This award makes funds available to graduate students in the sciences at UC Santa Cruz for early-stage research to explore interdisciplinary and high-risk, high-reward projects for which funding from faculty or agencies is unattainable.
The Science Division’s graduate student programs provide scholars with vital support to pursue their research interests and engage in Science projects that prepare them for meaningful careers.
These state-funded, merit-based fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to doctoral graduates who have overcome significant social or educational obstacles to achieve a college education, and whose backgrounds equip them to contribute to intellectual diversity among the graduate student population.
This award supports research projects in cancer research and will be awarded to a student with demonstrated financial need.
Our Diving Safety Program assists, trains and maintains students, faculty, and staff in compliance with scientific diving regulations, as well as OSHA and AAUS requirements.
This award celebrates and continues the Sooy’s long commitment to the understanding and conservation of the Northern Elephant Seal, by encouraging and supporting scholarship on marine mammals.
This award provides scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students in marine sciences with demonstrated academic ability and financial need.
The Hardman Native Plant Award is open to all graduate students in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies and recognizes the importance of all botanists who identify with and support conservation biology.
The Jean H. Langenheim Graduate Fellowship in Plant Ecology and Evolution is a merit-based award open to graduate students studying the ecology and evolution of plants at the individual, population, or community levels.
An important part of graduate student success at UC Santa Cruz is student health, safety, and well-being. Campus provides numerous services to help you thrive, including counseling and psychological services, housing aid, healthcare, basic needs support, and more.
We serve as an integrated portal for STEM students to find all the STEM-focused services, programs, and resources at UCSC.
The Elmer A. Fridley Scholarship in the Physical Sciences is awarded annually alternating between an outstanding undergraduate and graduate student pursuing a degree in the physical sciences. The scholarship fund was established in 1989 upon receipt of a bequest from the estate of William Fridley, a long-time resident of Santa Cruz County.
