<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear POSC Graduate Students,<br><br>I am writing to inform you of the call for applications and upcoming deadline (<b>internal deadline: Tuesday, January 6</b>) for the following <b>three</b> Graduate Division fellowships:</div><div><ul dir="ltr"><li style="margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Dissertation Completion <span class="gmail-il">Fellowship</span> Award (<span class="gmail-il">DCFA</span>) – Round 2</b></span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Dissertation Year <span class="gmail-il">Fellowship</span> Award (<span class="gmail-il">DYFA</span>)</b></span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><span class="gmail-il">UC</span>–<span class="gmail-il">HSI</span> <span class="gmail-il">DDI</span> President’s Pre-Professoriate <span class="gmail-il">Fellowship</span> (<span class="gmail-il">UC</span>-<span class="gmail-il">HSI</span> <span class="gmail-il">DDI</span> <span class="gmail-il">PPPF</span>)</b></span></p></li></ul><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">These opportunities are available to </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">PhD students who have </span><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">advanced to candidacy</b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">. <b>Attached</b> to this email, you will find a PDF with full eligibility details and application guidelines.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><u><b>NOTES:</b></u></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div>Departments are no longer allocated guaranteed fellowships; however, POSC is allowed to nominate up to three students for the DCFA for this round. G<span style="color:black">rad Div </span>expects to support approx.<b> </b>50% of nominations campuswide. I<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span>n other words, a department nomination is a necessary but insufficient condition for winning a DCFA.</div><div><br></div><div>The <b>Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award </b>(<b>DCFA</b>) is for students who will definitely graduate by Spring or Summer 2026. If a POSC student receives a DCFA award and does not graduate on time, Graduate Division reserves the right to impose collective punishment on the entire department by reducing our nomination rights the following year. So please only apply for the DCFA if you know you will graduate for sure.</div><div><br></div><div>The <b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dissertation Year <span class="gmail-il">Fellowship</span> Award (<span class="gmail-il">DYFA</span>) </b>is highly competitive. Only three students campuswide win this award. POSC is allowed to nominate one student for the DYFA.</div><div><br></div><div>The attached PDF has more information on the specific eligibility criteria for the <b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-il">UC</span>–<span class="gmail-il">HSI</span> <span class="gmail-il">DDI</span> PPPF</b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> (as well as the DCFA and DYFA).</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Ask your dissertation chairs for their <b>letter</b> <b>of</b> <b>recommendations</b> <b>ASAP</b> so that they have ample time to prepare your letters before winter quarter begins. Remember that faculty response time tends to slow down over winter break. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please use this link to submit your applications:</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://grad.ucr.edu/portal/current_fellow_apps" rel="noopener" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">https://grad.ucr.edu/portal/current_fellow_apps</a> </div><div><font color="#ff0000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#ff0000">Please <b><u>ALSO</u></b> email a pdf of your application to <a href="mailto:mbrookes@ucr.edu" target="_blank">mbrookes@ucr.edu</a> with "DCFA [or DYFA or UC-HSI DDI PPPF]</font><font color="#ff0000"> application" in the subject line.</font><font color="#000000"> Last year we had issues with Slate, and I would rather that no one's application get lost in the system during the nomination process in case there are any technical difficulties. </font></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Your applications are due <b><u>no later than 5:00 PM on Tuesday, January 6, 2026</u>. </b>Please note that this date is an internal POSC deadline and therefore <b><u>EARLIER</u></b> than the one listed in the attached PDF.  <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:black">After our internal (departmental) review of applications, we will send our official nominations to Graduate Division. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:black">Nominated applications will then be reviewed by faculty on the Graduate Council.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Please read the attached application guidelines</b> <b>thoroughly</b> before beginning your application. The Graduate Committee emphasizes generating <b><u>a high-quality proposal</u></b>. Attached is advice for writing a strong proposal. In writing your proposal, we encourage you to prioritize the advice of the POSC Graduate Committee, as conveyed in the attached document, while also fulfilling the criteria set out by Grad Division on the official online form. We strongly encourage students to submit draft proposals to faculty advisors and incorporate their feedback before submitting their proposals.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">See attached PDF for more information.</span></p></div><div><br></div>Best Regards,</div></div><div>MB (on behalf of the Graduate Committee)</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12.8px">----</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Marissa Brookes</span><br></font></div><font color="#000000">Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies,</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">Department of Political Science</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Faculty Co-Director, Inland Empire Labor and Community Center</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">University of California, Riverside</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">Watkins 2223<br>(951) 827-5510</font></div></div></div></div></div>