Financial Support

Grad Division Fellowships
Includes a list of fellowships and scholarships for graduate students across a variety of disciplines.
Grad Division Minority Fellowships
Includes a list of fellowships for graduate students who identify as being part of a minority group (e.g. ethnic/racial minority).
The Humanities Institute
Provides a variety of grants and fellowships for research related to the humanities. Applications are usually due in Winter or Spring quarter.
GEODES Funding List
Provides a list of funding available for tuition, travel, and research within the STEM fields.
Social Sciences Fellowships
These resources provide a list of fellowships depending on different departments in the social sciences. If you’d like help finding more specific fellowships and grants, reach out to Ashlee Tews (ashleeac@ucsc.edu).
Social Sciences Grants
This provides information and resources for finding grants in the social sciences division.

BLUM Scholar Grant Program
Provides funding for community-based research projects that address poverty, social enterprise, or participatory governance. Applications are open once every quarter.
Institute for Social Transformation Award
This award provides funding for research projects that address Global and Community health.
Research Center for the Americas
Offers various awards and grants for graduate students to conduct research or attend conferences and whose work focuses on Chicano, Latino, Latin American, and/or migration studies.
Graduate Dean’s Research Travel Grant
Assists graduate students in funding travel for thesis-related research, attending conferences, and workshops.
Campus Fellow Award
Offers graduate students funding for the entire year to conduct research projects that can positively impact UC Santa Cruz and the community. The call for proposals is usually sent by email to all graduate students.

Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning (CITL)
Promotes inclusive and engaged teaching and learning. Graduate students can apply to participate in their certificate program in course design and pedagogy. CITL also hosts websites with teaching resources for instructors (https://keepteaching.ucsc.edu and https://citl.ucsc.edu/teaching-resources/). They support TAs and GSIS (https://keepteaching.ucsc.edu/tas-gsis), and mentor graduate student instructors.
Graduate Division TA Resources
Provides additional resources for graduate teaching assistants, including Canvas online ethics for TAs, the UC Santa Cruz TA Handbook, grading and leading labs, and more.