Office of Undergraduate Honors and Awards

Awards, Scholarships and Fellowships

 

The Office of Undergraduate Education maintains a listing of scholarships, fellowships and awards for UCSC students. Campus application deadlines are approaching for the following opportunities. For more information contact Undergraduate Honors and Awards Coordinator, Marlene Robinson.

Awards

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Deans', Chancellor's, and Steck Awards
Dean’s Awards are granted to 50 undergraduates who have completed an outstanding senior thesis or project during the current academic year.   Each recipient will receive a $100 cash award, and will be considered for a Chancellor’s and Steck Award. Winners will be honored at the Student Achievement Awards ceremony. The names of the winners will also be announced at graduation.

Campus Application Deadline:   April 8, 2011
Award Amounts:   $100 Dean’s, $100 Chancellor’s, $1,000 Steck Award
Guidelines:   2010-11 Guidelines
Application Form:   2010-11 Application

 

Scholarships

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David L. Boren (NSEP) Undergraduate Scholarships
David L. Boren Scholarship awards undergraduate scholarships for study abroad in selected countries (Study in Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand is excluded). Recipients will be selected on the basis of merit with consideration for: academic record, commitment to international education, language interest and aptitude, and the quality and appropriateness of the proposed program and its relevance to the National Security Education Program. This scholarship carries with it a service requirement.

Campus Application Deadline: January 13, 2011
Award amount: The maximum award is $8,000 for a summer, $10,000 for a semester, or $20,000 for a full academic year.
Website: http://www.iie.org/nsep/  

IIE Fulbright US Student Program
Established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress to "enable the government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries", Fulbright is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars, and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide. The application cycle for the 2011-2012 U.S. Fulbright Student competition opens on May 1, 2011.

Campus Application Deadline: TBA
Website: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html  

Marshall Scholarship
Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to forty Scholars are selected each year to study at graduate level at an UK institution in any field of study. Each scholarship is held for two years.
To be eligible candidates must:

• be citizens of the United States of America (at the time they apply for a scholarship);
• (by the time they take up their scholarship ie September) hold their first undergraduate degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the United States;
• have obtained a grade point average of not less than 3.7 (or A-) on their undergraduate degree; (Exceptions will be considered only on the specific recommendation of the sponsoring college)
• have graduated from their first undergraduate college or university after April 2008;
• not have studied for, or hold a degree or degree-equivalent qualification from a British university.

Campus Application Deadline:  CLOSED
Award amount:   University fees, cost of living expenses, annual book grant, thesis grant, research and daily travel grants, fares to and from the United States and, where applicable, a contribution towards the support of a dependent spouse.
Website: http://www.marshallscholarship.org

Mitchell Scholarship
The Mitchell Scholarship recognizes outstanding young Americans who exhibit the highest standards of academic excellence, leadership and community service. Administered by the US-Ireland Alliance, a non-partisan, non-profit organization based in Washington, DC, the Scholarship is named in honor of the pivotal role the former U.S. Senator played in the Northern Ireland peace process. The Mitchell Scholarship program links future American leaders to the island of Ireland by a year of graduate study at a university in Ireland or Northern Ireland.

Campus Application Deadline: CLOSED
Award amount: One year of graduate study in any discipline offered by an institution of higher learning in Ireland or Northern Ireland. The Mitchell Scholars program provides tuition, housing, a cash living expenses stipend, and an international travel stipend.
WEBSITE: http://www.us-irelandalliance.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=34

Rhodes Scholarship
The Rhodes Scholarship funds two years of graduate study at Oxford University. Thirty-two scholarships are awarded in the U.S. each year.  At the time of application:

• An applicant must be a citizen of the United States; pending application for citizenship does not qualify a person to apply.
• An applicant, by October 1, 2010, must be at least 18 but not yet 24 years of age. (Applicants will be eligible who were born after October 1, 1986 and on or before October 1, 1992.)
• An applicant must have achieved academic standing sufficiently advanced to assure completion of a bachelor’s degree before October 1, 2011.

Campus Application Deadline: CLOSED
AWARD:  Tuition fees and stipend.
WEBSITE: http://www.rhodesscholar.org/home

Donald A. Strauss Scholarship
The Donald A. Strauss Scholarship Foundation allows juniors to pursue a public service project during their senior year by providing $10,000 for educational expenses. The project may be a new undertaking or an extension of the recipient's current activities. UC Santa Cruz can nominate three students for the Strauss Award. To qualify:

• Students must have one full year remaining until graduation
• Students must have a GPA in the upper 1/3 of his/her class
• Students plan to devote a significant part of your lives to public service

Campus Application Deadline: January 27, 2011
Award amount: $10,000 for educational expenses
Website: http://www.straussfoundation.org 

Harry S. Truman Scholarship
The Truman Scholarship provides up to $30,000 in funding to students pursuing graduate degrees in public service fields. Students must be college juniors at the time of selection. The Foundation also provides assistance with career counseling, internship placement, graduate school admissions, and professional development.

Campus Application Deadline: January 13, 2011
Award amount: Up to $30,000
WEBSITE: http://www.truman.gov

Morris K. Udall Scholarship
The Udall Foundation seeks future leaders across a wide spectrum of environmental fields, including policy, engineering, science, education, urban planning and renewal, business, health, justice, and economics. Scholarships are offered in any of three categories:

• To students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment; or
• To Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to tribal public policy; or
• To Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to Native health care.

Campus Application Deadline: February 9, 2011
Award amount: Up to $5,000
WEBSITE: http://www.udall.gov