Fellowships and Other Support

UCLA has a variety of stipends and fellowships available, and we attempt to award financial assistance to as many graduate students as possible. After admission to the program, the Department appoints students to teaching and research assistantships; departmental traineeships; and University fellowships. All applicants, however, should apply for financial aid. You may do so in the Graduate Division's Application for Graduate Admission. Students should also investigate the opportunities for extramural funding (National Science, Ford Foundation grants, etc.)

DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS
UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIPS: This fellowship includes full payment of registration fees, health insurance, non-California tuition (if needed), a stipend of $20,000, and a commitment for three additional years of financial support through teaching or research assistantships (see below for details).

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS: Quarter-time and half-time positions (10 and 20 hours per week) are available throughout the academic year. The initial salary is $838 and $1,676 per month, respectively. Your health insurance and almost 100% of your Registration Fees will be covered automatically through your appointment.

RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS: Quarter- and half-time positions are available for the academic year. Pay is comparable to the Teaching Assistantships. Your health insurance and 100% of your Registration Fees will be covered automatically through your appointment. There is also the possibility of full-time work in the summer. Duties include aiding and conducting faculty research and performing your own research-related work.

DEPARTMENTAL TRAINEESHIPS: The departmental Traineeships provide stipends of $20,772, Registration Fees and tuition for non-residents.

GRADUATE DIVISION AWARDS
Self-nomination forms are included in the general Application for Graduate Admission.

EUGENE COTA ROBLES AWARD: This is a four year fellowship program which has historically supported a limited number of outstanding underrepresented students who are entering Ph.D. programs and are interested in a career in college or university teaching and research. During year 1, this fellowship provides a stipend of $18,000, Registration Fees, and Non-California Resident Tuition (if needed). The Graduate Division will also provide a second year of equivalent support (to be scheduled as appropriate in the second, third, or fourth year) in the form of a RA/Mentorship award. The Department will provide two years of support in the form of Teaching Assistantships. Students will receive the appropriate salary stated above. In addition, the Department will furnish Registration Fees during the two year period. Applicants must be either U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents and should demonstrate high potential and promise.

GRADUATE DIVISION SPECIAL FELLOWSHIPS: These fellowships are available to specific applicant populations. Please read Graduate Division Special Fellowships for detailed descriptions. Graduate students who can demonstrate strong research interests related to or of value to the medical field, for example, should consider applying for the Ursula Mandel Fellowship. For detailed descriptions, please visit the Graduate Division Special Fellowships website.

EXTRAMURAL FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
You are urged to investigate extramural sources of funding such as those listed below. Students who are truly competitive for admission to the UCLA Psychology Graduate Program should have an excellent chance of obtaining these awards even prior to admission to our program. The major extramural funding sources for psychology graduate students are the National Science Foundation, the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program (open to students in all areas except clinical), the Ford Foundation Minority Fellowship Program and the American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program. NSF and Ford Foundation fellowship programs have an early November deadline; APA has a December deadline. Check the Javits program website for their application deadline, as it had not been announced at the time of this printing. Note that all the fellowship programs listed above are multiple year fellowship programs, with Ford, Javits, and NSF providing three years of support.

The UCLA Graduate Division periodically publishes Graduate and Postdoctoral Extramural Support (www.gdnet.UCLA.edu/grpinst.htm), a publication that lists the fellowships most commonly awarded to UCLA students from non-UCLA sources. Refer to the following publications for additional fellowship listings: Annual Register of Grant Support, Financing Graduate School, Foundation Grants to Individuals, The Grants Register, Money for Graduate Students in the Sciences, and Peterson's Grants for Graduate and Postdoctoral Study.

FINANCIAL AID
UCLA's Financial Aid Office is responsible for administering financial support based on need. To obtain detailed information on loan programs, please read UCLA Financial Aid.