Jack Baskin & Peggy Downes Baskin Fellowship (Two Fellowships Available)
The Jack Baskin & Peggy Downes Baskin Fellowship is based on academic merit and designed to enable an engineering Ph.D. candidate to make swifter progress on their dissertation research. This academic year-long fellowship provides a stipend of $34,000 plus in-state tuition remission. Non-resident tuition is not included. One fellowship is available.
To be eligible for the award, a student must:
- Have completed all Ph.D. coursework (at the time of application)
- Be within normative time and in good academic standing
President’s Dissertation-Year Fellowship (One Fellowship Available)
The Presidential DYF is a UC-systemwide program, and the following guidelines must be observed: Presidential DYF fellowships are based on both academic merit and diversity criteria: the academic achievement of the nominee, the potential for success in academia, and the extent the nominee contributes to the diversity among doctoral degree recipients in the division.
Chancellor’s Dissertation-Year Fellowship (One Fellowship Available)
All Ph.D. students are eligible for this fellowship. This award is based on academic merit. The nominee MUST be in a position to complete the dissertation by June 2026. It is required that all nominees be advanced to candidacy as of Summer 2024. This academic year-long fellowship provides a stipend of $33,000 plus payment of resident tuition for the academic year. Non-resident tuition is not included.
Dissertation-Year Fellowship (5 Year-Long Fellowships Available, and 10 Quarter-Long Summer 2025 Fellowships Available)
All Ph.D. students are eligible for this fellowship. This award is based on academic merit. The nominee MUST be in a position to complete the dissertation by June 2026. It is required that all nominees be advanced to candidacy as of Summer 2024. These year-long fellowships provide a stipend of $33,000 (1-quarter Summer 2025 fellowship stipend is $8,000, Summer Session tuition not included) plus payment of resident tuition. Non-resident tuition is not included.
Application
Timeline for review:
April 23, 2025 @ 11:59pm (PST): DEADLINE to Apply
April 28, 2025: Deadline for faculty advisors to submit the required letter of support for their advisee
April 30, 2025: Deadline for Graduate Director/Department to submit final nominations (one presidents, one chancellor’s, and two DYF)
May 5, 2025: Deadline for Graduate Fellowship Review Committee to select DYF recipients
If you have any questions please direct them to grad-fellowship@soe.ucsc.edu.
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Dissertation-Year Fellowships ↗︎
In addition to the two Dissertation-Year Fellowships (presidential and chancellor’s), 41 dissertation quarter fellowships will be awarded based on divisional doctoral enrollment.
Fellowship through the UCSC Graduate Division ↗︎
Fellowships are one of the best ways to fund graduate education. The UCSC Division of Graduate Studies encourages all graduate students to apply.