annually during the Spring Quarter.

• UC President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship (PDYF)

• Fletcher Jones Fellowship (FJF)

• Dissertation Year Fellowship funded by the Marye Anne Fox Endowed Fellowship Fund (MAF)

Each fellowship is named and detailed below. All three fellowships are terminal support awards and only candidates projected to finish during the twelve-month award period (July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025) should be nominated. Convincing evidence that the nominee can complete all degree requirements by June 30, 2025 will be an important consideration in selecting Fellows. Fellowship recipients will be selected from one pool of nominations. Fellowships will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary group of faculty and staff.

Applicants should be nominated by their graduate programs

; no self-nominations will be accepted.

Graduate Programs may nominate a total of three

candidates across all three dissertation year fellowships. This is a combined total of three nominations for the Dissertation Year Fellowship, the Fletcher Jones Fellowship, and the Marye Anne Fox Endowed Fellowship.

The nomination period for AY24-25 Dissertation Year Fellowships has closed. Nominations for AY25-26 will be accepted in Spring 2025.

Fellowships will be awarded to students:

• Who have been educationally or economically disadvantaged, or

• Whose research or planned career direction focuses on problems related to disadvantaged segments of society, and

• Who demonstrate strong potential, promise and a desire for a university teaching and research career.

1. advanced to candidacy

1. for the Ph.D. degree

1. at the time of nomination.

2. Candidate must be making satisfactory progress towards completing the dissertation such that a dissertation-year award will be sufficient for the candidate to complete all Ph.D. degree requirements during the award year.

3. Acceptance that the award precludes

1. instructional employment in graduate academic titles for recipients during their tenure as Dissertation Year Fellows (with the exception of the time period spanning the conclusion of Spring courses to the first day of Fall courses). Additionally, supplemental Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) or research fellow appointments will be considered by exception request provided the research supports the Fellow’s dissertation work.

2. Eligibility for student support through the award period. 

3. All doctoral degree programs under the jurisdiction of the EVC-Academic Affairs are eligible.

• $31,000 stipend

• $500 travel allowance, to be used for travel to another school or campus in

• California

• The full cost of resident tuition** and fees must also be covered on the student’s behalf. The student’s degree-granting program is responsible for identifying the funding source and disbursing the tuition & fee payments.

This fellowship is a terminal support award. Nominated candidates must be projected to finish during the twelve-month award period (July 1 through June 30). Convincing evidence that the nominee can complete all degree requirements by June 30 will be an important consideration in the selection process. Awards will be made by the Dean of

the Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs.

: 

1. Brief autobiographical sketch by the student (half-page limit)

2. Two-page dissertation synopsis written in a non-technical format for a "lay audience." The synopsis must address the relevance of the student's research within the academic field.

1. An academic timeline for completion of the dissertation with a projected date of completion.

2. Letter of support from the student's academic advisor addressing how the student meets the program objectives and the eligibility requirements. This may include discussion of relevant non-academic activities, such as community or campus service (three-page limit).

3. A completed nomination form with the signature of the department/program chair.

Fellowships will be awarded to students who are economically disadvantaged as demonstrated through dependence on student loans or greater than 50% employment as a means to finance their education.

1. instructional employment in graduate academic titles for recipients during their tenure as Fletcher Jones Fellows (with the exception of the time period spanning the conclusion of Spring courses to the first day of Fall courses). Additionally, supplemental Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) or research fellow appointments will be considered by exception request provided the research supports the Fellow’s dissertation work.

2. Eligibility for student support through the award period.

3. All disciplines offered by the General Campus are eligible, with the exception of Business Management. The disciplines offered in the Health Sciences are also eligible, with the exception of Medicine.

• $31,000 stipend

• The full cost of resident tuition** and fees must also be covered on the student’s behalf. The student’s degree-granting program is responsible for identifying the funding source and disbursing the tuition & fee payments.

This fellowship is a terminal support award. Nominated candidates must be projected to finish during the twelve-month award period (July 1 through June 30). Convincing evidence that the nominee can complete all degree requirements by June 30 will be an important consideration in the selection process. Awards will be made by the Dean of the Division of

Graduate

Education and Postdoctoral Affairs before the end of Spring Quarter.

All items are required for Fellowship consideration

:

1. Brief autobiographical sketch by the student (half-page limit).

2. Two-page dissertation synopsis written in a non-technical format for a "lay audience." The synopsis must address the relevance of the student's research within the academic field.

1. An academic

1. timeline for completion of the dissertation with a projected date of completion.

2. Letter of support from the student's academic advisor addressing how the student meets the financial need requirement.

3. Completed nomination form with the signature of the department/program chair.

Fellowship for each academic year. 

demonstrate highly distinguished academic records.

1. advanced to candidacy

1. for an academic doctoral

1. degree at the time of nomination.

2. Candidate must be making satisfactory progress toward completing the dissertation such that a dissertation-year award will be sufficient for the candidate to complete all doctoral degree requirements during the award year.

3. Acceptance that the award precludes

1. instructional employment in graduate academic titles for recipients during their tenure as Dissertation Year Fellows (with the exception of the time period spanning the conclusion of Spring courses to the first day of Fall courses). Additionally, supplemental Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) or research fellow appointments will be considered by exception request provided the research supports the Fellow’s dissertation work.

2. Eligibility for student support through the award period.

3. All

1. doctoral degree programs under the jurisdiction of the

1. EVC-Academic Affairs are eligible.

the Dissertation Year Fellowship funded by the Marye Anne Fox Endowed Fellowship Fund. Each award will include:

• Stipend of

• $31,000

• The full cost of resident tuition** and fees must also be covered on the student’s behalf. The student’s degree-granting program is responsible for identifying the funding source and disbursing the tuition & fee payments.

This fellowship is a terminal support award. Nominated candidates must be projected to finish during the twelve-month award period (July 1 through June 30). Convincing evidence that the nominee can complete all degree requirements by June 30 will be an important consideration in the selection process. Awards will be made by the Dean of the Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs.

:

1. Brief autobiographical sketch by the student (half-page limit)

2. Two-page dissertation synopsis written in a non-technical format for a "lay audience". The synopsis must address the relevance of the student's research within the academic field.

1. An academic

1. timeline for completion of the dissertation with a projected date of completion.

2. Letter of support from the student's academic advisor.

3. Completed nomination form with the signature of the department/program chair.

2023 Fletcher Jones Fellowship:

Hoang Nguyen, Chemistry and Biochemistry

2023 President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship:

Mariela Declet Perez, Anthropology

Abigail Teitgen, Bioengineering

Laura Becerra, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rachel Fox, Communication

Jessica Aguilar, Literature

2023 Marye Anne Fox Endowed Fellowship:

Xiang Ji, Physics

Alexia Arani, Anthropology

Dang Do, Political Science

Olga Lazitski Torres, Communication

Sydney Plummer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Daniela Zarate, Biological Sciences

2021 Marye Anne Fox Endowed Fellowship: The

Marye Anne Fox Endowed Fellowship includes a

$23,

500 stipend plus tuition and fees.

Uyen Mai, Computer Science and Engineering

Qiaowan Chang, Nano-engineering 

Ellen Yelena Gluzman, Communication

2019

President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship: 

Amy Kennemore, Anthropology

William Ricardo Valdez, Bioengineering

Riley Taitingfong, Communication

Olivia Quintanilla, Ethnic Studies

Julian Ramirez, Nano-engineering

Osinachi Ajoku, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Marye Anne Fox Endowed Fellowship:

Bayan Abusneineh, Ethnic Studies

Yanqi Luo, Nano-engineering