[Biomed_grad_faculty] Graduate Division Fellowship application

[Sika Zheng]

Dear students,

It is time to apply for the graduate division fellowships and awards. There have been some changes this year. Below you will find the eligibility information and links to submit your application. Please make sure to submit your applications including recommendation letters no later than Friday, January 5th, 2024. Writing advice specifically for these awards can be provided by Grad Success' Writing Center.
DYFA: https://grad.ucr.edu/register/DYFA_Award_App
DCFA:  https://grad.ucr.edu/register/DCFA_Award_App
HSI:  https://grad.ucr.edu/register/HSI_Award_App

DD-HSI Pre-Professoriate Fellowship Award
The fellowship supports outstanding students with 3 quarters at $12,000 stipend per quarter and paid tuition and comes with a $10,000 grant.
Eligibility for these awards requires a terminal degree from a Californian HSI. This includes UCR. For the UCOP list please see: https://www.ucop.edu/graduate-studies/_files/list-of-ca-hsis.pdf
A Masters degree from within a PhD program does not qualify.
Applications require a 2 page max research statement, a diversity statement and 2 letters of recommendation.

Dissertation Year Fellowship Awards (DYFAs)
Support PhD students for 3 quarters at $12,000 stipend per quarter and paid tuition. These awards are aimed at supporting outstanding students going into their final year of their PhD starting in the next academic year (2024/25).
Applications require a 2 page max research statement, a diversity statement and 2 letters of recommendation.

Dissertation Completion Fellowship Awards (DCFAs)
These fellowships are new and support PhD students for up to 2 quarters and have to be used in the Spring and/or Summer of 2024. Students will receive $10,000 stipend per quarter and paid tuition. These awards are aimed at supporting students to complete their degree this current academic year.
Applications require a 1 page max research statement and 2 letters of recommendation from their thesis mentor which requires acknowledgement of the candidate's plans to graduate within the award period. If prior DCFA's have not graduated at the time of nomination allocation (October of each year), program nomination allocations will be reduced.

For questions, please contact me or Hermila Torres.

Best,  Sika
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Sika Zheng, Ph.D.

Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Graduate Advisor, BMSC Graduate Program
Founding Director, Center for RNA Biology and Medicine
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Office: 1-951-827-7670
Lab: 1-951-827-4525
Fax: 1-951-579-4118
Email: sikaz at ucr.edu<mailto:sikaz at ucr.edu>
Web: zhenglab.ucr.edu


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