Current Fellowships

In addition to the continuous funding options on the Graduate Financial Support page, the Graduate Student Affairs Office often receives announcements for other University or outside fellowship opportunities. Please refer back to this website often, as new fellowships will be listed regularly.


Other Resources

The Graduate Resource Center (located on the 3rd floor of the Gateway Study Center) holds funding workshop series that include information on how to apply for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) and to other training grants. The GRC also offers writing consultants to assist with proofreading of papers and grants throughout the year.


Current Listings (scroll down for details)

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Within UCI

National Fellowship Incentive Program 

This $250 award is open to all Engineering graduate students with a GPA of 3.60 or higher who submit a national fellowship application between fall 2018 and spring 2019. Students must apply for the incentive funds during the same quarter that they apply for the fellowship. For a partial list of external fellowships, please visit: http://www.eng.uci.edu/current/graduate/financial-support/external-fellowships. Applications for the National Fellowship Incentive Program are accepted on a quarterly basis until funds are exhausted. Prior awardees may re-apply to receive a smaller award of $150. 

Deadline:
Spring 2019 - June 7, 2019
 

To apply, please submit the following materials:
    1) A completed National Fellowship Incentive Program Application Form with all signatures
    2) A copy of the fellowship application materials (i.e., proposals, statements, etc.)
    3) Confirmation of submission (i.e., an email from the fellowship organization confirming receipt of your application)

Please note that students MUST consult with the GRC Writing Consultant prior to submitting their fellowship applications in order to qualify for this program. For more information, please visit http://www.grad.uci.edu/services/grc/ or call 949-824-3849.

Send completed applications as a single .pdf to Nina Alavi at nina.alavi@uci.edu
 

Newkirk Graduate Student Fellowship Award Opportunities 

Through a generous gift from Martha and Jim Newkirk, the UCI Newkirk Center for Science & Society is now soliciting applications from UCI graduate students from all disciplines for graduate student fellowships. The Fellows and their projects will be an integral part of the Center’s Community-based Research Initiative.

There are two award categories:

  • Category I: Fellowship in Community-based Research
    • Fellow ($5,000, 4 awards)
    • Senior Fellow ($8,750, 2 awards)
  • Category II: Dissertation Fellowship
    • Fellow ($11,000, 2 awards)

Deadline:
June 7, 2019 (11:59 PM)
For more information and to apply click here.


Outside UCI

IIE-GIRE (Graduate International Research Experiences)

IIE-GIRE (Graduate International Research Experiences) is a fellowship program that offers funding to doctoral engineering students to conduct innovative research abroad for 3 – 5 months. 

IIE-GIRE is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant no 1829436.

For the second cycle of the program (Spring - Fall 2019), up to 15 U.S. PhD candidates will be funded to spend 3 to 5 months abroad, conducting innovative research and creating ties between their home and host institution. Awards will include funding that will go towards the students’ international travel and living stipend (for 3-5 months abroad), health insurance, visa fees, and a small fund for educational materials.   In addition, each student’s home campus faculty adviser will receive $2,000 to help support their own travel to the research site abroad to visit their student, or for other relevant activities to support internationalization of home campus graduate programs.  

Additional information and an application is available here. The deadline to apply is May 31, 2019.