Extramural Graduate Fellowships Funding Opportunities
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.
Dissertation-Year Fellowships
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.
Scientific Diving Program
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.
Rebecca and Steve Sooy Graduate Fellowship in Marine Mammals
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.
William Beye Heald Scholarship
This award provides scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students in marine sciences with demonstrated academic ability and financial need.
Hardman Native Plant Award
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.
Jean H. Langenheim Graduate Fellowship in Plant Ecology and Evolution Award
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.
Graduate Student Health & Well-Being
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.
EOP STEM
We serve as an integrated portal for STEM students to find all the STEM-focused services, programs, and resources at UCSC.
Elmer A. Fridley Award in the Physical Sciences
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.
Donald & Irene Osterbrock Leadership Fellowships
The fellowship provides training opportunities to our astronomy graduate community through a variety of educational activities, mentorships with outstanding leaders, and large project leadership experiences.
Research volunteer, PISCO Kelp Forest Monitoring
We are looking for motivated AAUS certified scientific divers to help us conduct kelp forest community surveys around the Monterey peninsula. Contact Emily Saarman (esaarman@ucsc.edu) for details.