Thank you for choosing UC Davis. We hope that you find your time as a graduate student intellectually stimulating and personally rewarding. The process of earning a graduate degree is filled with significant academic, professional, and personal challenges. For most students, graduate school is a period of intense learning and scholarly achievement. It can also be a period of continued personal growth and maturation. Best wishes as you embark on this next phase of your educational journey!

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Fellowships for Continuing Graduate Students

If you are a continuing UC Davis graduate student in an academic degree program and would like to apply for UC Davis Internal Fellowships for academic year 2008-09, please use our convenient Online Fellowship Application System.

Eligibility

The UC Davis Internal Fellowship application system is for continuing students in an academic degree program.

If you are a prospective graduate student interested in applying for admission to UC Davis, please see our Admissions Application.

The University of California, Davis, uses a variety of Internal Fellowship funds to support academic graduate students. Internal Fellowships can provide financial support in the form of a stipend (or "living allowance"), fees, nonresident tuition, research, travel or any combination of these. The value of the fellowships varies from $1,000 to as much as a $50,000/year award. Internal Fellowships are paid in a single academic year (October through July) unless otherwise noted.

Awards are a mark of honor, primarily on the basis of scholarship and promise of outstanding academic and professional contribution. In evaluating applications, consideration is given to the extent and quality of previous undergraduate and graduate work, evidence of ability in research or other creative accomplishment, evidence of intellectual capacity, and promise of productive scholarship. Items to be included in this evaluation are: graduate grade-point average (GPA), academic transcripts, statement of purpose essay, personal history statement essay, three letters of recommendation, and other documentation such as publications and awards. Students must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 in order to be considered for fellowships.

Due to funding restrictions, the following programs are not eligible for the fellowships included in the online application:

Agricultural Education
Clinical Research
Education Credential
Forensic Science
International Commercial Law
Master of Laws
Maternal and Child Nutrition
D.V.M. or M.P.V.M. through the School of Veterinary Medicine
J.D. through the School of Law
M.D. through the School of Medicine
M.B.A. through the Graduate School of Management

Application Deadline

The Fellowship Application deadline is January 15. All application materials must be filed by January 15. There are no exceptions. NOTE: IF THE PROGRAM TO WHICH YOU ARE APPLYING HAS AN EARLIER ADMISSIONS APPLICATION DEADLINE, THAT DEADLINE ALSO APPLIES TO YOUR FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION.

Notification of Decision

Official notification of Internal Fellowship decisions will be sent via U.S. postal mail beginning March 10, 2008.