Effective FY23, each department will receive an annual fixed allocation of diversity incentive money that they may use as part of their overall strategy to achieve the university’s goals of recruiting, retaining, and graduating an increasingly more diverse graduate student cohort. For FY 22/23, this amount shall be up to $30,000. Departments that offer both the PhD and MFA shall receive one $30K allocation.

For FY24, departments should expect to receive up to $30k, based on actual, eligible expenditures.

For FY25, departments should expect to receive up to $30k, based on actual, eligible expenditures.

For a full list of eligible departments and amounts, please review the spreadsheet here.

For the announcement shared December 2021, please see: 2021-12-03 New Approach to Advancing Graduate Program Competitiveness and Diversity.pdf

For the FY23/24 DI fund announcement, please see: 2023_03_24 Diversity Incentive Funds Academic Year 2023-24

Proposition 209 Compliance

All programs and initiatives coordinated by the Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs and its units are designed and implemented in full compliance with Proposition 209 and the University of California Anti-Discrimination Policy.

More information about Proposition 209 can be found here.

More information about the University of California Anti-Discrimination Policy can be found here.

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