Graduate Division Completion Fellowships
Fellowship details
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 2026-2027 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.
If extreme health issues, major research delays, or other significant circumstances have substantially impacted your academic progress, you may apply for one-quarter of funding through a Completion Fellowship. This call is for the 2026-2027 academic year and cannot be combined with other UCI stipends or appointments. The goal is to provide you with a final quarter of support to complete your dissertation.
- Priority will be given to students with cost-share from their school, particularly if more than one quarter is needed. Students may also plan to combine the fellowship quarter with an additional quarter on filing-fee status, allowing for up to three-quarters of work leading to degree completion.
- If an additional quarter of NRST funding is required, it will be included as part of the Completion Fellowship.
- If you are out of funding (this includes anyone eligible for employment) that would cover the cost of a quarter, you may apply for one quarter from the Graduate Division.
Application Opens: March 2, 2026
Application Deadline: June 30, 2026
No applications will be accepted after June 30, 2026.
- Cannot be combined with other UCI stipends or appointments
- Applicants are not eligible if they have an offer of employment (TA) for the quarter requested
Be prepared to submit the following:
- Applicants must specify how their research or other academic work was delayed. Although details are not required, applicants may also provide information about how events affected them.
- A letter of support and any matching funds available from their Associate Dean, Chair, or Adviser.
- Provide a statement in 500 words or less your plan for completing your degree. This should include a timeline for your work. You can also add information about how your progress has been affected
- Completion fellowship recipients must file their dissertation and degree no later than the end of the Summer quarter of 2027. Departments/Schools/Colleges will be required to re-pay the awarded funds to the Graduate Division if the filing requirement is unmet.
- Completion Fellowship recipients cannot hold any university employment, including but not limited to TA/Associate/Reader/Tutor or GSR/GSAR/ positions during the fellowship quarter.
fellowships@rgs.uci.edu or contact Turner Dahl at tdahl@uci.edu