The University of California offers a number of systemwide fellowships. Each award has a specific purpose and application process.
The overall goal of the California Breast Cancer Research Program is to fund research that will result in rapid advances in breast cancer prevention, detection, treatment and cure.
Awards: Funds awarded may be used for stipends, fees, tuition, and research expenses and may be used over one or more years.
Due Date: Applications are due annually in January for the following academic year.
This GREAT Training Program supports the training of graduate students within the University of California system in cutting-edge theoretical and experimental research at the interface between the life sciences and the physical, chemical, material, engineering, mathematical or computational sciences. Novel ideas for research and training that do not strictly fall within those parameters but are within the broadly defined field of biotechnology will be considered. The program focuses on training in the cross-disciplinary fields listed above. It is designed to:
Awards: The GREAT Program anticipates funding 10-15 proposals for this highly competitive award. An award is granted for a two-year term with the second year of funding contingent upon satisfactory scientific progress and available funds.
Due Date: A brief pre-proposal submitted by an investigator is due in early October for the following academic year (forms available on-line in August). In late October, selected investigators are invited to submit full proposals with a deadline in February. Full proposals are submitted through UCSF's Contracts and Grants Office.
The Pacific Rim Research Program (PRRP) is a multi-campus program established to encourage Pacific Rim research on the nine campuses of the University of California. It sponsors a competitive grants program that provides funds for University of California faculty and graduate students who do research on Pacific Rim topics in a variety of disciplines. Its priorities are: (1) comparative investigation across national, cultural, linguistic and/or regional boundaries; (2) focus on interactions, flows, or major issues affecting the Pacific Rim region and specific to it; (3) collaboration of scholars in different countries and, where appropriate, different disciplines.
Eligibility: PRRP Research Grants support graduate students in a year of dissertation research.
Awards: Research Grants to graduate students in 2004-05 ranged from $3,000 to $22,000, with a median award of $10,840. If more than one year of research can be justified, the graduate student may reapply for an additional year of funding.
Due Date: Applications are due annually in December for the following academic year. At UCSF, all applications must be submitted through the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor, Patricia Chapman, Budget and Financial Analyst.
The University of California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) awards dissertation-year and postdoctoral fellowships to support research on tobacco use and tobacco-related diseases. Research funded by TRDRP should provide novel methods for tobacco use prevention or address the needs of current and/or former smokers. To this end, TRDRP supports tobacco-related research in biomedical science, neuroscience, social and behavioral science, epidemiology, and public health. TRDRP invites investigations into the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of tobacco-related diseases and the development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of existing or novel approaches to tobacco control and tobacco education. Eligibility: Graduate students working on their dissertation, and postdoctoral scholars.
Awards: Funds awarded may be used for stipends, fees, tuition, and research expenses and may be used over one or more years.
Due Date: Applications are due annually in January for the following academic year.
The UC Institute For Labor And Employment (ILE) offers fellowships to support graduate student projects that address important labor and employment issues.
Eligibility: The program is open to students working on a master's thesis or a doctoral dissertation in any field at any UC campus. There are no citizenship requirements.
Awards: Stipends are $7,500 for thesis fellowships and $25,000 for doctoral dissertation fellowships.
Due Date: Applications are due annually in May for the following academic year.
The University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS) is a multi-campus research unit that sponsors and coordinates the University's research and other activities related to Mexico. UC MEXUS offers a range of awards in all disciplines to foster academic collaborations with Mexican institutions and scholars.
Awards: This program offers research grants for Principle Investigators, dissertation fellowships for doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellowships, and support for faculty exchanges and residencies.
Due Date: Applications are due annually in April for the following academic year.
The UC Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program (UC TSR&TP) awards graduate student fellowships in the social, biological, physical or engineering sciences relevant to problems of toxic substances in California.
Eligibility: Students currently enrolled in a graduate program on any UC campus are eligible to apply. Graduate students whose research focuses on any of the following programmatic priorities are encouraged to apply:
Awards: Up to $50,000 over a two-year period ($25,000 per year) is available for each award. Fellowships may include stipends, UC fees (state resident only), and other research expenses for up to two years.
Due Date: Applications are due annually in January for the following academic year.
UARP supports doctoral candidates conducting AIDS-related dissertation research within a variety of biomedical, social/behavioral, clinical, health services, epidemiological, and prevention research areas.
Eligibility and Awards: Dissertation awards provide a maximum stipend of $25,000 per year for 2 years. Awards may be used for stipends, tuition and fees, and dissertation-related supplies and expenses.
Due Date: Applications are due annually in April for the following academic year.
The UC Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) invites qualified UC graduate students working on a dissertation project in the humanities and medicine or in the theoretical social sciences and medicine to apply for the Andrew Vincent White and Florence Wales White Scholarship. The Scholarship will be awarded to one or more regularly enrolled full-time UC graduate students working in appropriate fields.
Award: The scholarship, of up to $20,000, may be used for fees, living expenses, and research expenses for one academic year. The student will be based at his or her own campus; the scholarship is not a residency at the UCHRI.
Due Date: Applications are due annually in December for the following academic year.