Churchill Scholarship

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The Churchill Scholarship funds a year of graduate study in Engineering, Mathematics, or Science at Cambridge University. It is highly selective (15 students a year for the STEM award, plus one student selected for the Kanders Churchill Scholarship to pursue a masters in policy.) Open to US citizens who are in their senior year or within a year after graduation. Candidates normally have strong GPAs and outstanding research records. UCLA can nominate two students each year. Our campus deadline is October 2, 2023. Applicants must apply concurrently to Churchill College, Cambridge.  To apply for our nomination, complete your application in the Churchill portal and ask your recommenders to send their letters to the CSSE.   

The Churchill Scholarship funds a year of graduate study in Engineering, Mathematics, or Science at Cambridge University. It is highly selective (15 students a year for the STEM award, plus one student selected for the Kanders Churchill Scholarship to pursue a masters in policy.)

Open to US citizens who are in their senior year or within a year after graduation. Candidates normally have strong GPAs and outstanding research records.

UCLA can nominate two students each year. Our campus deadline is October 2, 2023. Applicants must apply concurrently to Churchill College, Cambridge. 

To apply for our nomination, complete your application in the Churchill portal and ask your recommenders to send their letters to the CSSE. 

 

Truman Scholarship

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Truman Scholarship ($30,000) For juniors planning graduate study leading to a career in public service. Requires UCLA’s nomination. The committee's focus is on leadership and public service. Eligibility: open to both continuing and transfer juniors, but you must be a 3rd year undergraduate when you apply (third year undergrads with senior standing are eligible. Grad students are not). US citizen (or US national), or expect to receive citizenship by the time the scholarship is awarded. Committed to a career in public service. Strong record of leadership and service. To apply for UCLA's nomination, submit your completed application to the SRC by Wednesday of Week 1 of Winter Quarter. You must contact CSSE Assistant Director Rebecca Blustein to obtain access to the Truman application portal. The application opens in the summer.

Truman Scholarship ($30,000) For juniors planning graduate study leading to a career in public service.

Requires UCLA’s nomination. The committee’s focus is on leadership and public service.

Eligibility: open to both continuing and transfer juniors, but you must be a 3rd year undergraduate when you apply (third year undergrads with senior standing are eligible. Grad students are not). US citizen (or US national), or expect to receive citizenship by the time the scholarship is awarded. Committed to a career in public service. Strong record of leadership and service.

To apply for UCLA’s nomination, submit your completed application to the SRC by Wednesday of Week 1 of Winter Quarter. You must contact CSSE Assistant Director Rebecca Blustein to obtain access to the Truman application portal. The application opens in the summer.

Beinecke Memorial Scholarship

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For juniors planning graduate study in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Requires UCLA’s nomination. Campus deadline is March 1, 2024. The Beinecke Scholarship provides $5000 before beginning graduate school and up to $30,000 over the first two years of a graduate program. The committee looks for outstanding academic achievement and research potential. Candidates must demonstrate financial aid eligibility. To apply for institutional endorsement, submit your completed application via upload to Message Center(personal statement, CV, three letters of recommendation, unofficial transcripts, and application form) by March 1, 2024. Your recommenders should submit or email their letters separately to Rebecca Blustein.

For juniors planning graduate study in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Requires UCLA’s nomination. Campus deadline is March 1, 2024. The Beinecke Scholarship provides $5000 before beginning graduate school and up to $30,000 over the first two years of a graduate program. The committee looks for outstanding academic achievement and research potential. Candidates must demonstrate financial aid eligibility.

To apply for institutional endorsement, submit your completed application via upload to Message Center(personal statement, CV, three letters of recommendation, unofficial transcripts, and application form) by March 1, 2024. Your recommenders should submit or email their letters separately to Rebecca Blustein.

Udall Scholarship

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For Sophomores and Juniors in one of two categories: students planning careers related to the environment or Native American or Alaska Native students interested in Native American Healthcare or Tribal Public Policy. The Udall Scholarship requires UCLA’s nomination. The committee looks for strong leadership and public service commitments. The scholarship is $7000. Contact UCLA's faculty rep Rebecca Blustein to get access to the application portal. To apply for our campus nomination, submit your completed application (your long essay may still be a draft) to the SRC by Feb 1, 2023. You may submit unofficial transcripts.

For Sophomores and Juniors in one of two categories:

students planning careers related to the environment

or Native American or Alaska Native students interested in Native American Healthcare or Tribal Public Policy.

The Udall Scholarship requires UCLA’s nomination. The committee looks for strong leadership and public service commitments. The scholarship is $7000.

Contact UCLA’s faculty rep Rebecca Blustein to get access to the application portal.

To apply for our campus nomination, submit your completed application (your long essay may still be a draft) to the SRC by Feb 1, 2023. You may submit unofficial transcripts.

Donald A. Strauss Scholarship

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The Strauss Scholarship ($15,000-- including a $7,000 scholarship and an $8,000 project grant) is open to sophomores and juniors. Provides funding to create your own public service project. Requires UCLA's nomination. To apply for our nomination, submit your completed application (including the application form, personal statement, resume, unofficial transcript, letters, and project proposal) to the SRC by February 1, 2023.

The Strauss Scholarship ($15,000– including a $7,000 scholarship and an $8,000 project grant) is open to sophomores and juniors. Provides funding to create your own public service project. Requires UCLA’s nomination.

To apply for our nomination, submit your completed application (including the application form, personal statement, resume, unofficial transcript, letters, and project proposal) to the SRC by February 1, 2023.

Michel David-Weill Scholarship

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The Michel David-Weill Scholarship provides funding (including living expenses) for outstanding UCLA Seniors to study for two years for a Master’s degree at Sciences-Po in Paris. Open to students in any field of study. You must be a currently enrolled undergraduate at the time of application. UCLA can nominate one student each year. You must apply concurrently to the MA program at Sciences-Po. Our campus deadline is November 1, 2022. To apply for our campus nomination, submit your completed application package to the SRC by November 1.  

The Michel David-Weill Scholarship provides funding (including living expenses) for outstanding UCLA Seniors to study for two years for a Master’s degree at Sciences-Po in Paris. Open to students in any field of study.

You must be a currently enrolled undergraduate at the time of application.

UCLA can nominate one student each year. You must apply concurrently to the MA program at Sciences-Po. Our campus deadline is November 1, 2022.

To apply for our campus nomination, submit your completed application package to the SRC by November 1.

 

Goldwater Scholarship

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The Goldwater Scholarship is the most prestigious undergraduate scholarship for STEM researchers. It is open to sophomores and juniors who plan graduate study leading to research careers in STEM fields. $7500. Requires UCLA's nomination. Eligibility: US citizen or Permanent Resident, minimum 3.0 GPA, intend to pursue a research career in a natural science, mathematics, or engineering. To get access to the application, you must complete a "pre-application" (a simple registration step) on the Goldwater portal. It opens in September each year. Please contact Rebecca Blustein via Message Center ("Institutional Endorsement Materials") with questions. To apply for our institutional nomination, submit your completed application (including unofficial transcripts, research essay, three letters of recommendation, and all parts of the online Goldwater application) to the SRC by the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Your recommenders should email their letters to Dr. Blustein directly.

The Goldwater Scholarship is the most prestigious undergraduate scholarship for STEM researchers. It is open to sophomores and juniors who plan graduate study leading to research careers in STEM fields. $7500.

Requires UCLA’s nomination.

Eligibility: US citizen or Permanent Resident, minimum 3.0 GPA, intend to pursue a research career in a natural science, mathematics, or engineering.

To get access to the application, you must complete a “pre-application” (a simple registration step) on the Goldwater portal. It opens in September each year. Please contact Rebecca Blustein via Message Center (“Institutional Endorsement Materials”) with questions.

To apply for our institutional nomination, submit your completed application (including unofficial transcripts, research essay, three letters of recommendation, and all parts of the online Goldwater application) to the SRC by the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Your recommenders should email their letters to Dr. Blustein directly.

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

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Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans honor and support the graduate educations of 30 New Americans (including permanent residents or naturalized citizens; adoptees who were born abroad; asylees or refugees; current or past DACA status; and children of naturalized citizen parents) each year. Fellows can study in any degree-granting program in any field at any university in the United States. Selection is based on creativity, originality, initiative, and sustained accomplishment. The fellowship provides up to $90,000 over two years - divided between tuition and living expenses. Institutional endorsement is not required. Deadline is in the fall.

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans honor and support the graduate educations of 30 New Americans (including permanent residents or naturalized citizens; adoptees who were born abroad; asylees or refugees; current or past DACA status; and children of naturalized citizen parents) each year. Fellows can study in any degree-granting program in any field at any university in the United States. Selection is based on creativity, originality, initiative, and sustained accomplishment.

The fellowship provides up to $90,000 over two years – divided between tuition and living expenses.

Institutional endorsement is not required. Deadline is in the fall.

Rhodes Scholarship

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The Rhodes Scholarship funds graduate study at the University of Oxford. Eligibility: at least 18 but not yet 24 by October 1, 2023 minimum 3.7 GPA US citizen, permanent resident, or DACA status Requires UCLA's endorsement. To apply for our institutional endorsement, submit the following by July 17, 2023:
  • Your personal statement (draft is OK)
  • unofficial transcript
  • two letters of recommendation (plus the names of the other people you will ask for letters)
  • an  Annotated Resume
Please note that the Rhodes Scholarship does not permit feedback on personal statements. If you are applying in a different (non-US) jurisdiction, please contact us for assistance.

The Rhodes Scholarship funds graduate study at the University of Oxford.

Eligibility:

at least 18 but not yet 24 by October 1, 2023

minimum 3.7 GPA

US citizen, permanent resident, or DACA status

Requires UCLA’s endorsement.

To apply for our institutional endorsement, submit the following by July 17, 2023:

  • Your personal statement (draft is OK)
  • unofficial transcript
  • two letters of recommendation (plus the names of the other people you will ask for letters)
  • an  Annotated Resume

Please note that the Rhodes Scholarship does not permit feedback on personal statements.

If you are applying in a different (non-US) jurisdiction, please contact us for assistance.

Mitchell Scholarship

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The George Mitchell Scholarship funds 1 year of graduate study in Ireland or Northern Ireland (in any field). Current undergraduates require UCLA’s endorsement. The committee highly values scholarship, leadership, and a sustained commitment to community and public service. Eligibility: US citizen. Must be at least 18 years old but not yet 30 on Sept 26 of the year of application. Must have a bachelor's degree before beginning as a Mitchell Scholar. UPDATE March 2024: The Mitchell Scholarship announced a hiatus due to funding challenges and will not have a selection process in Fall '24. We will update this page when we receive new information. 

The George Mitchell Scholarship funds 1 year of graduate study in Ireland or Northern Ireland (in any field). Current undergraduates require UCLA’s endorsement. The committee highly values scholarship, leadership, and a sustained commitment to community and public service.

Eligibility: US citizen. Must be at least 18 years old but not yet 30 on Sept 26 of the year of application. Must have a bachelor’s degree before beginning as a Mitchell Scholar.

UPDATE March 2024: The Mitchell Scholarship announced a hiatus due to funding challenges and will not have a selection process in Fall ’24. We will update this page when we receive new information.