Scholarships

The Division of Undergraduate Education maintains a listing of scholarships and fellowships for UCSC students. Campus application deadlines are approaching for the following opportunities. For more information contact Undergraduate Honors and Awards Coordinator, ugrdhnrs@ucsc.edu.

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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 2011;
• not have studied for, or hold a degree or degree-equivalent qualification from a British university.

CAMPUS APPLICATION DEADLINE: closed; September annually
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

Truman Scholarship
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation supports the graduate education and professional development of outstanding young people committed to public service leadership.

• Apply with junior standing/third year
• Commit to work in oublic service for three years
• Strong academic and community service record

CAMPUS APPLICATION DEADLINE: closed; January annually
AWARD AMOUNT: $30,000 funding for graduate degree (masters, doctorate, professional)
WEBSITE: https://truman.gov

Donald A. Strauss Scholarship
The Donald A. Strauss Scholarship Foundation allows students to pursue a public service project during their junior or senior year. The scholarship provides $10,000 for expenses of the public service project and for some tuition, fees, books, room and board. The Foundation will award scholarships to full-time students who have:

• demonstrated an interest in public service.
• outstanding leadership potential.
• developed and can demonstrate effective communication skills.
• the desire to "make a difference” in local, regional, national or international communities.
• one or two years remaining until graduation.
• a GPA in the upper 1/3 of their class.
• submitted an innovative, original, public service proposal.

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. WEBSITE: http://www.iie.org/nsep/

Advising and administration for this program is through the International Education Office. Please contact Alice Hancock at ahancock@ucsc.edu.

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 2016-2017 U.S. Fulbright Student competition opens on May 1, 2015. WEBSITE: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html

Advising and administration for this program is through the International Education Office. Please contact Alicia Haley at amhaley@ucsc.edu.

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 OR must have been admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident and must have maintained, and be expected to maintain, legal status as a lawful permanent resident. 
• An applicant, by October 1 in the year of application must be at least 18 but not yet 24 years of age. (In 2017, applicants will be eligible who were born after October 1, 1993 and on or before October 1, 1999.)
• An applicant must have achieved academic standing sufficiently advanced to assure completion of a bachelor’s degree before October 1 in the year of admission to Oxford.

CAMPUS APPLICATION DEADLINE: closed
AWARD AMOUNT:  Tuition fees and stipend.
WEBSITE: http://www.rhodesscholar.org/