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While departments will still retain the ability to customize their Regents offers, the Graduate Division will also provide the option of selecting a standard “fully templated” offer letter that would only require departments to select their fellow, and whether they would like to add a second stipend year by moving one from their Central Fellowship (Chancellor/Eugene Cota-Robles), as has been an option in prior years. Selection of the fully templated letter would then generate the offer in the AppReview and EApp systems similar to how other central fellowships are awarded, allowing the recipient student to accept the offer in their EApp profile. Samples of the fully templated offer letter can be found on GradPoint here.
Should a department instead wish to customize their Regents offer in a way that does not follow the standard offer, there is now a “Alternate template” Regents offer letter option which produces an offer letter that notifies the recipient that they have been selected as a Regents fellow, describes the Regents student aid fellowship stipend(s) being offered, and basic features of the award, including that it includes five years minimum of full support. Departments can then use the “Department “Template for Department portion of Regents Alternate Award Letter template” Letter” to add the specific, more customized support offer being added to the applicant’s base Regents package. The departmental complementary offer may be sent directly to the student by the admitting department. Students must accept this Regents Base offer electronically in their EApp profile. Departments may either indicate in their complementary letter that students can accept the combined offer by accepting the Regents offer in EApp, or chose to request the applicant sign their supplement letter and remit it to the department as well. Samples of the Alternate template letters can be found here, and the Department portion of Regents Alternate Award Letter template and complimentary department portion can be found here. Graduate Division staff is also available to work directly with departments who have questions about crafting any of these offers.
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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.
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LEADS Fellowship Program
New this 2025-26 season, UCOP is providing student aid fellowship support in partnership with campuses to enroll former UC Leads LEADS scholars into any UC STEM Ph.D. programs. These UC Leads 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 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 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.
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