Purpose
This competitive fellowship aims to improve student research skills and support dissertation-related research through faculty mentoring. Faculty mentors are expected to assist students with research leading to the development of a doctoral dissertation.
Eligibility
- Continuing PhD students of demonstrated potential
- Entering their second through sixth year of study
- U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or AB 540
- May be in any graduate academic program
- Former fellowship recipients may be nominated for an additional year of support
- Indicate an interest in an academic career in research and teaching
and meet one or more of the following criteria:
- Experience of situations or conditions that impeded advancing to graduate study, such as the absence of a family member who attended college; matriculation at a school with poor financial or curricular support; having worked long hours while attending school; or
- Academic research interests focusing on cultural, societal, or educational problems as they affect educationally disadvantaged segments of society; or
- Evidence of an intention to use the doctoral degree toward serving educationally under-represented segments of society.
Programs are encouraged to ensure that all eligible students are aware of and considered for nomination, including those who have overcome significant educational, economic, or personal adversity.
All awards are open to any qualified applicant regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, or any other protected identity.
Required Nomination Documents/Information
- Statement of Interest (5 MB limit, PDF file)
- Formatted CV (5 MB limit, PDF file in CV template format)
- Unofficial UCSF Transcript (5 MB limit, PDF file)
- Faculty Letter (5 MB limit, PDF file)
- PI/Advisor Name
Support
- Two awards
- $10,000 stipend divided equally over a twelve month period, September-August
- Resident tuition and fees
Awardees
2026-2027
Kourtney Nham - Sociology
Jinchi Wei - Computational Precision Health
2025-2026
David Gomez Siu - Biophysics
Adú Matory - Computational Precision Health
Learn more about how this and other internal fellowships are awarded.