Due November 18, 2022: Applications for 2023-24 UC President's Pre-Professoriate Fellowship

 Description

The University of California (UC)–Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Doctoral Diversity Initiative (DDI) effort is designed to enhance faculty diversity and pathways to the professoriate for underrepresented UCLA graduate students who received their bachelor’s or master’s degree from a public or private California HSI. As part of the DDI, the UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellowship aims to foster students’ interest in and preparation for the professoriate. There is also additional professional development outreach and support for underrepresented PhD students with a goal to encourage and help equip them to consider careers in the professoriate.

Amount

Two awards at $30,000 each, paid as stipends

Tuition and fees provided by the Graduate Division (50%) and home department (50%); fellowship cannot be offered if department will not provide its 50%

Plus $10,000 for each Fellow to use for the duration of the PhD for professional development opportunities that will expose, prepare and inspire Fellows to pursue the professoriate

 

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are UCLA doctoral students who are US citizens, permanent residents or registered California AB540 students. For those under AB540, funding will be provided only if AB131 is still in effect for the duration of the fellowship.

• Must have received bachelor’s or master’s (not associate’s) degree from a public or private California HSI (see www.hacu.net/hacu/HSIs.asp).
• Students must be officially advanced to doctoral candidacy (ATC) at the time they apply. “Officially” means ATC documents have been received by the Graduate Division’s Academic & Postdoctoral Services at the time the students apply.
• Recipients must be continuously registered and enrolled in at least 12 units during the entire academic year while on the fellowship.
• At the time of each payment’s disbursement, recipients must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 and maintain at least a cumulative 3.0 GPA during the entire term of the award.
• Students receiving the UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellowship cannot be employed at all, no exceptions.
• Students may apply for the UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellowship in only one doctoral degree department (not major).
• A student who receives a UC–HBCU Fellowship is ineligible for the UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellowship. Cota-Robles awardees must have completed all years of the Cota-Robles funding before taking the UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellowship.