fees during the selected quarter (winter or spring 2024) if their nominee is selected. A letter of recommendation from the Associate Dean is not required.

If students have applied for and accepted Financial Aid loans or Work-Study awards and subsequently receive any fellowships, the additional support may affect their eligibility for need-based financial aid. Students should contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships to determine if their eligibility will be affected. Students should also review the terms of any funding that they have accepted for AY 2023-2024 to ensure that they are eligible to receive additional fellowship funding.

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.

Overview

The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program is a separate and distinct program from the Fulbright U.S. Student Grant Program. This program is administered by the U.S. Department of Education, and it provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual doctoral students who conduct research in other countries, in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of six to 12 months. The funding opportunity number for FY 2024 applications is ED-GRANTS-012924-001.

Call for nominations: February 7, 2024
Application/Nomination Deadline: March 22, 2024

For more information contact: Sonia Lepe 

Eligibility

Google PhD Fellowship students are a select group recognized by Google researchers and their institutions as some of the most promising young academics in the world. The Fellowships are awarded to students who represent the future of research in the following fields:

• Algorithms and Theory
• Distributed Systems and Parallel Computing
• Health & Bioscience
• Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization
• Machine Intelligence
• Machine Perception
• Natural Language Processing
• Networking
• Quantum Computing
• Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention
• Software Engineering
• Software Systems
• Speech Processing
• Other areas listed in application forms during application window

For more information, visit the Google PhD fellowship program website

Award Information

• Up to 2 year Fellowship (effective from 2024 for new recipients)
• Full tuition and fees (enrollment fees, health insurance, books) plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel and personal equipment
• Google Research Mentor

Important Dates

UCI Application Open:  March 8, 2024
UCI Internal Deadline:  April 8, 2024
External Deadline:  May 8, 2024

Eligibility Criteria

• Students must remain enrolled full-time in the PhD program for the duration of the Fellowship or forfeit the award.
• Google employees, and their spouses, children, and members of their household are not eligible.
• Students that are already supported by a comparable industry award are not eligible. Government or non-profit organization funding is exempt.
• Past awardees from the PhD Fellowship program are not eligible to apply again.
• Students will have completed graduate coursework in their PhD by the academic award year when the Fellowship begins (fellowships are effective the in the following school year)
  • Students must be in at least their 3rd year of a PhD program by the fall semester or quarter of the year when the Fellowship begins. The nominating university will be asked to confirm the student’s PhD program start date.

Application Process

UC Irvine Graduate Division may nominate up to four eligible students. We encourage students with diverse backgrounds especially those from historically marginalized groups in the field of computing.  Students may apply directly to the Graduate Division here:  https://uci.questionpro.com/t/AaSycZ1wV6

The application will ask for the following materials.  Upload them to the application form as PDFs and be mindful of the word counts.

1. Cover sheet signed by the Department Chair confirming the student passes eligibility requirements.
2. Student CV with links to website and publications (if available)
3. Short (1-page) CV of the student’s primary advisor
4. 2-3 letters of recommendation from those familiar with the nominee’s work (at least one from the thesis advisor).
5. Research / dissertation proposal (maximum 3 pages, excluding references)
6. Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe the desired impact your research will make on the field and society, and why this is important to you. Include any personal, educational and/or professional experiences that have motivated your research interests.
7. Student essay response (350-word limit) to: Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time. (A leadership role can mean more than just a title. It can mean being a mentor to others, acting as the person in charge of a specific task, or taking the lead role in organizing an event or project. Think about what you accomplished and what you learned from the experience. What were your responsibilities? Did you lead a team? How did your experience change your perspective on leading others? Did you help to resolve an important dispute at your school, church, in your community or an organization? And your leadership role doesn’t necessarily have to be limited to school activities. For example, do you help out or take care of your family?)
8. Transcripts of current and previous academic records

Note:  The review committee advises that proposals are more successful in the review process when the advisor takes an active role in reviewing and editing the proposal.

Forms

Application Form
Cover Sheet confirming Eligibility Requirements
Letter of Recommendation – Direct Submission Form

Contact

Internal UCI questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.  Additionally, questions can be sent directly to Google: phdfellowship@google.com

The Gordon Hein Scholarship provides financial support to graduate students who demonstrate outstanding past academic achievement as well as future promise, have financial need, and are blind or legally blind.  Certification by the Disability Services Center is required.

Award Information

This award provides resident fees and a stipend of $9,000 during Spring Quarter of the academic year of the award.  Nonresident supplemental tuition and professional degree supplemental tuition are not included.

Dates

Call for Applications:  October 9, 2023
Submission Deadline:  November 17, 2023

Eligibility Criteria

• Students must be pursuing a Ph.D. or master’s degree. Students enrolled in self-supporting programs are not eligible
• Must be in good academic standing
• Must demonstrate financial need
• Must be blind or legally blind

Application Process

Complete the application form, obtain the signature of the Graduate Associate Dean in your school and combine all materials in a single pdf in the order listed below:

1. Gordon Hein Scholarship Application Form – with all signatures
2. S. citizens – apply for FAFSA. International students – submit statement of financial need from faculty advisor or department chair.
3. Recommendation letter from faculty advisor or department chair
4. Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
5. Unofficial transcripts through Spring Quarter
6. Certification (signature on form) from Disability Services Center

To apply, submit these materials using the Gordon Hein Scholarship – Submission Form by November 17, 2023.  Be advised, late or incomplete submissions will not be accepted.

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.

The Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship, GDDF, aims to increase dissertation and thesis completion amongst doctoral and MFA students. This award is intended for students in their final year of graduate study who have a realistic expectation of degree completion during the 2024-2025 academic year. The award is intended to allow students to forgo their non-research-related employment obligations to concentrate on completing their degree.

Award Information

To maximize the number of students that this fellowship can support, awards will be granted for summer only. The Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship (GDDF) offers $5,000 during the summer 2024 for students who are close to completing their dissertation or thesis in the 2024-2025 academic year. The Graduate Division will cover the stipend cost.

Dates

Call for Nominations:  February 23, 2024

Submission Deadline:  April 4, 2024, 12 pm 

The deadline for Schools to submit nominations to the Graduate Division is Thursday, April 4, 2024 by 12:00 pm. Late or incomplete nominations packets will not be reviewed. Students should check with their academic program for internal deadlines. Nominations are restricted to the top three candidates per school for the 2024-2025 year, College of Health Sciences is limited to two nominations per school/program.

Forms

• Student Application Form
• Department Nomination Form
• GDDF Submission Form

Eligibility Criteria

• Nominees must be enrolled full-time in a Ph.D. or MFA program and nearing completion of their dissertation or thesis.
• Nominees must be enrolled in Fall 2024 and file for graduation no later than Summer 2025.
• Nominees must provide evidence in their application that the timeframe to file their degree is reasonable. 
• Nominees must maintain a 3.0 GPA
• Although employment during the fellowship period is not recommend, it is permitted.
• Nominees may not be past their academic program’s maximum time-to-degree.
• United States Citizens, Permanent Residents, AB540, and, International Students are eligible to be nominated

Application Process

Schools are asked to set internal deadlines and collect the student applications accordingly.  Based on merit, schools will then forward nominations of the students to the Graduate Division by Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 12 pm. 

Students: complete and submit the GDDF Student Application Form electronically to their academic department, along with the following:

• Student Statement (500 words max)
• Brief description of status of research and progress to date 
• Detailed plan & timeline for completion
• Explanation of how fellowship will help complete degree within timeframe. Review the application for additional details.
• Description of past employment while a graduate student
  
• Listing of all extramural, departmental, and Graduate Division fellowships or other financial support received, including pending applications with year and amount
  
•  Supplemental Documents 
• Current version of the student’s Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Unofficial academic transcript
• Letter of recommendation from student’s dissertation committee chair
• Combine all above documents into one PDF and pass along to department

Departments: complete the GDDF Department Nomination Form for each student the department is nominating. Combine with the student application and supplemental documents. All documents must be combined into one PDF before forwarding on to school.

Schools/College: submit completed documentations for each nominee to GDDF Submission Form.

Stipulations

• GDDF fellows are required to file their dissertation during the 2024-2025 academic year and must file their degree no later than summer 2025. Students must be enrolled in Fall 2024 at minimum to be eligible for this fellowship. 
• Department/Schools/Colleges will be required to re-pay the awarded funds to the Graduate Division if the filing requirement is not met. 
• GDDF fellows are no longer eligible for Graduate Division fellowship funding after the end of the summer fellowship term. 
• If students have applied for and accepted Financial Aid loans or Work-Study awards and subsequently receive any fellowships, the additional support may affect their eligibility for need-based financial aid. Students should contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships to determine if their eligibility will be affected.
• Students should review the terms of any funding that they have accepted to ensure that they are eligible to receive additional fellowship funding

Contact

E-Mail: Fellowships@exchange.uci.edu

Before this fellowship is awarded, we will be checking Winter grades to make sure the awardee(s) is/are in good academic standing. Prospective awardees not in good academic standing risk being removed from consideration of fellowship disbursement

This fellowship aims at easing the transition from graduate school into full-time careers either in academia or other industries. While the fellowship is unpaid, a recipient of this fellowship will receive access to resources that will pay immense dividends going forward and was developed in consultation with young professionals and alumni to provide resources they wished they had access to while in graduate school. 

• Maintain affiliation with the university, including UCI Net IDs, that will provide access to email, journals, online library materials, and other UCI resources.
• Gain access to special workshops and training geared towards research and publishing
• Be included in career services and professional development workshops through The Graduate Division Graduate and Postdoctoral Scholar Resource Center and the Division of Career Pathways including but not limited to:
  • Materials workshops (CV, resume, etc.)
  • Career exploration workshops 
  • Certificate programs (Mentoring Excellence Program, Preparing for a Faculty Career, Management Beyond the Classroom)
  • Alumni “Lessons Learned” series
  • Research funding resources and consultations 
  • Communications coaching in coordination with Activate to Captivate including Improv for Teaching & Excellence in Engineering certificate programs
  • Peer writing consultations and writing groups 
  • Access to Beyond the Professoriate, Imagine PhD, MyIDP, and other valuable websites.
• Receive a limited number of discounted classes from the Division of Continuing Education, which provides a large variety of topics and training.
• Be invited to participate in mentoring, networking, and micro-mentoring activities within both industry and academia through Graduate Division and academic programs.
• Be eligible to apply for travel and professional development funding through the Graduate Division.
• Benefit from a number of programs through UCI’s Beall Applied Innovation including, but not limited to:
  • Assistance in gathering customer feedback, and market research through the National Science Foundation I-Corps and the UCI Entrepreneurship and Innovation Librarian 

• Interaction with the Wayfinder Incubator and the Innovation Advisors to help you grow your startup company upon qualifying for incubator admission 

• Assistance with commercialization funding opportunities and sources including the Small Business Development Center and the SBIR/STTR Grants Consultant 

• Learn about Investor relations, pitch decks, and opportunities to observe and/or present to investor screenings 

• Opportunities for internships or jobs with one of our many startup companies. 

• Desk spaces available at Beall Applied Innovation’s facility, The Cove, located in the UCI Research Park 

• Access to select innovation & entrepreneurship related events at Beall Applied Innovation 

Departments are strongly encouraged to include these fellows in announcements about job opportunities, networking events, and research projects and symposia.

To qualify, you must be matriculating between March of 2023 and September of 2024, have limited or no immediate job prospects, and indicate the need for a UCI affiliation. The benefits listed above are being provided through special arrangement with various departments and agencies throughout the campus. You must immediately notify our office of the acceptance of any full-time position elsewhere to ensure compliance with our existing contracts to provide these services.

This program is offered by a strong partnership among the Graduate Division, Office of Information Technology, Beall Applied Innovation, Division of Continuing Education, Division of Career Pathways, UCI Libraries, the Provost’s Office, and numerous supportive individuals all over campus.

This fellowship has a rolling deadline at the end of each quarter.

APPLY NOW

The past few years have had a significant impact on everyone’s lives. Many of you have faced extreme health and research-related challenges that have considerably affected your academic progress. If these issues have delayed your progress, you may apply for a Completion Fellowship to receive one-quarter of funding. This quarter must be in the 2024-2025 academic year (excluding the summer), and cannot be combined with other UCI stipends or appointments. The fellowship aims to provide a final quarter of funding to help you finish your dissertation. Priority will be given to those who are receiving an additional quarter of support from their school – if more than one quarter is needed. Additionally, students can plan to combine the fellowship quarter with an additional quarter, during which they can go on filing-fee status, for up to three-quarters of work leading to the completion of their degree. If you need an additional quarter of NRST funding, it will be included with the Completion Fellowship.

Eligibility:

• If you have exhausted all your funding options, including TAships, GSR positions, and fellowships, and you are unable to cover the cost of a quarter, then you can apply for one from the Graduate Division.

• In your application, you must explain how unforeseen circumstances have delayed your academic work. Although not mandatory, you can also provide additional information about how these events have affected you.

• You must maintain a satisfactory GPA and be on track to graduate within the allotted time.

• You will need to include a letter of support, along with any matching funds that are available from your associate dean, chair, or advisor. You must also provide a detailed timeline for completing your degree.

• If you are awarded the completion fellowship, you must submit your dissertation in the 2024-2025 academic year and file your degree no later than the summer of 2025. If you fail to do so, your department/school/college will be required to repay the awarded funds to the Graduate Division.

• Please note that during the fellowship quarter, you cannot hold any university employment, including but not limited to TA/Associate/Reader/Tutor or GSR/GSAR positions.

APPLY NOW

For the upcoming school year, applications will only be accepted once, and they must be submitted by July 1st, 2024.

Deadline: July 1st, 2024

Questions?  Contact: Jaymi Smith @ jaymis@uci.edu

The Graduate Division is pleased to announce the inaugural competition for the Graduate Scholar Success Fund for the 2023-2024 academic year.  This scholarship is meant to provide support to graduate students who are first generation and demonstrate a clear financial need.

Award Information

This award consists of a $1,500 stipend which may be received during Winter 2024 or Spring 2024.

Dates

Call for Nominations:  September 5, 2023
Submission Deadline:  October 20, 2023

Please note that Schools and Departments typically have earlier internal deadlines for fellowship submissions. Please contact your School or Department for details.

Eligibility Criteria

All Schools are invited to nominate one outstanding graduate student who meets the following minimum criteria:

1. Have a minimum graduate-level UCI GPA of 3.7 (at least 3 quarters of graduate coursework at UCI)
2. Demonstrate financial need
3. Exhibit excellent interpersonal and leadership abilities
4. Be a first-generation college student, with neither parent having received a four-year degree

Nomination Process

Each School’s package should be submitted by the School’s Associate Dean and must include:

• A completed Graduate Scholar Success Fund School Nomination Form
• A completed Graduate Scholar Success Fund Student Information Form, including the financial need, student profile, and student research sections
• The student’s current curriculum vitae
• A confidential letter of recommendation from the faculty advisor/mentor

Nominations will be evaluated using the following criteria:

• Demonstration of financial need
• Evidence of strong communication skills
• Demonstration of leadership ability
• Academic achievements and promise

Stipulations

• If students have applied for and accepted Financial Aid loans or Work-Study awards and subsequently receive any fellowships, the additional support may affect their eligibility for need-based financial aid. Students should contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships to determine if their eligibility will be affected. Students should also review the terms of any funding that they have accepted for AY 2023-2024 to ensure that they are eligible to receive additional fellowship funding.

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.

The James H. Gilliam, Jr. Fellows Program (the Gilliam Fellows Program) is an initiative of the HHMI Center for the Advancement of Science Leadership and Culture. The Gilliam Fellows Program supports pairs of graduate students and their faculty advisers who, together, embody scientific leadership, an important component of which is a commitment to building an equitable and inclusive science culture.

More information can be found in the 2024 Gilliam Program Announcement

Award Information

For the 2024 cohort, the total amount awarded will be $53,000 per year for up to three years.

Key Changes for the 2024 Competition

Note: The Graduate Division will no longer be collecting nominations on behalf of the campus.

1. Open competition –  the 2024 Gilliam competition will move to an open competition. Any eligible adviser-student pair (see program announcement for detailed eligibility guidelines) can apply. There is no nomination process, and there is not a limit (slot number) for each institution. Faculty advisers will continue to serve as the lead applicant, and once the application opens on October 19, they can start a new application from HHMI’s Pathway system.
   
   
2. Eligibility – the 2024 competition will be open to graduate students and advisers of all identities.  A primary goal of Gilliam is to promote creation of equitable, inclusive, and healthy scientific research environments where everyone can learn, contribute, and thrive. Successful applicants (adviser and student) will demonstrate their commitment to this goal through their activities and unique experiences. 
   
   
3. Application components – Campus nominators will no longer submit letters or institutional data as part of the Gilliam application. All application materials will be prepared and submitted by the adviser, the graduate student, and one outside letter writer on behalf of the student.

Dates

Application Opens:  October 19, 2023
Application Deadline:  December 7, 2023

The announcement and additional information about the Gilliam Fellows Program can also be found on the Gilliam webpage. 

The James Harvey Scholar award provides financial support to graduate students who demonstrate outstanding past academic achievement as well as future promise, have financial need, and are completing a publishable thesis or dissertation on homosexuality or the life or works of James Harvey.

Award Information

This award provides resident fees and a stipend of $9,000 during Spring Quarter of the academic year of the award.  Nonresident supplemental tuition and professional degree supplemental tuition are not included.

Dates

Call for Applications: October 9, 2023
Submission Deadline:  November 17, 2023

Eligibility Criteria

• Students must be pursuing a Ph.D. or master’s degree. Students enrolled in self-supporting programs are not eligible
• Must be in good academic standing
• Must demonstrate financial need
• Must have advanced to candidacy and be in their final year of study
• Must be writing a thesis or dissertation on homosexuality or the life or works of James Harvey. Priority will be given to students researching male homosexuality.

Application Process

Complete the application form, obtain the signature of the Graduate Associate Dean in your school and combine all materials in a single pdf in the order listed below:

1. James Harvey Scholar Application Form (complete with all signatures)
2. S. citizens – apply for FAFSA. International students – submit statement of financial need from faculty advisor or department chair.
3. Recommendation letter from faculty advisor or department chair
4. Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
5. Unofficial transcripts through Spring Quarter

To apply, submit these materials using the James Harvey Scholar – Submission Form by November 17, 2023.  Be advised, late or incomplete submissions will not be accepted.

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.

The Katherine and Robert Phalen Endowment is intended to highlight and support doctoral students whose current laboratory research shows future promise for preventing, treating, or understanding human disease. 

Award Information

$1,000 award to be used as a stipend for Spring 2024.  Doctoral students from the Program in Public Health and the School of Medicine are eligible to apply directly for this fellowship.

Dates

Call for Applications:  February 2, 2024
Submission Deadline:  March 1, 2024 by 5:00pm

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

1. Have a minimum graduate-level UCI GPA of 3.7 (at least 3 quarters of graduate coursework completed at UCI)
2. Be a current, full-time doctoral student enrolled in either the Program in Public Health or the School of Medicine
3. Demonstrate financial need
4. Involved in laboratory research that shows future promise for preventing, treating or understanding human diseases

Application Process

Submit an application using the Katherine and Robert Phalen Endowment – Application Form.  Be prepared to provide the following information:

• Financial Need & Impact Statement (300 word maximum)
  • Description of your financial need and how this fellowship would be utilized (300 word maximum)
• Research Statement (500 word maximum)
  • Description of your laboratory research and how it shows future promise for preventing, treating or understanding human diseases
• A current Curriculum Vitae
• Letter of recommendation from a faculty advisor/mentor
  • Letters may be confidentially submitted using the Letter of Recommendation Upload Form
  • Letters should address the following:
    • Applicant’s role and direct contributions to their laboratory research
    • Applicant’s academic qualifications & noteworthy qualities and characteristics
  • Letter should not address:
    • The applicant’s financial need or personal circumstances

Contact 

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu. 

The La Verne Noyes Fellowship provides financial support to graduate students who demonstrate outstanding past academic achievement as well as future promise, have financial need, are U.S. citizens, and are descendants of World War I U.S. Army or Navy veterans.

Award Information

This award provides a stipend of $5,000 during Spring Quarter of the academic year of the award

Dates

Call for Applications:  October 9, 2023
Submission Deadline:  November 17, 2023

Eligibility Criteria

• Students must be U.S. citizens pursuing a Ph.D. or master’s degree. Students enrolled in self-supporting programs are not eligible
• Must be in good academic standing and demonstrate financial need.
• Must be the direct descendant of a World War I U.S. Navy or Army veteran. Note that the veteran must have served for at least four months between April 6, 1917 and November 11, 1918.  Priority will be given to descendants of those killed in action.

Application Process

Complete the application form, obtain the signature of the Graduate Associate Dean in your school and combine all materials in a single pdf in the order listed below:

1. La Verne Noyes Fellowship Application Form – with all signatures
2. Recommendation letter from faculty advisor or department chair
3. Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
4. Unofficial transcripts through Spring Quarter
5. Copy of birth certificate and family tree showing the relationship to the WWI veteran with qualifying service
6. Copy of the veteran’s active duty or honorable discharge document, or other documentation showing qualifying service for at least four months between April 6, 1917 and November 11, 1918, including documentation that the relative died in combat (if applicable).

To apply, submit these materials using the La Verne Noyes Fellowship – Submission Form by November 17, 2023.  Be advised, late or incomplete submissions will not be accepted.

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.

For more information please visit here.

The Miguel Velez Scholarship provides financial support to graduate students who demonstrate outstanding past academic achievement as well as future promise, have financial need, and are citizens of a Latin American country.  Preference is given to citizens of Colombia.

Award Information

This award provides resident fees and a stipend of $9,000 during Spring Quarter of the academic year of the award.  Nonresident supplemental tuition and professional degree supplemental tuition are not included.

Dates

Call for Applications:  October 9, 2023
Submission Deadline:  November 17, 2023

Eligibility Criteria

• Students must be citizens of a Latin American country and pursuing a Ph.D. or master’s degree. Students enrolled in self-supporting programs are not eligible.
• Must be in good academic standing and demonstrate financial need.
• Students who are citizens of Colombia or who can prove descent from the donor, Miguel Velez, will be given preference.
• Students from a Latin American country who have AB 540 status are also eligible to apply.

Application Process

Complete the application form, obtain the signature of the Graduate Associate Dean in your school and combine all materials in a single pdf in the order listed below:

1. Miguel Velez Scholarship Application Form (completed with all signatures)
2. Statement of financial need from faculty advisor or department chair
3. Recommendation letter from faculty advisor or department chair
4. Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
5. Unofficial transcripts through Spring Quarter
6. Copy of passport page showing citizenship in a Latin American country. Residency will be verified via the student information system.

To apply, submit these materials using the Miguel Velez Scholarship – Submission Form by November 17, 2023.  Be advised, late or incomplete submissions will not be accepted.

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.

Overview

The National Science Foundation (NSF) offers fellowships to students in the early stages of pursuing a research based Master’s or Ph.D. degree. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) affords our nation’s research leaders of tomorrow exceptional funding with three years of graduate support worth thousands of dollars.

Call for nominations: TBD
Application/Nomination Deadline: TBD

For more information contact: Kayleigh Anderson at kayeiga@uci.edu

Award Information

GRFP Fellows Receive the Following:

• Three years of support
  • $34,000 annual stipend
  • $12,000 cost-of-education allowance to institution
• Supercomputer access
• Opportunities to apply for the Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP)
• Opportunities to apply for the Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW)

Eligibility

You are eligible to apply for an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship if you:

• Are a U.S. citizen, U.S. national or permanent resident alien; and
• Are a graduating senior, or have completed a B.A./B.S. degree, or are in the first year or the first semester of the second year in graduate school at the time of the application deadline; and
• Did not previously apply to NSF GRFP as a graduate student*; and
• Are pursuing a research-based master’s or doctoral degree in GRFP-supported disciplines, including: chemistry, computer and information science and engineering, engineering, geosciences, life sciences, mathematics, physics and anatomy, psychology, social sciences and STEM education.
• Applicants who have completed more than twelve months of graduate study may be considered eligible if they have had an interruption in graduate study of at least two consecutive years prior to August of the year they are applying. To be eligible, applicants must not have attended graduate school for two years prior to August 1 of the year applying. Applicants also cannot be entering a graduate program in the fall of the year they are applying to the NSF GRFP. A statement describing the extenuating circumstance is required in the application.

*Note: Beginning in the 2017 cycle, graduate students only have one opportunity to apply.

Application Process

NSF GRFP Proposals are evaluated on two merit review criteria: Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts. 

Intellectual Merit

• Ability to plan and conduct research
• Excellence when working both independently and on a team
• Aptitude in interpreting and communicating research findings

 Broader Impacts – Activities and projects that:

• Integrate research and education
• Communicate your methodology and findings to a diverse audience
• Encourage diversity and enable full participation
• Enhance global scientific and technical understanding
• Benefit society

Contact Info

For more information about the NSF GRFP and resources available for UCI applicants, please contact:

Kayleigh Anderson-Natale
Postdoctoral and Professional Development Manager
949-824-5196

RESOURCES AT UC IRVINE

Take advantage of the various on-campus resources to assist you as you prepare, write and improve the caliber of your fellowship application. Funding workshops provide students with an overview of the NSF GRFP, writing tips on the application essays, and tips from fellow students and faculty reviewers.  Writing consultants at the Graduate Resource Center assist students in polishing their writing by providing comments and suggestions on grammar and clarity. Some Schools and/or graduate programs provide resources to students applying for the NSF GRFP.

Graduate Division and GRC Resources:

• Summer and Fall quarter workshops at the GRC.
• Dr. Kayleigh Anderson-Natale holds fellowship advising hours every week at the GRC. She is available to discuss application questions and provide feedback on fellowship applications. Schedule an appointment by calling 949-824-3849 or email (grc@uci.edu).
• IDr. Celina Mojica is also available to discuss application questions and provide feedback on applications. Please email to schedule an appointment.
• Writing Consultants at the GRC
  
  • Due to high demand, students are strongly encouraged to make an appointment online.
• Fellowship Application Samples: Students may view successful NSF GRFP applications at the GRC.

The GRC is located at 3100 Gateway Student Center. Click here for a map and directions from Ring Road.

Resources and Links

• NSF GRFP Program Solicitation: Program information, applicant assistance & resources, outreach related issues, and applicant ratings sheet review
• NSF GRFP Official Program Announcement: Program guidelines, information for awarded fellows, and FAQ guides
• NSF GRFP Application 
• NSF GRFP Frequently Asked Questions 
• FastLane Help  
• University of Missouri NSF GRFP Resource Page
• University of Missouri NSF GRFP Self-Assessment Rubric
• Inside Higher Ed Article on NSF GRFP
• Think Like a Postdoc- NSF GRFP Post

The purpose of the NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00) is to encourage and retain outstanding graduate students recognized by their institutions for their high potential and strong interest in pursuing careers as independent cancer researchers. The award will facilitate the transition of talented graduate students into successful cancer research postdoctoral appointments and provide opportunities for career development activities relevant to their long-term career goals of becoming independent cancer researchers.  

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) does not allow applicants to propose to lead an independent clinical trial, but does allow applicants to propose research experience in a clinical trial led by a sponsor or co-sponsor.

The F99/K00 award is intended for individuals who require 1-2 years to complete their Ph.D. dissertation research training (F99 phase) before transitioning to mentored postdoctoral research training (K00 phase). Consequently, applicants are expected to propose an individualized research training plan for the next 1-2 years of dissertation research training and a plan for 3-4 years of mentored postdoctoral research and career development activities that will prepare them for independent cancer-focused research careers. Please note: It is not required that cancer be the topic of predoctoral work, but it is required for postdoctoral work.

NCI intends to commit $1.1 M to fund up to 24 awards in FY2024, and $1.1 M to fund up to 24 awards in FY 2025.  Please see the full RFA for more details:  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-23-042.html

Dates

Each eligible institution is eligible to submit one application per due date.  Therefore, UCI may put forward one nomination for this award opportunity and is therefore soliciting applications from qualified predoctoral students interested in pursuing postdoctoral work in cancer research. 

• Call for Nominations:  September 7, 2023
• Internal UCI Graduate Division Nomination Due Date: October 13, 2023
• The selected applicant will be notified by October 20, 2023
• The external deadline to submit an application to NCI is November 17, 2023 by 5:00pm local time of the applicant organization

Nomination Process

To apply, interested applicants should send the following application materials (in a single combined PDF) to Turner Dahl (tdahl@uci.edu):

• Specific aims of applicant’s predoctoral to postdoctoral work in cancer research. One page per NIH guidelines (For help please review this guide).
  • If the applicant’s pre-doctoral work is not cancer-related, an additional ½ page may be used to present a clear plan for cancer training.
• Applicant’s CV

For more information about this opportunity, please review the full RFA at NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00)

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.

• The National Science Foundation (NSF) Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN) is a supplemental funding opportunity that provides graduate students supported by NSF grants with internship and training opportunities at non-academic institutions to help students gain knowledge, skills, and experience in preparation for successful long-term careers. Read the full opportunity here: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21013/nsf21013.jsp

  NSF will consider supplemental funding requests for up to an additional six months of graduate student support on active NSF grants with the following goals:

  1. To provide graduate students with the opportunity to augment their research assistantships or NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) fellowships with non-academic research internship activities and training opportunities that will complement their academic research training;
  2. To allow graduate students to pursue new activities aimed at acquiring professional development experience that will enhance their preparation for multiple career pathways after graduation; and
  3. To encourage the participation of graduate students from underrepresented groups such as women, persons with disabilities, underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), veterans, and persons from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Eligibility

• To be eligible, graduate students must have completed at least one academic year in their graduate programs (master’s or doctoral) and be making satisfactory progress towards the completion of their degrees.

• Either be working under a PI with an NSF grant OR be a current NSF Graduate Research Program Fellow.

• GRFP Fellows must be active, either “on tenure” or “on reserve” during the entire period of the proposed internship.
  • If a Fellow is “on tenure” no stipend or tuition can be requested as part of the budget.
  • If a Fellow is “on reserve” funds for stipend and tuition during the interval of the internship will be considered.  The maximum stipend that will be considered is 2,833/month.

Activities Supported

The PI/co-PI of an active NSF award may request supplemental funding for one or more graduate students to gain knowledge, skills and experiences that will augment their preparation for a successful long-term career through an internship in a non-academic setting, including the following:

• For-profit industry laboratories or industry research and development groups;
• Start-up businesses, such as (but not limited to) those funded through the NSF’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program;
• Government agencies (all levels) and National Laboratories;
• Museums, science centers, and other informal learning settings;
• Policy think-tanks; and
• Non-profit organizations.

It is expected that the internship will be research-focused in a STEM field or in STEM education research and will be on-site at the host organization unless a specific exception to this is granted due to extenuating circumstances by the cognizant program officer.

Award Details

• NSF plans to fund approximately 260 proposals in 2021
• Funding requested cannot exceed $55,000 per student, per 6-month period
• Allowable costs:
  • Travel
  • Tuition and fees
  • Health insurance 
  • Additional stipend
  • Temporary relocation costs
• Tuition and fees will be considered only for the time of the internship

Submission Process and Deadline

• March 29, 2024: Submit supplemental funding requests to Graduate Division. Please note, applications are open all year around since this is a rolling deadline. Expect the review and processing for an INTERN proposal to take at least seven months. Carefully review the application components and instructions.
• April 15: NSF’s target date for each fiscal year. The Graduate Division will submit vetted applications by this date. 

Apply Here

Sign-in to CampusGroups with our UCI credentials to submit your application: https://cglink.me/2eo/s50482

Contacts

Pre-Application: Questions about applying to NSF Intern can be directed to Dr. Kayleigh Anderson-Natale at kayleiga@uci.edu. 

Post-Application: Questions on the status of your application can be directed to Sonia Lepe at slepe1@uci.edu.

Overview

The overall goal of the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) program is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address the Nation’s biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs. More information about NRSA programs may be found at the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) website. The primary purpose of the NRSA is to ensure the TRAINING of independent research scientists.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fellowship

Award Info

• Predoctoral Applicants will receive a stipend of $23,376.
• Postdoctoral Applicants will receive a stipend amount based on years of experience.
• The NIH will provide funds for tuition, fees, health insurance, and training related expenses. Refer to the NIH notice: NOT-OD-16-047 for further information.
• Award budgets are composed of stipends, tuition and fees, and institutional allowance
• NRSA support is limited to 5 years for predoctoral trainees, and 3 years for postdoctoral fellows.

Eligibility

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible for a Kirschstein-NRSA Individual Fellowship (F30, F31, F32), the fellowship applicant must be a U.S. citizen, a non-citizen national, or have been lawfully admitted to the U.S. for permanent residence before the award is issued. U.S. non-citizen nationals are persons born in lands that are not States but are under U.S. sovereignty, jurisdiction, or administration, e.g., American Samoa. Individuals on temporary student visas are not eligible for NRSA support. More for information, visit page I-97 of the Individual Fellowship Application Guide for NIH and AHRQ.

Application Criteria

• All NIH applications submitted in support of biomedical and behavioral research are evaluated for scientific and technical merit through the NIH peer review system according to the following criteria:

Overall Impact/Merit

Reviewers will provide an overall impact/priority score to reflect their assessment of the likelihood that the fellowship will enhance the candidate’s potential for, and commitment to, a productive independent scientific research career in a health-related field, in consideration of the scored and additional review criteria.

Scored Review Criteria

Reviewers will consider each of the review criteria below in the determination of scientific merit, and give a separate score for each. An application does not need to be strong in all categories to be judged likely to have major scientific impact.

Fellowship Applicant

• Are the applicant fellow’s academic record and research experience of high quality?
• Does the applicant fellow have the potential to develop as an independent and productive researcher in biomedical, behavioral or clinical science?

Sponsors, Collaborators, and Consultants

• Are the sponsor(s) research qualifications (including successful competition for research support) and track record of mentoring appropriate for the proposed fellowship?
• Are there (1) evidence of a match between the research interests of the applicant fellow and the sponsor (including an understanding of the applicant’s research training needs) and (2) a demonstrated ability and commitment of the sponsor to assist in meeting these needs?
• Are the qualifications of any collaborator(s) and/or consultant(s), including their complementary expertise and previous experience in fostering the training of fellows, appropriate for the proposed research project?

Research Training Plan

• Is the proposed research plan of high scientific quality, and does it relate to the applicant fellow’s training plan?
• Is the training plan consistent with the applicant fellow’s stage of research development?
• Will the research training plan provide the applicant fellow with individualized and supervised experiences that will develop research skills needed for his/her independent and productive research career?

Training Potential

• Does the proposed research training plan have the potential to provide the applicant fellow with the requisite individualized and supervised experiences that will develop his/her research skills?
• Does the proposed research training have the potential to serve as a sound foundation that will lead the applicant fellow to an independent and productive career?

Institutional Environment & Commitment to Training

• Are the research facilities, resources (e.g. equipment, laboratory space, computer time, subject populations), and training opportunities adequate and appropriate?
• Is the institutional environment for the scientific development of the applicant fellow of high quality, and is there appropriate institutional commitment to fostering the applicant fellow’s training as an independent and productive researcher?

Additional Review Criteria

As applicable for the project proposed, reviewers will evaluate the following additional items while determining scientific and technical merit, and in providing an overall impact/priority score, but will not give separate scores for these items.

Protections for Human Subjects

For research that involves human subjects but does not involve one of the six categories of research that are exempt under 45 CFR Part 46, the committee will evaluate the justification for involvement of human subjects and the proposed protections from research risk relating to their participation according to the following five review criteria: 1) risk to subjects, 2) adequacy of protection against risks, 3) potential benefits to the subjects and others, 4) importance of the knowledge to be gained, and 5) data and safety monitoring for clinical trials.

For research that involves human subjects and meets the criteria for one or more of the six categories of research that are exempt under 45 CFR Part 46, the committee will evaluate: 1) the justification for the exemption, 2) human subjects involvement and characteristics, and 3) sources of materials. For additional information on review of the Human Subjects section, please refer to the Human Subjects Protection and Inclusion Guidelines.

Inclusion of Women, Minorities, and Children

When the proposed project involves clinical research, the committee will evaluate the proposed plans for inclusion of minorities and members of both genders, as well as the inclusion of children. For additional information on review of the Inclusion section, please refer to the Human Subjects Protection and Inclusion Guidelines. 

Vertebrate Animals

The committee will evaluate the involvement of live vertebrate animals as part of the scientific assessment according to the following five points: 1) proposed use of the animals, and species, strains, ages, sex, and numbers to be used; 2) justifications for the use of animals and for the appropriateness of the species and numbers proposed; 3) adequacy of veterinary care; 4) procedures for limiting discomfort, distress, pain and injury to that which is unavoidable in the conduct of scientifically sound research including the use of analgesic, anesthetic, and tranquilizing drugs and/or comfortable restraining devices; and 5) methods of euthanasia and reason for selection if not consistent with the AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia. For additional information on review of the Vertebrate Animals section, please refer to the Worksheet for Review of the Vertebrate Animal Section.

Biohazards

Reviewers will assess whether materials or procedures proposed are potentially hazardous to research personnel and/or the environment, and if needed, determine whether adequate protection is proposed.

Application Process

Application Overview

• F30 (dual doctoral degree fellowships, e.g., M.D.-Ph.D, D.D.S.-Ph.D) 
• F31 (predoctoral fellowships)
• F31 (predoctoral fellowships – diversity)
• F32 (postdoctoral fellowships)
• For a complete listing of Fellowship Program Announcements (PAs), see the F-kiosk.
• Postdoctoral (F32) – Must have Ph.D., M.D. or equivalent. 
• Predoctoral (F31) – Must have baccalaureate degree and be enrolled in a Ph.D. program.
• F-series due receipt dates: April 8, August 8 and December 8

 Application Process

• Notify your academic program that you plan to submit a NIH NRSA application
• Applicants should work with their faculty advisor as early as possible to identify which NIH institute is most relevant to support their research and project, and to establish a strong training plan.
• First time applicants are highly encouraged to give ample time to submit. Incomplete applications will be returned to the applicant.
• Start your application by creating an eRA Commons account. All applicants must have an NIH eRA Commons User with “PI” as the designated role to apply for a NRSA Fellowship.
• To create an eRA Commons account, contact the Office of Research Administration at 949-824-0018.
• Fellows will need to prepare a SF424 (R&R) Form.
• Refer to SF424 (R&R) Individual Fellowship Application Guide for NIH and AHRQ to search for specific topics by keyword or to find answers to your questions.
• All NIH NRSA applications are due to the Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) office at least 5 to 10 business days prior to the NIH deadline.

Resources at UCIrvine

Writing consultants at the Graduate and Postdoctoral Scholar Resource Center are available to help students to polish their writing by providing comments and suggestions on grammar and clarity.

• Due to high demand, students are strongly encouraged to make an appointment by calling 949-824-3849.

Other Resources

• Tips on grant writing from the NIH
• UCIrvine’s SPA proposal resources, look under “Proposal Preparation“

Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association International Scholarships are for foreign students engaged in their final year of graduate study. Visit the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association website for more detailed information about the program.

Award Information

One scholarship will be awarded per academic institution, in the amount of $1,000.

Dates

Tentative dates for the 2023-24 academic year:

Call for Applications: January 8, 2024
Application Deadline: February 16, 2024

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates should be in their final year of study during the 2021-22 academic year. Evidence of registration for Fall 2021 is required before checks to awardees can be distributed. Students on filing fee in Fall 2021 are not eligible. 
• Candidates are pursuing a Ph.D. or the usual terminal degree in their field. The only supported terminal Master’s degree at UCI is the MFA. Professional degrees (MBA, JD, MD) are not supported.
• Candidates should be returning to their home country soon after earning their degree.
• Candidates must demonstrate both academic excellence and significant need.
• Candidates are not limited to persons who come from underdeveloped or developing countries.
• Awards are to be made without discrimination on the basis of sex, race, age, or creed.
• Repeat awards will not be considered.

Application Process

• Students must complete the PBK Application Form.
• Faculty must complete the PBK Faculty Recommendation Form.
• A completed application must include the following:
  • A fully completed application form
  • A short essay on scholarly and professional ambitions (not necessarily limited to the space provided)
  • Two letters of recommendation from faculty members, including the student’s dissertation chair (for doctoral candidates) 
  • A justification of need (rough estimate)
  • Current unofficial transcript

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.

The President’s Dissertation Year (PDY) Fellowship is intended for students in their final year of graduate study, who are planning to pursue teaching and research appointments soon after their dissertation fellowship year. This award assists graduate students with the completion of their dissertation and enhances their qualifications as candidates for university faculty teaching and research appointments by providing professional opportunities needed to successfully obtain a faculty appointment.

Dates

Call for Nominations:  February 23, 2024

Submission Deadline:  April 4, 2024, 12 pm

The deadline for Schools to submit nominations to the Graduate Division is Thursday, April 4, 2024 by 12:00 pm. Late or incomplete nomination packets will not be reviewed. Students should check with their academic program for internal deadlines and submit a complete PDY Student Application Form to their department. Nominations are restricted to the top two candidates per school for the 2024-2025 academic year, College of Health Sciences is limited to one nomination per school/program.

Award Information

The funding package includes:

• Fellows receive one year of fellowship support paid directly by the Graduate Division, including a yearly stipend of $30,000 (paid over a nine-month period, Oct. 1 to June 1) and full resident tuition fees.
  • Graduate programs also provide fellows a supplement to the fellowship (minimum: $7,000) 
  • Although it is not advised to seek employment during the fellowship period, it is permitted. If you opt to work during any quarter of your fellowship and your employment package includes remission benefits, these benefits will apply to your tuition and fees. However, you are not eligible to receive a fee fellowship in addition to employment remission as part of this fellowship from the Graduate Division.
• $500 academic travel stipend.
• Please note:
  • Non-resident tuition is NOT covered by this fellowship award.
  • If students have applied for and accepted Financial Aid or Work-Study awards and subsequently receive any fellowships, the additional support may affect their eligibility for need-based financial aid. Students should contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships to determine if their eligibility will be affected.
  • Student should review the terms of any funding they accepted to ensure they are eligible for additional fellowship funding.

Eligibility Criteria

• Nominees must be current UCI Ph.D. students who are in their last year of graduate study and who have advanced to candidacy by Fall 2024.
• Nominees must be U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents or AB540 status (international students are not eligible for this fellowship).
• Nominees must be able to file their dissertation by the summer dissertation filing deadline at the end of the award year (Summer 2025). Financial penalties will be imposed on the program/school if fellows do not file their dissertation by the summer filing deadline at the end of the award year.
• Nominees may not be past their academic program’s maximum time-to-degree at the time of nomination or during the award tenure.
• Nominees must not have previously received dissertation funding from any source in support of a final dissertation year. If awarded this fellowship fellows are no longer eligible for additional funding from Graduate Division.
• Fellows are required to participate in the President’s Dissertation Year Conference hosted by University of California’s Office of the President. Traditionally, the conference is held in Northern California during the fall of the award year; however, the time of year and location are subject to change. Faculty mentors are strongly encouraged to attend.
• Fellows are required to present a seminar on their dissertation research twice during the award period.
• Nominees must qualify as a diversity student as defined by the University of California and demonstrate experience of situations or conditions which were an impediment to advancing to graduate study, such as socioeconomic or educational limitations, the absence of a family member who attended college, matriculation in a school with poor financial or curricular support, having a physical or learning disability or working long hours while attending school.

Forms

• PDY Student Application Form
• PDY Department Nomination Form
• PDY Submission Form

Application Process

Schools are asked to set internal deadlines and collect the student applications accordingly.  Based on merit, schools will then forward nominations to the Graduate Division by Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 12 pm.

Students must submit the PDY Student Application Form electronically to the department, along with the following in a single PDF:

• Personal Statement including information on career objectives
• The student’s dissertation prospectus (max 4 pages, double spaced), which is a timeline for the completion of your dissertation
  • Provide a brief introduction of your dissertation project
  • Provide a summary for each of your dissertation chapters. Include dates of completion and/or prospective completion dates, and plans for completing unfinished chapters.
  • Include a plan for completing the writing and submitting of your dissertation to your committee for review, and when you plan to defend
• Mentoring plan that includes a timeline of expected progress for the completion of the dissertation (this should be co-written by both student and advisor)
• Student curriculum vitae (CV)
• Unofficial transcripts including Winter Quarter 2024 grades (if applicable)
  • If unofficial grades are not included for Winter Quarter 2024, Graduate Division will review upon availability of grades to verify student still meets the necessary academic requirements
• A list of proposed seminars (minimum of two) in which the student will present his/her research during the dissertation year
• A detailed listing of all funding/support received by student

Departments: Complete the PDY Department Nomination Form and include it with the following materials in a single PDF:

• Completed PDY Student Application Form
• Student application materials
• Dissertation advisor letter of recommendation

Save this new single PDF file and forward nomination packages to your school.

Schools must submit completed documentation for the top two school nominees using the PDY Submission Form.  Be sure to include a brief statement with signature from the Associate Dean with endorsement of the submission. 

• All materials must be combined into one PDF prior to submission.

Contact

E-Mail: Fellowships@exchange.uci.edu

Before this fellowship is awarded, we will be checking Winter grades to make sure the awardee(s) is/are in good academic standing. Prospective awardees not in good academic standing risk being removed from consideration of fellowship disbursement

Public Impact Fellowships highlight and support doctoral and MFA students whose current research has the potential for substantial impact in the public sphere. Ideal candidates will be involved in research designed to significantly improve or enrich the lives of Californians and/or national and global communities. 

Award Information

$11,000 (distinguished fellow full award) or $1,000 (honorable mention award) to be used as a stipend. All schools are eligible to nominate students to compete for a total of fifteen fellowships. Each of the five full awardees will receive $11,000. Each of the ten honorable mention awardees will receive $1,000. Students may choose to accept the award during Winter 2024 or Spring 2024, or over both quarters, at their discretion.

Dates

Call for Nominations: September 5, 2023
Submission Deadline:  October 20, 2023

Please note that Schools and Departments typically have earlier internal deadlines for fellowship submissions. Please contact your School or Department for details.

Eligibility Criteria

Nominees must meet the following criteria:

1. Have a minimum graduate-level UCI GPA of 3.7
2. Be a current, full-time doctoral or MFA student.
3. If a doctoral student, be advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D. by October 20, 2023.
4. Conduct research that has critical public impact. (Examples of relevant research include studies that aim to improve economic opportunity and well-being, health care, social justice, political participation, cultural engagement, and scientific or technical solutions to pressing social issues.)
5. Be willing to have research spotlighted/featured on both the Graduate Division’s and UCI’s website, brochures and social networks, and be able and available to effectively communicate and discuss their research in lay terms with prospective donors, legislators and/or their staff, and the media during Winter and Spring quarters.
6. If selected as a finalist, students must be available to give a brief presentation (via Zoom) to the selection committee, with no visual aids, immediately followed by a brief interview. These presentations and interviews will take place on November 13, 2023.

Nomination Process

Schools are asked to collect nominations from each department and forward the most promising nominees, based on merit and the potential public impact of the student’s research. There is no limit to the number of nominations. The final selection committee will consider several factors when choosing the awardees, including each student’s presentation, interview, ability to convey their research to a broad audience, academic record, letters of recommendation, degree progress, and potential research impact.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS:

1. Complete the Student Information Form
2. Please email the following materials to your program’s graduate affairs staff member:

• Completed Student Information Form with your signature.
• Your current CV
• Letter of recommendation from your primary faculty advisor/PI

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROGRAMS/DEPARTMENTS:

1. Complete the Nomination Form
2. Please create a single PDF file for each nominee in this order:

• Nomination Form (signed by the Program Graduate Advisor and Associate Dean)
• Student Information Form (signed by the student)
• CV
• Letter of Recommendation from the student’s primary faculty advisor/PI

Please email completed nomination packages to Turner Dahl (tdahl@uci.edu) on or before October 20, 2023.  Late or incomplete nominations will not be accepted.

Stipulations

• Students should review the terms of any funding that they have accepted for AY 2023-2024 to ensure that they are eligible to receive additional fellowship funding before applying.
• For students already receiving financial aid, acceptance of a Public Impact Fellowship may affect their overall financial need-based support package. In such cases, students are strongly encouraged to consult with the UCI Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships.
• Previous Public Impact Fellowship winners (full awardees and honorable mentions) are not eligible for this year’s competition.
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Contact

Please direct any questions to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu

The purpose of the Global Grant Scholarship Program is to help prepare students for careers in one of Rotary’s seven Areas of Focus and to foster international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries. Rotary District 5320 is pleased to announce that we are continuing this wonderful program by offering District 5320 Global Grant Scholarships for graduate study abroad. District 5320 is offering scholarships for the upcoming academic year and is open to receiving applications.

Rotary District 5320:  Global Grant Scholars | Rotary District 5320 (rotary5320.org)

Award Information

The Global Grant Scholarship will fund graduate level course work for an amount of $ 40,000 for one year of study outside the United States,.

Dates

Application Deadline: December 20 for the upcoming year

• Interviews will be held in February/March for the same academic year
• The final approval will be given by the Rotary Foundation between March and June of the same year

Scholarship Terms and Eligibility

For more details about the scholarship terms, eligibility process, please see the following pdf:  Rotary-5320-Global-Grants-Introduction-2021.pdf (rotary5320.org)

Application Process

Fill out this application form below and submit it to your local Rotary Club with a copy to the District by December 20th.

https://resources.rotary5320.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/RI_Global_Grant_Scholar_Candidate_Application_Form_2021-2022.docx

Contact

For all questions, clarifications and form submissions please send an email to:

• Dee Wood at dwood9119@gmail.com
• Joyoti Banerji at jb@joyotibanerji.com

The Graduate Division is now accepting nominations for the Tom Angell Fellowship, which will be awarded in Spring quarter. This fellowship is intended to honor Tom Angell’s contributions as our Graduate Counselor to graduate student wellness and retention. The award is open to graduate students, faculty, and postdoctoral scholars.

Award Information

One $500 fellowship award will be made to one graduate student; one $500 award will be made to one faculty member; and one $500 award will be made to one postdoctoral scholar. The faculty award must be used as a fellowship to a student of the faculty’s choice. The student and postdoctoral scholar awards must be used to support student/postdoc professional development.

Dates

Call for Applications: February 2, 2024
Submission Deadline: March 1, 2024 by 5:00pm

Submit a Nomination

Eligibility Criteria

Nominees must meet the following criteria:

Faculty Nominees
• Must have shown excellent mentorship of UC Irvine graduate students

Graduate Student Nominees
• Must have shown excellent mentorship of fellow UC Irvine students
• Must be making satisfactory academic progress

Postdoctoral Scholar Nominees
• Must have shown excellent mentorship of UC Irvine graduate students or fellow postdoctoral scholars.

*Please confirm that the nominee holds a postdoctoral title with UCI before submitting a nomination.

Notes

Recipients will be honored at the annual Mentoring Excellence Event hosted by the Office of Inclusive Excellence in April 2024 (exact date TBD).  All nominees and nominators are encouraged to attend (location and additional details will be posted at: https://inclusion.uci.edu/education-events/mentoring/).

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.

OVPTL and Graduate Division are coordinating the UCI campus applications for the fifth annual class of the UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellows. These fellows can be undergraduate, graduate students or postdoctoral fellows and will be supported to attend the Lindau Physics Meetings being held from June 30 through July 5, 2024 in Lindau, Germany.

Begun seven decades ago, today the Lindau meetings bring together some 600 university students and post-doctoral fellows from around the world who spend a week absorbing lectures by Nobel Laureates and interacting with them in smaller groups to discuss their own research. The theme of the meetings – educate, inspire, and connect– has led us to see these meetings as places where our students not only learn but begin to build the research networks that will enrich their lives and help create the broadest sense of community.

2023-24 Topic:  73^rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Physics)

Dates

Call for Applications:  August 22, 2023
Submission Deadline: September 22, 2023

Eligibility Criteria

Selection criteria for the 2024 meeting can be found here:  https://www.lindau-nobel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Selection-Criteria-Physics-2024.pdf.

• applicant’s field must be in physics or closely related disciplines
• show a genuine interest and engagement in science and research,
• belong to the top 5 percent of their class / show excellence in their principal field of studies
• receive very strong support of their application by their academic advisor and/or by an internationally renowned scientist, who knows the applicant well; a detailed letter of recommendation is indispensable for the application,
• deliver a comprehensive CV together with their application (as attachment)
• be fluent in English and prepared to actively participate in discussions with laureates and young scientists,
• normally not have a permanent position or an independent group leader position as this is a criterion for exclusion except in special cases,
• not have participated on-site in a previous Lindau Meeting,
• deliver fully completed applications in their online profiles on or before the deadline in November 2023 (responsibility of the nominated individuals; incomplete applications will not be considered), and
• commit themselves to being present in Lindau for the full duration of the meeting

It is intended to have a well-rounded balance between these three groups:

1. Undergraduate students, who
   1. Exhibit a solid general knowledge in the sciences
2. Master and doctoral students, who
   1. 1. Show excellent academic accomplishments and
      2. Have already produced excellent research work, e.g. documented by publications, conference presentations, and/or research awards/prizes
3. Postdoctoral scientists, who
   1. 1. Have up to 5 years of postdoctoral experiences (optimum about 2-3 years after the doctoral degree),
      2. Have published excellent results, preferably of own scientific research in refereed journals and as first or last and/or corresponding author,
      3. Have presented their work at international scientific meetings, preferably as (invited) lecturers.

Application Process

Applicants are asked to submit the below materials in ONE SINGLE PDF, emailed to Turner Dahl tdahl@uci.edu by Friday, September 22 by 5pm. Selections will be made and forwarded to UCOP shortly after.

• Curriculum Vitae
• Two letters of recommendation
• Statement of Commitment to attend the entire meeting in Lindau
• Statement of purpose in attending the meeting and how an applicant’s background satisfies the criteria for selection.

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.

The University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program was established in 1984 to encourage outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California. The current program offers postdoctoral research fellowships and faculty mentoring to outstanding scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to the diversity and equal opportunity at the University of California. The contributions to diversity may include public service towards increasing equitable access in fields where women and minorities are underrepresented. In some fields, the contributions may include research focusing on underserved populations or understanding inequalities related to race, gender, disability or LGBT. The program is seeking applicants with the potential to bring to their academic and research careers the critical perspective that comes from their non-traditional educational background or understanding of the experiences of members of groups historically underrepresented in higher education in the United States.

Dates

Call for Applications:  September 5, 2023
Application Deadline:  November 1, 2023

Awards and Appointments

Applicants must receive a Ph.D. or terminal degree from an accredited university before the start of their fellowship. Successful applicants must present documents demonstrating that they are legally authorized to work in the United States. Individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are encouraged to apply.

Application Process

Apply online at: ppfp.ucop.edu

Contact

More information: 

President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
University of California
visit online: ppfp.ucop.edu/info/ 

email: ppfpinfo@berkeley.edu

The Waffarn Family Maternal Child Health Endowment recognizes Ph.D. students who demonstrate outstanding past academic achievement and provides financial support for their educational and academic advancement in the area of maternal/child health.

Award Information

$750 award to be used as a stipend for Spring quarter. 

Dates

Call for Nominations: February 2, 2024
Submission Deadline: Friday, March 1, 2024 by 5:00pm

Eligibility Criteria 

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

1. Have a minimum graduate-level UCI GPA of 3.7 (at least 3 quarters of graduate coursework completed at UCI)
2. Be a current, full-time doctoral student
3. Engaged in current research in the area of maternal/child health
4. Demonstrate a history of past academic achievement

Application Process

Submit an application using the Waffarn Family Maternal Child Health Endowment – Application Form.  Be prepared to provide the following information:

• Applicant Biographic Statement (300 word maximum)
  • Include, where applicable, undergraduate university and previous degrees, research interests, current projects, honors, work experience, outside interests, and any special characteristics or activities.
• Applicant Research Statement (500 word maximum)
  • Description of your research as it relates to maternal/child health
• Future Plans & Impact Statement (300 word maximum)
  • Statement that speaks to your plans for the future and the potential impact of this award
• Current Curriculum Vitae
• Letter of recommendation from your faculty advisor/mentor
  • Letters may be confidentially submitted using the Letter of Recommendation Upload Form
  • Letters should not address personal circumstances or financial need
  • Letters should address the applicant’s role in their research, academic qualifications and any noteworthy characteristics or qualities they exhibit

Contact

Questions should be directed to Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu.