There are three types of Dissertation Year Fellowships that are offered 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 deadline to submit nominations is Monday, April 29, 2024 at 11:59pm. nomination period for AY24-25 Dissertation Year Fellowships has closed. Nominations for AY25-26 will be accepted in Spring 2025.

1. A U.S. citizen or permanent resident, or a student who qualifies for nonresident tuition exemption under AB 540.

2. Candidate must have advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree at the time of nomination.

3. 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.

4. Acceptance that the award precludes 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.

5. Eligibility for student support through the award period. 

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

1. A U.S. citizen or permanent resident, or a student who qualifies for nonresident tuition exemption under AB 540.

2. Must demonstrate financial need.

3. Candidate must have advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree at the time of nomination.

4. 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.

5. Acceptance that the award precludes 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.

6. Eligibility for student support through the award period.

7. 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.

1. Candidate must demonstrate a highly distinguished academic record for the field.

2. Candidate must have advanced to candidacy for an academic doctoral degree at the time of nomination.

3. 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.

4. Acceptance that the award precludes 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.

5. Eligibility for student support through the award period.

6. All disciplines doctoral degree programs under the jurisdiction of the VC EVC-Academic Affairs are eligible.  Business Management and Health Sciences are not eligible.