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We have examined the way departments are constructing have constructed offers utilizing this program, and in a majority of the cases there was a standard offer pairing the central stipend(s) with department employment resources. To save departments both time and effort, we have created an automatically generated award letter , with a few inputs by the department, which will allow this standard offer to be produced directly in the AppReview System. If departments wish to continue to customize their offer letters, opting out of this full standard letter, we have created a base award letter generation, offering only the Regents year(s), allowing departments to separately craft a Department Recruitment Offer letter to pair with the Regents only central letter.
This year, departments Departments will be given the choice of one of two templated award letters to use for their Regents award; The either the Standard template and or 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 shift 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.
This year, departments can choose between two award letter templates for the Regents award: the Standard template and the Alternate template.
Standard template. This covers all five years of the offer which includes the Regents student aid fellowship support stipend year(s) and the employment years. The department retains the ability to move the Year 5 student aid fellowship support stipend year from their Central Award to the Regents award. The template will automatically update to reflect that change and keep the total offer at five years.
Alternate Template. This ONLY covers the Regents student aid fellowship support stipend year(s) of the total award package. The department must offer a separate Department Recruitment Offer letter to cover the remaining years needed to complete the required five years of support of the award.
**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.
Other Related Details
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All Regents ITD awards will be required to contain five full years of support, the same as in prior years.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Other aid composing the minimum five year offers will come from department resources, typically in the form of Academic Employment.
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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.
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**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.
Other Related Details
All Regents ITD awards will be required to contain five full years of support, the 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.
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 need to ensure that within a two year period, one of their centrally supported recruitment fellowships is awarded to a diverse student who meets the provided diversity criteria. This means that within the period of the 24-25 (last year) and 25-26 (this year) recruitment cycles one of your central awards needs to be or have been given to a diverse candidate. As a number of departments were successful in using their Regents allocation for the 2425 recruitment season, it leaves them with either a Chancellor’s or Cota Robles this season. As long as those departments were successful in recruiting one diversity candidate last season, they are not obligated to use their current year central award on a student that meets the diversity criteria. If departments were not successful last year in recruiting a diversity candidate, then their central award should be offered to someone that meets the diversity criteria this year.
Deadlines
Regents in the Disciplines Offers must be submitted to the Graduate Division via AppReview between and .
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