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Departments are required to award one of their centrally supported recruitment fellowships to a diverse student who meets the provided diversity criteria. Therefore, if a department elects to issue a Chancellor's Fellowship instead of a Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship, then their Regents ITD Fellowship must be awarded to a student who is (a) a Doctoral or M.F.A. applicant who is either a domestic student or a student who qualifies for an NRST exemption under AB 540, and (b) contributes to the diversity of the department or the university as outlined in the University of California’s Diversity Statement above.
As has been the case since the 2015-16 cohort, all international students admitted to doctoral programs will automatically be awarded the International Doctoral Recruitment Fellowship. The tuition support provided by the IDRF will automatically be incorporated into competition awards for qualifying students.
All domestic non-residents are expected to establish residency after their first year of study.
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so it is required that all domestic graduate students file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA). The deadline for submitting the FAFSA is
Regents in the Disciplines (Regents ITD)
As was the case in previous years, In 2024-25 all departments were given one Regents stipend allocation in 2024-25 to utilize in recruitment over a two year span. For those departments who did not utilize their Regents allocation in 24-25, or had their offer declined prior to the start of the 24-25 academic year, they will be able to utilize their allocation make an offer in the 25-26 recruitment season. Centrally funded Regents in the Disciplines stipend years include coverage of in-state tuition and fees, UC Student Health Insurance, a $32,500 stipend during the academic year, and a $5,000 trailing Summer stipend. this fellowship does not include NRST, so Departments must pay NRST for non-resident students in their first year from block-grant or other discretionary funds.
The most recent version of the Regents in the Disciplines offer letter template is in the GradPoint Resources tab, as well as a detailed user guide demonstrating how to upload and approve these offers through the AppReview system.
Starting with the 2024-25 recruitment year, each department that has historically received a Regents in the Disciplines allocation will receive one allocation every two years. Each department will be guaranteed one Regents stipend allocation in 2024-25 to utilize in recruitment. Any department that is successful in securing a 2024-25 Regents fellow would skip next year and be provided their next Regents allocation in 2026-27. Should a department not secure a Regents Fellow this year, be that through declined offer(s) or election not to use the allocation now, the current allocation will be made available for the 2025-26 recruitment yearThis year, departments will be given the choice of one of two templated award letters to use for their Regents award; The Standard template and the Alternate template. The Standard template will encompass the whole five year offer, which includes the Regents year(s) and the employment years. The department will retain the ability to move their year 5 stipend year from their Central Award to the Regents, should they choose, and the template will dynamically change to incorporate that change and accurately adjust the number of employment years to maintain a five year offer. The Alternatetemplate offers ONLY the Regents year(s) portion of the total package, and the department must offer a separate Department Recruitment Offer letter to speak to the remaining years needed to fulfil the five years of support requirement.
**Please note, Regents in the Disciplines offer letters should be sent to students through the AppReview system and not through other means of communication. Offers that are not sent through AppReview cannot be tracked by the Graduate Division. Tracking records in AppReview is important because an automatic report is generated using this information which the Housing Office accesses directly to verify which on-time housing applications receive priority over the others. If your Department’s Regents offer does not go through the required AppReview system, the report automatically generated for housing will not accurately reflect your student’s name, which will result in the student not being included on the priority housing list for Central Fellows.
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All Regents ITD awards will be required to contain five full years of support, an increase from the previous four year minimumthe same as in prior years.
The Graduate Division considers a 'year of funding' to include at a minimum payment of in-state tuition and fees, NRST if applicable, UC Student Health Insurance, and salary from employment or a stipend of at least $32,500 for Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters.
Note domestic non-residents are expected to establish residency after their first year of study and international students receive coverage of NRST after their first year through advancement via the International Doctoral Recruitment Fellowship (IDRF) provided they do so within department specific time-to-advancement standards.
All Regents ITD awards will either have (a) a Regents stipend in year one only, or (b) for departments selecting to move one of the stipend years from their Central Recruitment Fellowship to their Regents ITD, Regents stipends in years one and five.
Other aid composing the minimum five year offers will come from department resources, typically in the form of Academic Employment.
Regents ITD awards will be issued by departments via AppReview/EApp in the same manner as has been the case in prior years. Departments will again be required to admit students being offered one of these fellowships before the Regents ITD offer is made to the student.
Departments are required to award one of their centrally supported recruitment fellowships to a diverse student who meets the provided diversity criteria. Therefore, if a department elects to issue a Chancellors Fellowship instead of a Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship, then their Regents ITD Fellowship must be awarded to a diverse student.
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Regents in the Disciplines Offers must be submitted to the Graduate Division via AppReview between 10 2024 and 12 2024.
Racial Justice Fellowship
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Nominations will continue to be submitted this year in AppReview. A nomination deadline for this Fellowship is 02 2024.
Childcare Support Fellowship
The Graduate Division will continue to provide support for fellows with qualifying child dependents for the 20242025-25 26 cohort. During stipend years central fellows will be eligible for a $1,400 stipend per quarter if they have qualifying dependents. Although this support will be described in the Eugene Cota-Robles and Chancellor’s Fellowships award letters, departments are encouraged to make sure students are aware of this support in the course of recruitment activities. Regents in the Disciplines awardees are also eligible for this support during their centrally funded stipend year(s). Draft language articulating this support to be included in department Regents in the Disciplines offer letters can be found in the Regents ITD template available on GradPoint Financial.
Annually, a communication from the Graduate Division will go out to fellows with stipend years/quarters to determine eligibility for the upcoming year, and no action is necessary by departments for students to receive these funds.
UC Mexus Conacyt Program
Starting with the Fall 2021 cohort, the UC Mexus/Conacyt program began requiring campuses to commit to providing one fully funded year, during year five, for all admitted UC Mexus/Conacyt students. These students arrive on campus with four years of support via this program, so departments are only obligated to provide one year of support in a student’s first five years, although departments could choose to supplement via fellowship or academic appointment in the preceding four years. Any questions about this can be directed to the Financial Unit at financial@graddiv.ucsb.edu
Annually, a communication from the Graduate Division will go out to fellows with stipend years/quarters to determine eligibility for the upcoming year, and no action is necessary by departments for students to receive these funds.
UC-HBCU Fellowship Program
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Departments should ensure that all financial offers to admitted students are uploaded to the AppReview system by July 1, 20242025, though there are benefits to uploading letters on a rolling basis, including the inclusion of related information if the Department Recruitment Offer Report in GradPoint. If there are additional questions about this upload requirement, please first visit and review the FAQ’s page before reaching out for additional clarification.
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