About

Each year, the Western Association of Graduate Schools (WAGS) partners with ProQuest to solicit nominees in four award categories. This prestigious regional competition is an important opportunity for institutions to showcase innovation and creativity by their graduate students.

Award Details

The recipient of each award will receive $1,000, a Certificate of Award, and travel expenses for the recipient to attend the WAGS Annual Conference and Awards luncheon (date and location to be determined).

Nomination Packet

• Nominators/applicants must prepare/upload required materials as one PDF document.

• Submission materials must be assembled in the same order as listed in the Nomination Packet Section under each WAGS/ProQuest Award Category

• Additional requirements pertaining to eligibility, evaluation criteria and nomination materials are listed under each WAGS/ProQuest Award Category.

Nomination Procedure

• Graduate Departments/Programs may submit multiple nominations.  A separate application should be submitted for each student.

• GEPA will review all submissions and select one application to nominate for each WAGS/ProQuest Award category.

• *Student nominees OR departments are eligible to submit an application for this competition. Students should confirm with their department coordinator that they are eligible for the award and are approved as a nominee of their department.

• UC San Diego may submit only one (1) nomination for each of the four award categories. 

WAGS/ProQuest Award Categories

Deadline

Applications are now open. Nominations are due August 29th, 2025.

Please submit nominations via InfoReady

If you have any questions please send an email to gradfellowshipnoms@ucsd.edu which will create a support ticket.

For FAQs please first visit the WAGS/ProQuest webpage.