Office of Graduate Studies

Fellowships and Scholarship

Regents Fellowships

First-year Regents Fellowships are available to outstanding entering graduate students. They provide for a stipend, and for the payment of required registration fees and/or nonresident tuition. Regents Fellowships may be supplemented by research or teaching assistantships.

Fee Scholarships

Fee scholarships pay required registration fees but do not include payment of nonresident tuition. These scholarships may be awarded to entering and continuing students with a minimum GPA of 3.0 or better.

Tuition Scholarships

A limited number of nonresident tuition scholarships are available to distinguished scholars. These awards pay the nonresident tuition, but do not provide for registration fees, which are required of all students regardless of their residency status.

Traineeships

Traineeships are awarded by the Departments of Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Neurosciences, Psychology, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. They provide for stipends and for payment of required nonresident tuition and/or registration fees.

Special Scholarship Funds

A number of special fee scholarships in varying amounts are available to students with the following qualifications:

  1. Students whose parent is or was a regular member of either the U.S. Navy or the Marine Corps.
  2. Students who are direct descendants of a U.S. World War I Veteran.
  3. Students who are needy and Jewish. Preference given to students in engineering, and specifically aeronautical engineering.