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ELIGIBILITY
To be considered for the Competitive Edge program students must:
- Have accepted the offer of admission.
- Provide responses to at least three of the seven experiential questions found under the Additional Educational Experiences section of the online application for admission.Be available to participate in the six-week research experience prior to the start of the fall quarter.
- Be in a Ph.D. or MFA program starting in the Fall quarter.
- Be a US citizen or permanent resident. DACA and AB540 students are also eligible.
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- Nominees that you think could benefit substantially from this transitional/bridge program are preferred.
NOMINATION
The nomination period is now OPEN and will remain open until April 29, 2022. Please submit your nominations using this form: https://forms.gle/mZJxZAVmL4GKFDXr5
Graduate programs need to select 1 student for nomination through the traditional sharing of costs between the program and the Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs (DGEPA).
If you want to have additional students in the program, submit the same form for each additional student and select “Fully Sponsored by Graduate Program” under Type of Nomination.
FUNDING COMMITMENT
With the funding reform, last year’s mechanism of selecting students had to change for this year. Here are the TWO ways your incoming students can participate in the program in 2022:
1- TRADITIONAL COST-SHARE ONE Nominee Per Program – Each graduate program will be selecting 1 student to be in the program and sharing the costs with the Graduate Division. Here's the Spot Allocation for Competitive Edge 2022.pdf document.
- Commitments include:
- Student’s $4000.00 stipend during the program ($2000 will come from the Grad Division DGEPA and $2000 from the graduate program)
- Student’s Early SHIP Insurance during the summer ($300 will come from the Grad Division DGEPA and $300 from the graduate program to pay for the cost of Early SHIP)
- Total due from the graduate program $2300
2- FULL SPONSORSHIP (limited spots available) Additional Fully Sponsored Students – Graduate programs can fund any student’s participation additional students to participate in the program.
- Commitments include:
- Student’s full $4000 summer stipend
- Student’s full cost of Early SHIP Insurance $600
- Student’s summer programming cost $358
- Total due from the graduate program $4958
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FORMAT
We’re preparing for an in-person summer program that will include also some hybrid components.
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