<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p style="font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 14px;">Dear POSC Graduate Students,</p><p style="font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 14px;">I am writing to provide more details regarding the call for applications for the <strong>Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award (DCFA)</strong>. The DCFA is intended to support Ph.D. students during the final stages of dissertation completion. Awards provide one or <strong>two quarters of stipend and tuition support at $12,300 per quarter</strong>.  However, the<span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;"> second quarter requires a detailed justification in the completion timeline and confirmation from the Dissertation Advisor</span></p><p style="font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 14px;">Graduate Division expects to award approximately 100 quarters of support campuswide, with an anticipated success rate of roughly 50% of nominated applicants. A departmental nomination is therefore necessary but does not guarantee an award.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Segoe UI";"><font size="5">Internal POSC Deadline:</font></h3><p style="font-family: "Segoe UI";"><font size="4">The Political Science Department's internal application deadline is:</font></p><p style="font-family: "Segoe UI";"><strong><font size="4">Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 11:00 AM</font></strong></p><p style="font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 14px;">This deadline is earlier than the Graduate Division deadline and allows the department sufficient time to review applications and select its nominees.</p><p style="font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 14px;">Applicants must:</p><ol style="font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 14px;"><li>Submit their application through the Graduate Division fellowship portal: <div style="display: block;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://grad.ucr.edu/account/login?r=https%3a%2f%2fgrad.ucr.edu%2fportal%2fcurrent_fellow_apps_2&cookie=1"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://grad.ucr.edu/account/login?r=https%3a%2f%2fgrad.ucr.edu%2fportal%2fcurrent_fellow_apps_2&cookie=1" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E5E6E9;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#E5E6E9" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(229, 230, 233, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://grad.ucr.edu/account/login?r=https%3a%2f%2fgrad.ucr.edu%2fportal%2fcurrent_fellow_apps_2&cookie=1" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#808080" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039);">grad.ucr.edu</font></a></div></div></td><td style="padding:0px 12px 0px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIconItem" width="32"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://grad.ucr.edu/account/login?r=https%3a%2f%2fgrad.ucr.edu%2fportal%2fcurrent_fellow_apps_2&cookie=1" draggable="false"><img src="data:image/png;base64,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nsult the attached proposal-writing advice document when preparing your application.</p><h3 style="font-family: "Segoe UI";">Future Fellowship Competitions</h3><p style="font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 14px;">The <strong>Dissertation Year Fellowship Award (DYFA)</strong> and <strong>HSI fellowship competitions</strong> are expected to open later in the Fall Quarter in November. A separate announcement will be circulated once those applications become available.  Please review the attached DCFA guidelines for complete information regarding eligibility, application requirements, and award conditions.</p><p style="font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 14px;">Best of luck with your applications.</p><p style="font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 14px;">Sincerely,</p><p style="font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 14px;">Diego Esparza <br>Graduate Advisor<br>Department of Political Science<br>University of California, Riverside</p><div>
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