Ester TrujilloFunding Peer Advisor

fundingpeer@graddiv.ucsb.eduEster.n.trujillo@gmail.com

Worko Teaching Assistanto Research Assistanto Other Campus Positions

Fellowships◦ Central (from the university)◦ Extramural (from outside agencies)

These all *typically* cover your tuition/fees, health insurance, and a salary or stipend.

LoansoDirect Unsubsidized LoansoDirect PLUS LoansoSince 2012 all grad student loans now accrue

interest; no more subsidized loans.oFederal government currently deciding interest

rates, between 5.6% and 9.5%

Work StudyoAwarded based on need through the financial aid

office

Dissertation Fellowships◦ Funds for one or two years of dissertation writing.

These awards are usually for students in their final stages of writing. Typically not awarded to students who have not yet advanced to candidacy.

Funders may expect winners to present their results at a conference and to graduate at the end of the award period.

Research Grants◦ Funds for specific research needs (supplies,

participant compensation, equipment) requested through a detailed budget. These awards are usually for students in the exploratory and

active research phases of a project.

CV builder Often leads to increased salary upon

hiring Makes you more competitive to programs

that see your plans to apply, honorable mentions, or previous awards

Important component of life as a researcher and tenure at a research institution!

One grant or fellowship often leads to more!

Graduate Program Advisors Faculty Advisors and Mentors; professional

associations in your field Peers: Graduate Students in your field and

department Graduate Division Internet Resources and search engines

Central- through student application

Central- through department nomination

Department Awards

Travel Grants, childcare grants,

dissertation awards, UC centers and

research units

Center for U.S. Mexican Studies (USMEX) Institute of European Studies Natural Reserve System Pacific Rim Research Program UC MEXUS University of CA Institute for Research in the

Arts UC Center for New Racial Studies UC California Studies Consortium

Some Major Pre-doctoral Fellowships:◦ NSF GRFP – Graduate Research Fellowship ◦ NDSEG – Defense Science and Engineering ◦ DOE SCGF –Dept of Energy Science Graduate

Fell◦ EPA Star-Science Research in Environmental

Studies◦ Hertz-Physical, Biological and Engineering

Sciences

Some Major Pre-doctoral Fellowships:◦ Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship

◦ American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) Academic Year Fellowship

◦ Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives (SCLI)

◦ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Pre-doctoral Fellowship Awards for Minority Students

◦ Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

◦ Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Funding Search Aids and Databases◦UCSB GradPost www.gradpost.ucsb.edu

◦UCSB Source www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/source/

◦UCLA GRAPEs www.gdnet.ucla.edu/grpinst.htm

◦COS http://pivot.cos.com