Awards & Fellowships

Graduate Division Fellowships & Grants
Detailed information and applications are available at the Graduate Division Fellowship Office or via the Graduate Division website.

The Dissertation Completion Fellowship (DCF)
The DCF program involves the following activities:

• Predissertational research and writing in departmental research seminars.
• Two required advanced research papers in the literature & culture QE (Ph.D. Qualifying Examination), frequently related to later dissertation work.
• Linguistic research papers and fieldwork feeding QE formulation of dissertation project.
• Prospectus Conference with the dissertation committee, required by the end of the semester after the QE.
• Regular meetings with the dissertation director throughout the year.
• Regular discussion of chapter drafts with the dissertation director and with dissertation committee members.
• Annual required conference with at least two Ph.D. dissertation committee members.
• Annual required report to Graduate Division on progress in candidacy in the doctoral program.
• Student research presentations in our Noon Colloquium series.
• Participation in dissertation writing workshops available on campus.
• Conference presentations nationally and internationally, e.g. in the context of the Vienna/Tübingen/Harvard/Berkeley graduate research and conference group, with one annual conference; at the annual Semiotic Circle of California meeting, and at the biennial Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable conference.

Conference Travel Grants
Awards to allow students to attend professional conferences. Applicants must be in the final stages of their graduate work and planning to present a paper on their dissertation research at the conference they are attending. Ongoing

Graduate Opportunity Program (GOP) Dissertation-Year Award
For Graduate Opportunity Program fellows who are in or approaching their final dissertation research/writing year and who are also within their department’s Normative Time. The award provides a $15,000 stipend plus registration fees for one year only and is intended to help GOP fellows complete their dissertation in their final year of study. Ongoing

Graduate Division Summer Grant (formerly Humanities Research Grant)
Designed to provide financial assistance to doctoral students in the humanities, social sciences, and professional schools during the summer months. October deadline.

Foreign Language and Area Studies Awards: One-Year Awards and Summer Awards
Enables students who are U.S. citizens and permanent residents to acquire a high level of competence in one or more foreign languages. Fellowships are awarded to students in modern foreign language and area studies, with priority given to students in the humanities, social sciences, and professional fields. For academic year awards, entering students must submit the combined Graduate Application for Admission and Fellowships by the departmental deadline. Continuing students should pick up an application and apply directly to the Graduate Fellowships Office, 318 Sproul Hall, by February 2. Summer FLAS applications also are available at that office and are due by March 1.

University Fellowships
Listed below are Graduate Division-administered fellowship awards for continuing students. Full descriptions, including award amounts, eligibility details, deadlines and applications, can be found online. NOTE: Departments nominate continuing graduate students for the following awards, and applications must be submitted to the student’s department.

Chancellor’s Dissertation-Year Fellowships
For outstanding students in the humanities and social sciences. Applicants must be advanced to candidacy at the time of the award and expect to finish their dissertations during the fellowship year. The Graduate Division requests nominations from departments in the spring semester.

Mentored Research Award
Gives academically promising graduate students the opportunity to do research that they would not be able to do otherwise and helps develop and strengthen their working relationships with faculty advisers. Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident whose background and life experiences enhance the diversity within the department or discipline. The Graduate Division requests nominations from departments in the spring semester.

University of California Dissertation-Year Fellowship
Awarded to eligible graduate students whose doctoral work will be completed by the end of the program and who demonstrate strong potential for university teaching and research. Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident whose background and life experiences enhance the level of diversity within the department or discipline. The Graduate Division requests nominations from departments in the spring semester.