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Award Allocation and Deadlines Summary (further details in each program section below)
Department allocations for (a) Central Recruitment Fellowships, (b) Regents in the Disciplines Allocations and (c) Racial Justice Nominations, are now published in the GradPoint Financial Portal Reports Section. Instructions on how to access the reports with these allocations can be found here.
Central Recruitment Awards (Chancellor’s Fellowship and Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship) award nomination must be submitted to the Graduate Division via AppReview between 16 and .
Regents in the Disciplines Offers must be submitted to the Graduate Division via AppReview between 16 and .
Racial Justice Nominations must be submitted to the Graduate Division by
Central Recruitment Awards (Chancellor’s Fellowship and Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship)
Departments will make award nominations via the AppReview system for the Chancellor's and/or Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowships without the need for review by a central committee. In most cases, departments will have one award allocation, allowing the ability to offer either a Chancellor’s or Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship to their desired candidate. To see the number of available award allocations for your department, please visit the Reports section in the GradPoint Financial Portal and review the “Graduate Division Allocations Report”. A user guide on this report can be found here.
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The window for departments to submit award nominations for the Chancellor’s and/or Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowships is 16 and .
Departments will have three scheduling options to chose from when awarding either a Chancellor’s or Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship:
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Option 3: Chancellor’s or Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship with two stipends, scheduled in years one and three, and three employment years, scheduled in years two, four and five. This fellowship will contain five full years of support. A department selecting this option will be allowed to shift a stipend year to their Regents in the Disciplines fellowship in the fifth year of the offer, effectively moving it from the Chancellor’s or Eugene Cota-Robles fellowship to the Regents Fellowship. |
Chancellor’s Fellowship Award Eligibility and Support Package
Eligibility: Incoming international and domestic Doctoral or M.F.A. applicants
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Art MFA awardees: The Graduate Division will provide one stipend year with the department
providing one appointment year.
Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship Award Eligibility and Support Package
Eligibility: Doctoral or M.F.A. applicants who are either domestic students or students who qualify for an
NRST exemption under AB 540. Awardees should make a contribution to the graduate population
in the awarding department in at least one of the ways described in the diversity statement below. Each recipient will be expected to work closely with a faculty sponsor whose role will be that of mentor.
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Art MFA awardees: The Graduate Division will provide one stipend year with the department providing one appointment year.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DIVERSITY STATEMENT
REGENTS' POLICY 4400: --Adopted 9-20-2007, Amended 8-17-2010
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Therefore, the University of California renews its commitment to the full realization of its historical promise to recognize and nurture merit, talent, and achievement by supporting diversity and equal opportunity in its education, services, and administration, as well as research and creative activity. The University particularly acknowledges the acute need to remove barriers to the recruitment, retention, and advancement of talented students, faculty, and staff from historically excluded populations who are currently underrepresented.
Other Recruitment Fellowship Details and Updates
Departments are required, within a two year period, to award one of their centrally supported recruitment fellowships to a diverse student who meets the provided diversity criteria, 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.
FAFSA Reminder : A portion of the funding for UCSB graduate awards comes from need-based money,
so it is prefered that all domestic graduate students file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA).
Regents in the Disciplines (Regents ITD)
In 2024-25 all departments were given one Regents stipend allocation to utilize in recruitment over a two year span. For those departments who did not utilize their Regents allocation in 242024-25, or had their offer declined prior to the start of the 24-25 academic year, they will have the ability to make offers in the 252025-26 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 Summer stipend, trailing the recipients first year. 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.
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Regents in the Disciplines Offers must be submitted to the Graduate Division via AppReview between 16 and .
Racial Justice Fellowship
Once again this year, the Deans and the Graduate Division will be supporting the Racial Justice Fellowship, a program designed to help recruit students whose research and teaching interests, mentoring experiences, and/or other demonstrated commitments are focused on racial justice.
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Nominations will continue to be submitted this year in AppReview. A nomination deadline for this Fellowship is .
Childcare Support Fellowship
The Graduate Division will continue to provide support for fellows with qualifying child dependents for the 2025-26 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).
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
Since 2013, UCOP has provided student aid fellowship support in partnership with campuses to enroll former UC-HBCU interns into UC Ph.D. programs. The UC-HBCU Initiative, through the Office of the President, encourages UC faculty to actively engage in collaboration and cooperation with faculty and students at HBCUs. Such efforts serve to strengthen and enrich our mission of teaching, research and public service. These UC-HBCU intern alumni, if admitted to certain UC campuses, have the potential to receive one year of full funding from UC Office of the President and one year of funding from Graduate Division, when coupled with three or more years of Department funding from their admitting Department. Departments should contact Dr. Carlos Nash regarding UC-HBCU alumni who might or may have already applied to your department, and Kelly Crowell at the onset of the financial recruitment process to ensure the correct steps are taken. Limited funding is available from UCOP, and the proposed student package needs to receive UCOP approval before assertions of funding can be communicated to the applicant.
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Email Kelly Crowell at the Graduate Division informing of which student you would like to request a UC-HBCU Fellowship Offer for. In this communication please detail the student name, objective they are applying for, and admittance status in the department. Please note: Departments need to have moved forward with admitting the applicant before financial packages can be requested.
Template for the package will be drafted by the Graduate Division and shared with the department for confirmation. Department approved draft will be sent to UCOP for approval of the proposed full 5+year support package.
If UCOP approval is granted, Graduate Division crafts and enters a Custom Award Letter in AppReview in consultation with the admitting department.
Native American Opportunity Plan Funding (NAOP)
Commencing in the 2022-23 Academic Year, UCOP created the Native American Opportunity Plan, ensuring that in-state systemwide Tuition and Student Services Fees are fully covered for California students who are also enrolled in federally recognized Native American, American Indian, and Alaska Native tribes. Additional information about this Plan can be found here.
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Please note: This program does not replace existing aid, or the written promise of aid, that is already covering systemwide Tuition and Student Services Fees. Some examples of existing aid include (but are not limited to) grants, student aid fellowship support, or employment-based fee remission. In the event a student already has these fees covered by another source, the commitment under this program will be considered to have been fulfilled.
UC Leads Fellowship Program
New this 2025-26 season, UCOP is providing student aid fellowship support in partnership with campuses to enroll former UC Leads scholars into any UC STEM Ph.D. programs. These UC Leads scholar alumni, if admitted to a UC campus, have the potential to receive two years of full funding from UC Office of the President, when coupled with three or more years of Department funding from their admitting Department. Departments should contact Karen Van Gool regarding UC Leads alumni who might, or may have already, applied to your department, and Kelly Crowell at the onset of the financial recruitment process to ensure the correct steps are taken. Limited funding is available from UCOP, and the proposed student package needs to receive UCOP approval before assertions of funding can be communicated to the applicant.
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Email Kelly Crowell at the Graduate Division informing of which student you would like to request a UC Leads Fellowship Offer for. In this communication please detail the student name, objective they are applying for, and admittance status in the department. Please note: Departments need to have moved forward with admitting the applicant before financial packages can be requested.
Template for the package will be drafted by the Graduate Division and shared with the department for confirmation. Department approved draft will be sent to UCOP for approval of the proposed full 5+year support package.
If UCOP approval is granted, Graduate Division crafts and enters a Custom Award Letter in AppReview in consultation with the admitting department.
Cal-Bridge Fellowship
Cal-Bridge is a statewide network of all three segments of the California higher education system—CSU, UC, and community colleges—together forming a comprehensive, end-to-end pathway for the diverse undergraduates of California to successfully matriculate to PhD programs, achieve their PhD, and then join the STEM professoriate in California. Cal-Bridge currently offers a $40,000 Cal-Bridge Fellowship to each Cal-Bridge undergraduate scholar who matriculates into a UC PhD program. Please see this this pamphlet if you are interested in more surrounding this ongoing program.
If you’re considering admitting an eligible student, please contact Kelly the Graduate Division Financial team at financial@graddiv.ucsb.edu about the possibility of supplemental funding from the Graduate Division.
Department Recruitment Offer Upload
As previously communicated in the May 20, 2022 email message to departments, the Graduate Division is requiring financial offer letters of department support to be uploaded to the AppReview repository starting with this 2023-24 cohort of admitted applicants.
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Departments should ensure that all financial offers to admitted students are uploaded to the AppReview system by July 1, , 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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