Competitions

Important Dates

Nomination/Application Materials

To complete your student nominations, please complete the DocuSign nomination forms found on the Central Campus Fellowships page.  The PowerForm links are referenced in the annual department memo.

For questions please contact Kelly Crowell at kelly.crowell@graddiv.ucsb.edu.

Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship

The Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship is a one-quarter award intended for doctoral students from all academic disciplines who have advanced to candidacy and who are in the final stages of completing their dissertation. The Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship is available to both domestic and international students. Financial need is a critical component. The Dissertation Fellowship is intended to free the awardee from TA or non-academic employment obligations, enabling full attention to dissertation writing. Students receiving this award are not allowed to have student employment during the quarter in which they receive the Dissertation Fellowship. Students who have not had regular support, such as GSR positions, for dissertation research will be given priority. This is a one-time, non-renewable award and is expected to be the final award before the degree is conferred. Award recipients will not be considered for further central fellowship awards. Nomination materials include a description of research project, Curriculum Vitae, and letter of recommendation from the student’s faculty mentor.

Graduate Opportunity Fellowship/Graduate Research Mentorship Program

The award provides an academic year fellowship for a continuing graduate student. It is intended to assist recipients in acquiring and developing sophisticated research skills under faculty mentorship. The fellowship’s goal is to increase the number of students who contribute to the diversity mission of the university, who persist towards the doctoral degree and show promise as candidates for faculty appointments. This award is particularly appropriate for support in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th year of studies.

Graduate Humanities Research Fellowship

The Graduate Humanities Research Fellowship is intended for doctoral students from the humanities or fine arts, or who are conducting research of a humanistic nature. This award is intended to free the student from employment obligations, enabling full attention to research.

President's Dissertation Year Fellowship

The UC President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship provides financial resources to allow fellows to devote full attention to completing the dissertation in a twelve-month period. The fellowship’s goal is to increase the number of students who contribute to the diversity mission of the university.  The award requires a clearly defined, vital mentor relationship between the student and their dissertation advisor that will encourage completion of the doctoral degree during the tenure of this fellowship. Ultimately, this program aims to improve the rate at which award recipients complete their degrees and to improve the quality of their research training and scholarly output. This Dissertation Fellowship is intended to free the awardee from TA or non-academic employment obligations, enabling full attention to dissertation writing. Students receiving this award are not allowed to have student employment during the year in which they receive the fellowship.

UC President's Pre-Professoriate Fellowship

The UC-Hispanic Serving Institutions Doctoral Diversity Initiative (UC-HSI DDI) aims to enhance faculty diversity and pathways to the professoriate for underrepresented students from California Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). The program’s goal is to enhance faculty pathways for historically underrepresented groups, particularly Latinx, African Americans, American Indians/Native Americans, Filipinx, and Pacific Islanders in all disciplines; women in STEM; and Asian Americans in the humanities and social sciences. The intent of the program is to provide fellowships for domestic historically underrepresented students from California HSIs.