San Diego
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and Cota Robles
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The University of California, San Diego offers the San Diego, Cota Robles, and the Strategic Enhancement of Excellence through Diversity (SEED) fellowships as a means to increasing campus diversity. The fellowship program is motivated by the campus's commitment to inclusive excellence, and by the belief that a diverse graduate student body enhances the quality of the educational experience for everyone.
All three fellowships are recruitment and retention tools that provide fellowship support to those students who merit admission into graduate programs at UCSD and whose presence would enhance diversity to the benefit of the entire campus community.
Two of the Cota-Robles Fellowships are designated as McNair Fellowships and awarded to nominees who participated in the Ronald McNair Program as undergraduates. An American Indian recipient, if any, of the Cota-Robles Fellowship will be awarded the Irene McFarland Trust Fellowship, which will be substituted for part of the Cota-Robles Fellowship.
Although the University seeks racial, ethnic, and gender diversity, California law prohibits preferential treatment of individuals or groups on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. Consequently, selection of award recipients may not be based on these criteria.
Each department or program may nominate three (3) candidates for the fellowships.
Eligibility
Nominees must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are recommended for admission to UCSD for the Fall quarter.
Nominees considered for the San Diego Fellowship must be recommended for admission to a program offering a Ph.D., D.M.A., Ed.D. or terminal Master's degree. Eligible Master's degrees are the M.P.P., M.F.A., M.I.A., and M.A. in Latin American Studies.
Nominees considered for the Cota-Robles Fellowship must be recommended for admission to a program offering the Ph.D., D.M.A. and Ed.D. degree.
Candidates for the fellowship must complete at least two of the following optional statements in the online application:
- Leadership (e.g. coordination of volunteer activities, board member in student organization, residential life, student government etc.) etc.)
- Overcoming Adversity (e.g. overcoming educational, social, cultural, economic, barriers, or barriers related to accessibility, etc.)
- Community Involvement(e.g. volunteer service, organizing, activism, teaching, mentoring, counseling, community art production etc.)
- Social Justice Experience (e.g. addressing systemic inequality through education, organizing, activism, mentorship, counseling, outreach/access, survival and development work, event planning/coordination, community building and development, etc.)
- Personal or Professional Ethics (e.g. experience with an ethical code, conduct seminars, IRB training, etc.)
- Research (e.g. undergraduate research, involvement in McNair or similar programs, independent or group study with a professor or researcher, research outside of academia, full-time research after college, etc.)
- Other (e.g. any other kind of experience or information that you feel will help add to creating a diverse spectrum of ideas, perspectives, and experiences)
Award
All Ph.D., and D.M.A., students selected as fellows shall receive two years of fellowship support from the Graduate Division in years 1 & 4 plus tuition and fees, and two years of guaranteed comparable support from the department or program. Department/program support may be in the form of an Instructional Assistant appointment, a Graduate Student Researcher appointment, or fellowship.
M.F.A. and Ed.D. fellows shall receive two years of fellowship support from the Graduate Division in years1 & 2, and one year of comparable support from the department or program. Department/program support may be in the form of an Instructional Assistant appointment, a Graduate Student Researcher appointment, or fellowship.
M.P.P., M.I.A., and M.A. students selected as fellows shall receive one year of funding from the Graduate Division and one year of comparable support from the department or program. Department/program support may be in the form of an Instructional Assistant appointment, a Graduate Student Researcher appointment, or fellowship.
Funding may not be deferred. All continuing support is contingent upon the fellow remaining in good academic standing and meeting established departmental criteria for good academic progress toward the degree. All fellows shall have a faculty mentor appointed upon enrollment.Fellowship resources are now awarded via an annual fixed allocation of diversity incentive funding that departments receive for direct-to-student aid in order to support the pursuit of their specific diversity goals. Departments choose the amount(s) awarded to any given incoming or existing student, and may spend their resources on more than one student. Departments can award these resources per the eligibility and spending guidelines outlined here.