The University of California offers the following systemwide fellowships. Each award has a specific purpose and application process.
Important: Applications for these awards do not go through the UCSF Contracts and Grants Office. Institutional approval is provided by Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs.
California Breast Cancer Research Program
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. Funds awarded may be used for stipends, fees, tuition, and research expenses and may be used over one or more years. Applications are due annually in January for the following academic year.
Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program
The University of California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) awards predoctoral and postdoctoral research 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: Doctoral students, and postdoctoral scholars. Funds awarded may be used for stipends, tuition and fees, institution allowance, and travel to TRDRP conference.
Due date: Applications are typically due annually in January for the following academic year.
Alianza MX
Alianza MX is a system-wide initiative of the University of California that supports engagement with Mexico by members of the UC community across all ten campuses. Alianza MX provides funding and logistical support for research collaboration, academic mobility, and other engagement activities through calls for proposals, hosting meetings and events, and facilitating dialogue on key issues in the bilateral cooperation agenda. The Alianza MX binational team is based at UC Riverside in California and Casa de la Universidad de California in Mexico City.
Eligibility: Alianza MX offers research support for UC graduate students and postdocs
Due date: Check the Alianza MX website for information on current fellowship opportunities.
Andrew Vincent White and Florence Wales White Scholarship
The UC Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) invites qualified UC PhD 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.
Eligibility: The scholarship will be awarded to one or more regularly enrolled full-time UC PhD students working in appropriate fields. Applicants must be: working on dissertations in the humanities and humanistic social sciences working on a medicine-focused dissertation project; advanced to doctoral candidacy by June 30 of the year in which they apply; and enrolled at their home campus during the scholarship period. Preference is given to students who are more advanced in their PhD dissertation research and writing. The scholarship provides a monthly stipend that supports living expenses, research related costs, and partial school fees, if necessary. Please note that the amount will NOT cover a full year’s worth of fees and tuition. The student will be based at his or her own campus; the scholarship is not a residency at the UCHRI.
Due date: Applications are typically due annually in February for the following academic year.