Funding Opportunities

UC Specific

Graduate Student Research Fellowship Program
Summary: Fellowship for providing a summer stipend and supplement research-related costs.
Eligibility: Current graduate students
Deadline: December (check announcement for specific date)

Awards of up $400 are available for defraying the costs of traveling to conferences at which you ARE presenting your work. These funds are offered as reimbursement after your return from the conference.

UC Sigma Xi Student Grants-in-aid of Research (UC Sigma XI GIAR)
Summary (as listed on their site): The UC Sigma Xi chapter is pleased to accept applications from full-time matriculated undergraduate and graduate students for Grants-in-Aid of Research awards in all areas of science and engineering. Three $3,000 awards will be made. Students may use the funds for travel expenses to and from a research site, to present research results at a national science or engineering meeting, or for purchase of consumable research materials and supplies or non-standard laboratory equipment necessary to complete a specific research project. Funds may not be used for stipends or salary.

These grant awards are made possible by the Violet M. Diller Endowment to the UC Chapter of Sigma Xi and the Office of the Vice President for Research.
Eligibility: Fully matriculated undergraduates, graduate students
Deadline: January

GSGA Research Fellowships
Summary: Fellowship for providing a summer stipend and supplement research-related costs.
Eligibility: Current graduate students; one-time award per degree.
Deadline: October

UC's scholarship search page
Summary: UC's search engine for available funding opportunities
Eligibility: Award specific
Deadline: N/A

Albert J. Ryan Foundation Fellowship
Summary: UC's Albert J. Ryan Foundation Fellowship is awarded to graduate students, typically finished with their 2nd year of predoctoral work, who have demonstrated excellence in their coursework, research, and participation within the scientific community.
Eligibility: Current graduate students
Deadline: Annual

External Opportunities

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Summary: National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program information
Eligibility: Current graduate students
Deadline: Late October; visit NSF's site for dates specific to your program.