Developing excellent grant writing skills is another essential academic skill which transfers to non-academic pursuits.  Helpful resources include the following:

• PIVOT, a subscription to an exhaustive on line data base of funding opportunities
• Grant writing workshops which focus on: NRSA, NSF GRFP, Fulbright, Ford
• NIHK series proposals
• Writing Consultants provide one-on-one writing guidance.
• Two PhD trained professionals, Dr. Celina Mojica and Dr.  Sandra Loughlin, provide individual guidance on proposal development. 

Graduate Division also sponsors a number of competitive, prestigious, internal fellowships, including:

• Public Impact
  Public Impact Fellowships highlight and support doctoral students whose current research has the potential for substantial impact in the public sphere. 
• Chancellor’s Club
  These fellowships are awarded to the best graduate students at UCI who also show great promise as future leaders. Nominations are made by Deans for scholars in their schools.
• Dissertation Fellowships
  The Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship aims to increase dissertation completion amongst doctoral students.