These fellowships are offered by academic departments and centers at UCLA. This list is not exhaustive and is provided for informational purposes only. The Graduate Division does not accept responsibility for any information here that might differ from that of the department or center. Students should check with the department or center to confirm award descriptions, eligibility and deadlines.
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UCLA Anticipated deadline for Advanced Graduate Research Fellowship: December 11, 2011. Mini-grants suspended.
Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Amount: Limited funding is available. Eligibility: For graduate students in Chinese studies in all UCLA departments and schools. Contact: The Center for Chinese Studies: (310) 825-8683, www.international.ucla.edu/china
Anticipated date based on 2009-2010 information. Amount: Up to $2,500 each Eligibility: For entering and continuing graduate students in Chinese studies PhD programs, for in- termediate and advanced language study. Contact: The Center for Chinese Studies: (310) 825-8683, www.international.ucla.edu/china
Anticipated date based on 2009-2010 information. Amount: Up to $2,500 each
Anticipated date based on 2009-2010 information Amount: Limited funding is available. Eligibility: For graduate students in Chinese studies in all UCLA departments and schools. Contact: The Center for Chinese Studies: (310) 825-8683, www.international.ucla.edu/china
Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Amount: $1,000 Eligibility: UCLA graduate student who submits a dissertation on women and/or gender and makes use of historical materials and methods. Must be nominated by a UCLA faculty member. Application Procedures Submit two copies of (1) application cover sheet, (2) dissertation abstract (3-5 pages), (3) budget statement (describing how the funds will be used), (4) a current CV, and (5) tran- scripts. Submit one copy of letters of recommendation from two faculty members (one of which must be from the candidate’s chair). The letters should be sealed in an envelope with the recommender’s signature across the back flap. Contact: Center for the Study of Women, 1500 Public Affairs Building, (310) 825-0590, www.csw.ucla.edu/gfunding_wollstonecraft.html
Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Amount: $1,000 Eligibility: Student must submit a completed UCLA PhD dissertation on women and/or gender, utilizing historical perspective in either literature or the arts. If the student is planning to file a dissertation by June 1, 2010, the applicant is eligible, pending verification of filing status. Application Procedures: Provide the following materials in hard copy: One copy of each letter of recommendation from two faculty members (one of these must be from the candidate’s chair, who is usually the nominating faculty member). Letters should be sealed in an envelope with recommender’s signature across the back flap. Two copies each of the George Eliot Dissertation Award cover sheet (found at www.csw. ucla.edu/gfunding_eliot.html), dissertation abstract (one page), completed dissertation, current CV, and transcript (unofficial copy is acceptable). Contact Center for the Study of Women, 1500 Public Affairs Building, (310) 825-0590, www.csw. ucla.edu/gfunding_eliot.html
Anticipated date based on 2009-2010 information. Amount: $1,000 Eligibility: UCLA graduate student who submits a dissertation on women and/or gender and makes use of historical materials and methods. Must be nominated by a UCLA faculty member. Application Procedures: Submit two copies of (1) application cover sheet, (2) dissertation abstract (3-5 pages), (3) budget statement (describing how the funds will be used), (4) a current CV, and (5) transcripts. Submit one copy of letters of recommendation from two faculty members (one of which must be from the candidate’s chair). The letters should be sealed in an envelope with the recommender’s signature across the back flap. Contact Center for the Study of Women, 1500 Public Affairs Building, (310) 825-0590, www.csw.ucla.edu/gfunding_wollstonecraft.html
Anticipated date based on 2009-2010 information. Amount: $1,000 Eligibility: Student must submit a completed UCLA PhD dissertation on women and/or gender, utilizing historical perspective in either literature or the arts. If the student is planning to file a dissertation by June 1, 2011, the applicant is eligible, pending verification of filing status. Application Procedures: Provide the following materials in hard copy: • One copy of each letter of recommendation from two faculty members (one of these must be from the candidate’s chair, who is usually the nominating faculty member). Letters should be sealed in an envelope with recommender’s signature across the back flap. • Two copies each of the George Eliot Dissertation Award cover sheet (found at http://www.csw.ucla.edu/gfunding_eliot.html), dissertation abstract (one page), completed dissertation, current CV, and transcript (unofficial copy is acceptable). Contact Center for the Study of Women, 1500 Public Affairs Building, (310) 825-0590, http://www.csw.ucla.edu/gfunding_eliot.html
Anticipated date based on 2009-2010 information. Amount: An award of $3,000 supports a student in her/his dissertation research. Eligibility: Any UCLA graduate student engaged in research on women and/or gender. Must have advanced to candidacy one month prior to the award deadline. Application Procedures: Submit three copies of (1) application cover sheet, (2) dissertation abstract (3–5 pages), (3) budget statement (describing how the funds will be used), (4) a current CV and (5) transcripts. Submit one copy of letters of recommendation from two faculty members (one of which must be from the candidate’s chair). The letters should be sealed in an envelope with the recommender’s signature across the back flap. Contact Center for the Study of Women, (310) 825-0590
Also in September / October. Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Purpose: The Vavra fund was established to support graduate education in organismal plant biology. Amount: One outstanding student will receive the Vavra Research Fellowship ($6,000 summer or academic year stipend with fees). Vavra Research grants provide support for research or travel, special workshops, or courses at biological stations that are related to dissertation research in plant biology. Vavra funds are also awarded to provide full or partial travel and conference expenses for students wishing to attend scientific meetings where their research results on plant biology will be presented (maximum $1,000). Contact Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: www.eeb.ucla.edu/grad_support.php, (310) 825-1959
Anticipated date based on 2009-2010 information. Description In cooperation with UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers, the Institute of American Cultures offers graduate fellowships to support the study of African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans or Chicanas/os. Amount Contingent upon funding availability, the stipend is $18,500 per year plus in-state standard fees. Contact For further information and applications, contact the individual ethnic studies center or look online at www.gdnet.ucla.edu/iacweb/iachome.htm.
Anticipated date based on 2009-2010 information. Amount: Two academic-year fellowships averaging $7,800 each Eligibility: Continuing UCLA graduate students whose research focuses on an Asian topic or incorporates Asia in a regional or comparative perspective or methodology. The regions covered by these fellowships include East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. Applicants must be advanced to candidacy by September 2011 and have a 3.0 or better grade point average continued on next page Application Procedures: Submit (1) a completed application form (available at www.international.ucla.edu/asia), (2) 2-3 page proposal, (3) an unofficial UCLA transcript (not URSA), (4) two letters of recommendation (current letters from the applicant’s departmental file are acceptable). Contact Asia Institute, Elizabeth Leicester, eleicester@international.ucla.edu or (310) 825-0007
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Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Amount: An award of $3,000 supports a student in her/his dissertation research. Eligibility Any UCLA graduate student engaged in research on women and/or gender. Must have advanced to candidacy one month prior to the award deadline. Application Procedures: Submit three copies of (1) application cover sheet, (2) dissertation abstract (3–5 pages), (3) budget statement (describing how the funds will be used), (4) a current CV and (5) transcripts. Submit one copy of letters of recommendation from two faculty members (one of which must be from the candidate’s chair). The letters should be sealed in an envelope with the recommender’s signature across the back flap. Contact Center for the Study of Women, (310) 825-059034 Graduate Student Financial Support for Continuing Students
Anticipated date based on 2009-2010 information. Amount: $3,000 Eligibility: A UCLA graduate student engaged in research relating to women and the law may apply. Preference given to research on women in the criminal/legal justice system. Must have advanced to candidacy by one month prior to the award deadline. Application Procedures: Submit three copies of (1) application cover sheet, (2) dissertation abstract (3-5 pages), (3) budget statement (describing how the funds will be used), (4) a current CV, and (5) transcripts. Submit one copy of letters of recommendation from two faculty members (one of which must be from the candidate’s chair). The letters should be sealed in an envelope with the recommender’s signature across the back flap. Contact Center for the Study of Women, (310) 825-0590
Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Amount: $3,000 Eligibility: A UCLA graduate student engaged in research relating to women and the law may apply. Preference given to research on women in the criminal/legal justice system. Must have advanced to candidacy by one month prior to the award deadline. Application Procedures: Submit three copies of (1) application cover sheet, (2) dissertation abstract (3-5 pages), (3) budget statement (describing how the funds will be used), (4) a current CV, and (5) transcripts. Submit one copy of letters of recommendation from two faculty members (one of which must be from the candidate’s chair). The letters should be sealed in an envelope with the recommender’s signature across the back flap. Contact Center for the Study of Women, (310) 825-0590
Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Description: In cooperation with UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers, the Institute of American Cultures offers graduate fellowships to support the study of African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans or Chicanas/os. Amount: Contingent upon funding availability, the stipend is $18,500 per year plus in-state standard fees. Contact: For further information and applications, contact the individual ethnic studies center or look online at www.gdnet.ucla.edu/iacweb/iachome.htm
Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Description The Wagatsuma Fellowship was created in honor of the late UCLA Anthropology Professor Hiroshi Wagatsuma, who for many years served as an important bridge of mutual under-standing between students and academics in Japan and the United States. He pursued cross- cultural studies in anthropology, psychology, sociology and law until his death in 1985. Amount: Several awards up to $7,000 Eligibility Current UCLA graduate students in good standing working on a dissertation or comparable research project with a substantial cross-cultural or comparative dimension, preferably one concerning Japan or other Asian country and North American comparison. Applications should discuss how the proposal meets the requirements of the award to continue in the spirit of Professor Wagatsuma’s work. Minimum GPA of 3.0. Each application must be accompanied by a proposal of two–three pages in length, an unofficial UCLA transcript (not URSA), two letters of recommendation, current C.V. and budget. Contact Asia Institute: asia@international.ucla.edu, Elizabeth Leicester, (310) 825-0007, eleicester@ international.ucla.edu
Late March / early April. Anticipated date based on 2009-2010 information. Deadline Anticipated: Late March/ early April 2010 Description The grants are for short summer periods, not to exceed three months, for research on Latin American and Iberian topics. Funding shall normally not exceed $2,000 per individual. Primary expenditures should be used for airfare and in-country travel. Please note that only 25% of the grant may be used for other field-related expenses such as food, accommodations, research expenses, health insurance and visas. In some cases, funds may be used during the academic year, but must be utilized only for brief periods of research. Eligibility Graduate students from all disciplines. Priority will be given to master’s or doctorate students with little or no previous field experience. Funding may not be used in support of advanced dissertation research. Applicants must provide proof of language proficiency appropriate to the country or region in which the research is to be conducted or provide a plan to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the language in question. Contact Applications are available online. For information, contact the Latin American Institute, 10343 Bunche Hall, (310) 825-4571 or visit www.international.ucla.edu/lac.
Anticipated date based on 2009-2010 information. Deadline: Usually the last day of instruction in Winter Quarter Description: The Arnold Rubin Award and the Ralph C. Altman Award are for PhD students planning a career in a field related to non-Western art. Recipients are expected to present their findings at a roundtable session with the staff of the Fowler Museum and to credit the awards in any resulting publication, a copy of which should be provided to the Museum. Amount: The recipient of each award will receive $3,000. Eligibility: Applicants should be a graduate student working in the areas of African, Pacific, Asian or Native North and South American arts and material culture, or popular culture phenomena emphasizing the unconventional arts of living peoples, regardless of geographic area. Any PhD student registered at UCLA (or receiving a PhD degree from UCLA) in the fields described above is eligible; students from a wide range of departments are encouraged to apply. Applicants will be considered automatically for both awards. Application Procedures Application forms are available in December at the Fowler Museum front lobby reception desk or by calling Betsy Escandor at (310) 794-5164.
Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Amount A $1,000 award made possible through the generosity of Penny Kanner. Eligibility: For a publishable report, thesis, dissertation or published article by a UCLA graduate stu- dent relating to women’s health or women in health-related sciences (examples include, but are not limited to, medical education and health policy). Multiple-authored articles will be considered, so long as the applicant has made a significant contribution to the research. Application Procedures: Qualified students should submit three copies each of: 1) the paper or article, 2) a current CV, 3) two letters of recommendation on departmental letterhead from faculty members, 4) the application cover sheet, 5) a current transcript (official or unofficial). Contact Center for the Study of Women, 1400 H Public Policy Building, (310) 825-0590
Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Amount: Awards of up to $5,000 Eligibility: CEES awards summer pre-dissertation and dissertation fellowships to qualified graduate students to conduct research abroad in European and/or Eurasian area studies. Contact the Center at (310) 825-4060, Jim Robbins, jrobbins@international.ucla.edu or see their website for information and application forms: www.international.ucla.edu/euro.
Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Amount: Average award up to $3,000 Eligibility Summer Language Study Grants to graduate students to study a European or Eurasian language as part of their research preparation. Contact Contact the Center at (310) 825-4060, Jim Robbins, jrobbins@international.ucla.edu or see their website for information and application forms: www.international.ucla.edu/euro.
Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Description: The Asia Institute is offering pre-dissertation fellowships for graduate students enrolled at UCLA working on any subject that will involve research in China. Successful applicants will study with faculty at East China Normal University (ECNU) for three to six months. Students will register as UCLA students for the quarters they are in residence at ECNU and are responsible for paying UCLA tuition and fees. Students will receive UCLA credit for course work at ECNU. Amount: Up to $4,000. Grant will cover housing on the ECNU campus, a monthly stipend of up to $500 and up to $1,000 toward travel costs. Applicants must provide evidence that they have applied for other, supplementary sources of support. Eligibility: Graduate students who have not yet advanced to candidacy and who intend to apply at a future date for dissertation research grants. Application Procedures: Submit (1) statement of purpose (maximum 3 pages) describing the proposed subject of research, the nature of and the sources of data to be used in the course of research in China and the name of the departmental affiliation at ECNU, (2) two faculty recommen-dations, at least one of which addresses the applicant’s suitability for graduate course- work in the Chinese language, (3) a current CV, (4) proposed budget and (5) additional support the candidate has applied for (sources and amounts). Contact The Asia Institute: www.international.ucla.edu/asia or Nick Menzies, nmenzies@interna-tional.ucla.edu, (310) 825-0007
Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Description: For students who wish to develop Japan expertise as they pursue professional training in a given academic discipline. The grant may be used for summer work, particularly in the case of professional students with fixed year-long programs. Amount Up to two stipends of $7,000 each Eligibility Students with little or no Japanese Studies background will be considered, as well as those who intend to expand their earlier work on Japan. Language students may be supported for those with little or no previous Japanese language exposure. All applications must propose a program of course work the applicant intends to undertake while holding the fellowship. Contact: UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies: (310) 825-8681 or www.international.ucla.edu/japan
Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Amount: Three fellowships of up to $9,000 each Eligibility UCLA graduate students who plan to study the Japanese language in Japan or in the United States Contact UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies: (310) 825-8681 or www.international.ucla.edu/japan
Anticipated deadline. Please check www.gdnet.ucla.edu for updated 2010-2011 information. Two fellowships of up to $7,000 Eligibility: Beginning or continuing graduate student working in any area of Japanese Studies. Students of Japanese-American descent who specialize in Japan-related graduate studies are particularly encouraged to apply. Contact: UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies: (310) 825-8681, Mariko Bird, bird@international.ucla.edu or visit www.international.ucla.edu/japan
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Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Amount: Approximately 15 fellowships of up to $7,000 each. Field work in Japan may also be funded. Normally, tuition is not funded. Eligibility Continuing graduate students pursuing advanced degrees in Japanese studies. Preference will be given to those who have demonstrated competence in the Japanese language. Contact: UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies: Mariko Bird, (310) 825-8681 or www.international.ucla.edu/japan
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Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Amount $1,500 Eligibility: Must be enrolled in a PhD program at UCLA. Must be advanced to candidacy by one month prior to award deadline. Students who advance to candidacy after the deadline are not eligible. Students should be engaged in research focusing on feminist and working-class issues. Must demonstrate excellence in teaching and a commitment to teaching as activism Application Procedures: Application must contain the following materials in hard copy: One copy of each letter of recommendation from two faculty members (one letter for academic/teaching work and one letter for community work). Letters should be sealed in an envelope with recommender’s signature across the back flap. Three copies each of the Constance Coiner Graduate Award cover sheet (available at www.csw.ucla.edu/gfunding_coiner.html), personal essay (see cover sheet for essay guidelines), and current CV. Contact Center for the Study of Women, 1500 Public Affairs Building, (310) 825-0590 or go to www.csw.ucla.edu/gfunding.html.
Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Amount One or two fellowships of up to $18,000 plus fixed fees. Several fellowships of $6,000 each for up to three months of research are also available for predoctoral research using the Clark Library’s collections. Additionally, the Center offers financial support in the form of research assistantships to several UCLA graduate students every year. Eligibility The $18,000 scholarships are for continuing graduate students who have completed the qualifying examinations for the PhD and are preparing to write a dissertation on English culture, 1640-1750; Oscar Wilde; the history of printing; Montana history; or related fields. Research is to be centered in the collections of UCLA’s Clark Library. Final selection will be made by the Fellowship Committee of the Clark Library. Contact Clark Library Fellowship information: www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/C1718CS For applications, write to the Fellowship Coordinator, UCLA Center for 17th and 18th Century Studies, 310 Royce Hall, Box 951404, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1404; (310) 206- 8552; Fax: (310) 206-8577.
Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Deadline Anticipated: January 2010; information unavailable at time of printing Description Scholarships for students in the Departments of Art, Architecture and Urban Design, Design | Media Arts, Ethnomusicology, Music, World Arts and Cultures and the Jazz program. Ap-plicants are considered on the basis of merit, with financial need a secondary consideration, and should apply to their department chairs. Final selection of award recipients will be made by the Fine Arts Scholarship Committee chaired by Elaine Krown Klein. The selections are based upon the recommendations of the Dean and faculty of the School of Arts and Architec-ture. Students must be available for a personal interview. Amount Scholarships of varying amounts starting at $3,000, based on yearly endowment income.
Information available December 2010. Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline. http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Description CSG seeks to produce innovative scholarship and teaching in areas addressing the complex interaction between the burgeoning genetic sciences and the social world in which they are embedded. Graduate fellows will be expected to help organize and participate in the CSG Colloquium series; interact regularly with faculty, postdocs and other graduate fellows; and teach or TA one seminar. All graduate fellows will be sponsored by a faculty member who is affiliated with the Center. This sponsorship will be determined after an applicant has been selected for interview. Amount One stipend up to $20,000 plus in-state standard fees. Eligibility UCLA doctoral candidates pursuing an academic program relevant to the mission of the Center. Application Procedures: Please submit applications electronically, including: cover letter with contact information, a brief statement of scholarly activity relevant to the Center’s mission, type of teaching activity you will contribute, curriculum vita, a letter from your adviser and, if relevant, one publication or manuscript. Contact Send application materials to Center for Society and Genetics manager, Carlene Brown, at cbrown@socgen.ucla.edu. For more information about the Center’s mission, please go to www.socgen.ucla.edu. Please direct questions to one of the two co-directors: Dr. Edward McCabe, Pediatrics and Human Genetics, emccabe@mednet.ucla.edu; Prof. M. Norton Wise, History, nortonw@history.ucla.edu.
Information available in December 2010
Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Amount: Possible awards of up to $16,000 plus fees. Eligibility: Students in the Department of Art History, but in rare circumstances they may be awarded to students in other departments, provided the demonstrable focus of their work is art histori-cal. Contact the Department of Art History for more details: (310) 206-6905 or visit www. arthistory.ucla.edu/home.html. Application Procedures Deliver materials to Dodd Hall 100 and have them placed in Verlena Johnson’s mailbox. The application materials should be in an envelope clearly marked with the name of the funding award.
Also in April. Anticipated campus deadline. Check Graduate Division Website for updated 2010 - 2011 deadline http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/stusup/stusup.htm Purpose: The Vavra fund was established to support graduate education in organismal plant biology. Amount One outstanding student will receive the Vavra Research Fellowship ($6,000 summer or academic year stipend with fees). Vavra Research grants provide support for research or travel, special workshops, or courses at biological stations that are related to dissertation research in plant biology. Vavra funds are also awarded to provide full or partial travel and conference expenses for students wishing to attend scientific meetings where their research results on plant biology will be presented (maximum $1,000). Contact Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: www.eeb.ucla.edu/grad_support.php, (310) 825-1959
April and September / October of each year. Anticipated date based on 2009-2010 information.
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