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

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.
 
One $500 fellowship award will be made to one graduate student; one $500 award will be made to one faculty member; and one $500 award will be made to one postdoctoral scholar. The faculty award must be used as a fellowship to a student of the faculty’s choice. The student and postdoctoral scholar awards must be used to support student/postdoc professional development.

Eligibility: 
Faculty Nominees
1. Must have shown excellent mentorship of UC Irvine graduate students

Student Nominees
1. Must have shown excellent mentorship of fellow UC Irvine graduate students
2. Must be making satisfactory academic progress

Postdoctoral Scholar Nominees
1. Must have shown excellent mentorship of UC Irvine graduate students or fellow postdoctoral scholars.

It is desirable that the student/faculty/postdoc takes initiative as a mentor, and for whom mentoring is a habit.
 
Application Process:
Completed Tom Angell Fellowship Application form must be submitted to Turner Dahl (tdahl@uci.edu) by 5pm Friday, January 18th. 
 


Outside UCI


DOE NNSA Labratory Residency Graduate Fellowship

The DOE NNSA LRGF connect professors and students working in fields relevant to the DOE lab system with laboratory scientists, fostering collaborative research relationships. The program will strengthen these university-laboratory links through an unusual and exciting provision: fellows will work and study in residence at one or more of four approved DOE NNSA facilities for a minimum of two 12-week periods. Longer stays are highly encouraged, up to or including pursuit of thesis studies at a chosen site. This residency requirementopens compelling research opportunities to students and their advisors, including access to unique DOE NNSA experimental and computing facilities.

The fellowship is open to U.S citizens entering their second (or later) year of doctoral study and is renewable for up to four years. Besides residency opportunities, students will receive payment of full tuition and required fees, a $36,00 annual stipend and other benefits. 

The DOE NNSA LRGF application process is now open – deadline to apply is March 6, 2019. Please visit here for more details.