Supporting Graduate Students' Academic and Professional Success
Graduate Student Opportunities
Check out the following list of graduate student opportunities in funding, employment, professional development, and more! Updated weekly during the academic year and monthly over summer.
Grad Student Opportunities
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Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation - Due 2/24
Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation
Mission: To recognize and honor creativity and innovation by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the Biomedical Sciences, broadly defined.
Prize Details: Two (2) applicants are selected to receive the Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation each year. These applicants must be either current PhD graduate students or postdoctoral fellows. Each winner receives a check for $50,000, which can be used in any way the winner chooses. Finalists are each awarded $5,000. In addition, the home institution of the winners will each receive a $5,000 donation to support the institution’s seminar series.
Nominations: UCR will nominate no more than two (2) PhD students and two (2) postdoctoral fellows. Applicants must prepare a description of their “dream” project and submit a full academic CV along with evidence of scholarly achievement (e.g. publications).
Nominations must be submitted to UCR Graduate Division (dawn.loyola@ucr.edu) by 11:59 pm Pacific Time on Monday, February 24, 2025. You will be informed if your application is moved forward to the national competition by March 3.
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UCR CIS Summer Dissertation Writing Fellowship - Due 3/3
UCR CIS Summer Dissertation Writing Fellowships
Eligibility: Current UCR ABD graduate students with dissertation topics grounded in humanities fields/methods
Award Period: July 1 – September 2025
Award Amount: Fellowship of $8000 for summer 2025
Deadline: March 3, 2025The UCR Center for Ideas and Society Summer Dissertation Writing Fellowships provide a $8000 summer stipend to advanced UCR graduate students in Ph.D. programs in the humanities who need dedicated time to complete – or make substantial progress toward completing – their dissertation over the summer. Office space is available for fellows who prefer to work on campus in the summer months.
Special consideration will be given to students with feasible plans to complete the dissertation over summer 2025.
How to Apply
Submit the online application form and all required documentation by 11:59 pm on the deadline. Incomplete submissions will not be considered.
The online application will require:
- Project title and abstract (250-word limit)
- Statement of Dissertation’s Significance and Contribution to the Field (250-word limit)
- Outline of Dissertation Chapters. Indicate progress made on each chapter (complete, drafted, not started, etc). (500-word limit)
- Timeline for Summer 2025: Outline the work to be completed over summer 2025 and the target date for completion of the dissertation. (250-word limit)
Statement of Support
Evaluation and assessment (1-2 pages) from your dissertation director or faculty mentor that reviews your progress to date and the feasibility and timeline of the work proposed over the summer. The statement should also confirm that you are an active/enrolled student and that you have advanced to candidacy (ABD status).
Award Guidelines
A fellowship of $8000 will be awarded to a CHASS graduate student, competitively selected from applicants to this call. Awards will be paid through financial aid and students are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to receive the award. Fellowships cannot be deferred or transferred.
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NEW! CHASS Grants Portal
To submit an application, create an account on our new grants portal.
You’ll only need to create an account the first time you log in.
To create an account, click the button below and enter your email address.
Follow the instructions to set a password and verify your email address.
That’s it! You can then proceed to the application page.For questions or help with setting up your account, contact Katharine.Henshaw@ucr.edu.
Apply Now
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Faculty Senate and Graduate Division Graduate Mentorship Awards
Being a good mentor to our graduate students is one of the most important parts of our job as professors. It is a contribution to our students and our graduate programs that deserves recognition. To that end, Graduate Council and the Graduate Division are now accepting nominations for:
The Senate 2025 Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award
The recipient will be recognized at the Commencement Ceremony and receive a prize of $3000.
The Graduate Division’s 2025 Commitment to Graduate Diversity Award
The recipient will be recognized at the Commencement Ceremony receive a prize of $3000.
Awardees will receive a plaque at the Graduate Division Award Celebration on April 10th 2025.
All UCR ladder-rank faculty members are eligible for the award. Letters of nomination are invited from current and former graduate students, faculty, and staff. To be considered for the award, a faculty member must receive at least one letter of nomination. Please coordinate with your colleagues, including faculty, current and prior students to provide the best possible file for the mentor. Letters should indicate specifically what makes the nominee an outstanding mentor. Nominees of previous years will require re-nomination to be considered by this year's committee.
The nominations will be reviewed by a faculty committee composed of members of the Graduate Council. The committee will take into consideration not only the quality and number of letters of recommendation received but also the number of students the faculty has mentored and whether the nominee has a long history of effective mentoring. If a nominee came to UCR midway through their career, the committee will consider the entire career but will emphasize the mentoring of UCR graduate students.Attached you will find further details on the award along with last year’s recipients.
Please complete the nomination form by following this link:https://form.jotform.com/50605483789971
Nominations should be received no later than Friday, February 24th , 2025
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UCR Graduate Symposium - Abstracts Due 3/10
https://graduate.ucr.edu/gradsymposium
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Submit a nomination for the Distinguished Teaching Awards!
The UCR Graduate Division invites nominations for the Distinguished Teaching Awards from faculty, graduate peers, and undergraduate students wanting to honor an excellent graduate student instructor. Award recipients are recognized during the annual Graduate Division Excellence in Teaching Banquet and receive a monetary prize.
Nominations are due by 11:59 pm on Friday, February 28th, 2025.
https://tadp.ucr.edu/teaching-awards/distinguished-teaching-awards
- The 2025-26 Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award Cycle is open
- Spring Break Write-A-Thon
- The Graduate Writing Center is hiring!
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UC-LEND Training Programs
The UC-LEND Training Program application for 2025-2026 is now open. We would like to request that the following information and attached flyer about this opportunity be passed along to any interested students or student listservs. Thank you so much!
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The University of California Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (UC-LEND) Training program has opened its applications for the 2025-2026 Fellowship opportunity!
We welcome applications from graduate and undergraduate-level students as well as community practitioners and providers who are motivated to learn about neurodiversity in an interdisciplinary environment. Applicants are not required to have previous experience working with the neurodiverse populations, and we strongly encourage those with lived experience to apply!
Interested in learning more? Attend an information session!
Monday, February 24th, 2025 at 12:00 PM - Register Here
Monday, April 7th, 2025 at 4:00 PM - Register Here
For more information about application requirements, please see the attached flyer or our Website. Questions? Feel free to contact us via email at uc-lend@mednet.ucla.edu.
Best regards,
UC-LEND Training Programs
UC-LEND | UCLA Health, Medicine-Pediatrics Division
For UC-LEND Clinic and provider-specific questions, please email: LENDCLINICADMIN@mednet.ucla.edu
- The Mercatus Center’s graduate student fellowships
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Career opportunity for PhDs - CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellowship due March 3
CCST’s Science & Technology Policy Fellowship with any PhDs from University of California-Riverside.
About the Fellowship: https://ccst.us/ccst-science-fellows-program/
This one-year salaried fellowship in California is open to PhDs from science, social science, and engineering backgrounds interested in working in science policy for a year (no policy experience required). Applications are due March 3 for a start date of Nov 3, 2025. Up to 15 positions available.
Please share with any people or emails lists that might be interested, and don’t hesitate to reach out with questions. More details for applicants are below. I'm also happy to connect potential applicants who have questions with fellows or alumni from similar backgrounds or fields of study.
Apply for the CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellowship!
Are you exploring career options where you can use your PhD to have a real world policy impact?
Consider applying for the CCST Science and Technology Policy Fellowship.
This salaried fellowship in California is open to PhDs from science, social science, and engineering backgrounds - no previous policy experience required! Spend a year working in the California State Legislature, State Agencies, or Offices of the Governor—guiding the future of California policy.
2025 CCST Fellows
Timeline
Applications due March 3, 2025, 11:59 pm PST
Next cohort starts Nov. 3, 2025 (early work opportunities available)
Eligibility
PhD in science, social science, or engineering field by Sept. 15, 2025
Eligible to work on a full-time basis for a US employer as a U.S. citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident, etc.
Compensation
Salary, paid-time off, health, dental, & vision benefits, relocation reimbursement, professional development funds
Application Materials
Application, Resume/CV, Statement of Purpose, Two Letters of Recommendation
Post-Fellowship Career Paths
Fellows alumni work in a variety of careers, mostly policy related, in state and federal government, nonprofits, academic institutions, federal laboratories, and more. Fellowship work can relate directly to their PhD, or be in completely new topics of interest.
*See Fellowship FAQ for more information.
Watch the informational webinar recording with recent fellows alumni on CCST's YouTube channel.
Deadline: March 3, 2025, 11:59 pm PT
Apply now!
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SPEAKS – Science to Policy Education: Activating Knowledge for Sustainable Transportation program
We are excited to announce that applications are now open for the SPEAKS – Science to Policy Education: Activating Knowledge for Sustainable Transportation program, an NSF-funded Graduate Student Research Traineeship (NRT) at UCR. This prestigious program provides STEM-focused UCR doctoral students the opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary research, education and professional development with a focus on sustainable transportation, public policy, and environmental justice.
- Eligibility: Open to incoming and current UCR Ph.D. students from a range of disciplines, including engineering, social science, environmental science, and public policy.
- Fellowships: One-year funded fellowships available for U.S. citizens, U. S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents. International students and students funded through other sources are welcome to participate as non-funded trainees.
Applications are being accepted through January 2025 for funding consideration. Detailed program and application information can be found on the SPEAKS website: www.cert.ucr.edu/speaks .
For questions or additional information, please feel free to reach out to:
Melissa Jaunal, SPEAKS Program Coordinator: mjaunal@cert.ucr.edu
Dr. Matthew Barth, SPEAKS Principal Investigator: barth@ece.ucr.edu
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Job Opportunities for Social Science, Policy & Evaluation Students
For Social Science, Policy & Evaluation Students
National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Program Assistant (Communications and Outreach), International Forum for Democratic Studies (IFDS), HERE.
- University of California San Francisco, Postdoctoral Fellowship - Tobacco Control Research, HERE.
- Summer Analyst Internship (Track Two: Internship to Full-Time Employment), HERE.
- Job Opportunities for Arts & Humanities Students
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Job Opportunities for Community & Global Health Students
For Community & Global Health Students
- Research Bioinformatician I - Department of Cardiology - Cheng Lab, HERE.
- ACL Digital, Public Health Specialist, HERE.
- Clinical Bioinformatics Scientist I / Pathology Research, HERE.
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Job Opportunities for Education Students
For Education Students
Assistant Principal for Student Life, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, HERE.
Adjunct Faculty -Department of Organizational Leadership and Communication, HERE.
- Job Opportunities for Information Systems & Technology Students
- Job Opportunities for Mathematical Sciences Students
