Fellowship Announcements

February 2024 – Call for Nominations

These can all be applied to directly and applications/nominations will go directly to the Graduate Division.  All deadlines are on March 1, 2024 by 5:00pm and may be applied to directly (no school nominations required).  

Thank you,
Turner Dahl
tdahl@uci.edu

Tom Angell Fellowship
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.  Three awards in the amount of $500 will be made to one graduate student, faculty and postdoctoral scholar.  Deadline: Friday, March 1, 2024 by 5:00pm

Dean’s Leadership Council – Community Impact Fellowship
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.  Deadline:  Friday, March 1, 2024 by 5:00pm

Katherine & Robert Phalen Endowment
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.  This award, in the amount of a $1,000 stipend, is open to doctoral students in the Program in Public Health and the School of Medicine.  Deadline:  Friday, March 1, 2024 by 5:00pm

Waffarn Family Maternal Child Health Endowment
The Waffarn Family Maternal Child Health Endowment recognizes Ph.D. students who demonstrate outstanding past academic achievement and provides financial support, in the amount of a $750 stipend, for their educational and academic advancement in the area of maternal/child health.  Deadline:  Friday, February 24, 2023 by 5:00pm

October 2023 – Call for Nominations

Below you will find several new fellowship announcements in addition to reminders for upcoming deadlines.  The endowed fellowships below share the same application deadline of November  17, 2023.  While many require School signatures, please note, only the Otto W. Shaler Scholarship has nomination limit.  All Ph.D. and master’s degree students (except those enrolled in self-supporting programs) who meet the specific fellowship criteria may apply.

Thank you,
Turner Dahl
tdahl@uci.edu

Otto W. Shaler Scholarship
The Otto W. Shaler Scholarship provides financial support to international graduate students who have financial need, and who demonstrate outstanding past academic achievement as well as future promise.  All Schools, including those in the College of Health Sciences, and The Program in Public Health, are invited to submit one nomination each. 

• Award: resident fees and a stipend of $9,000 for Spring quarter 2024.
• Deadline: November 17, 2023
• Schools are invited to submit 1 nomination each

Brython Davis Fellowship
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: resident fees and a stipend of $9,000 for Spring quarter 2024.
• Deadline: November 17, 2023

James Harvey Scholar
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: resident fees and a stipend of $9,000 for Spring quarter 2024.
• Deadline: November 17, 2023

Gordon Hein Scholarship
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: resident fees and a stipend of $9,000 for Spring quarter 2024.
• Deadline: November 17, 2023

La Verne Noyes Fellowship
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: stipend of $5,000 for Spring quarter 2024.
• Deadline: November 17, 2023

Miguel Velez Scholarship
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.  The award consists of resident fees and a stipend of $9,000 for Spring quarter 2024.

• Award: resident fees and a stipend of $9,000 for Spring quarter 2024.
• Deadline: November 17, 2023

September 2023 – Call for Nominations

School Nominated Fellowships
The fellowships below require the student to be nominated by their school.  They all share the same nomination deadline of October 20, 2023.

Chancellor’s Club Fund for Excellence Fellowships
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.  All schools are invited to submit one nomination each.

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. 

(New) Graduate Scholar Success Fund
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.  This award consists of a $1,500 stipend which may be received during Winter 2024 or Spring 2024.  All schools are invited to submit one nomination each.

Fletcher Jones Fellowship
This 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.

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.  These fellowships do not include tuition and fees.  All Schools are invited to submit one nomination each.

Public Impact Fellowships
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.

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.  There is no limit to nominations per school.

Direct Apply Fellowships
The various opportunities below are being administered by the Graduate Division (and UCOP) and do not require school nomination. Students may apply directly if eligible.  Please note, deadlines vary.

DAAD Study Scholarships & Long-Term Research Grants
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.  See the call for nominations for more details.

UCI Internal Deadline:  October 20, 2023
DAAD External Deadline:  November 3, 2023

NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award F99/K00
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.

UCI Internal Deadline:  October 13, 2023
External NIH Deadline:  November 17, 2023

UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
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.  Apply directly at https://ppfpapply.ucop.edu/.

Application Deadline:  November 1, 2023

UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellows Program
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:  73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Physics)

Application Deadline:  September 22, 2023