April 19, 2023
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The following is being sent on behalf of Michael Miller, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education
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Dear Colleagues,
We are writing to ask for your continued assistance in sharing information on national scholarship opportunities for UCSB’s top undergraduate students, in all colleges. In particular, we wish to highlight the following upcoming event:
UCSB National Scholarships General Info Webinar
10:00AM, Thursday, May 11, 2023
Join virtually: Zoom Meeting Link
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Faculty and students will learn what defines a nationally competitive scholarship, hear from recent undergrad recipients on their experience applying, and get tips for successful merit-based scholarship applications.
Faculty participation has always been essential to our students’ success in national scholarship competitions, but it is even more critical as we emerge out of a pandemic where our students have faced increased challenges in connecting with potential mentors and participating in campus research and activities. We hope that you will continue to ask members of your department to review these unique scholarships and fellowships, and encourage our most outstanding and qualified students to apply.
Faculty efforts in identifying and supporting stellar applicants were critical in UCSB's success in recent competitions, including our Churchill Scholarship recipient in 2020-21 and recent Goldwater recipients in 2021-22 and 2022-23. Additional recipients of nationally competitive scholarships can be found on our website.
Faculty members who are interested in taking a more active role in our campus selection process can write to Associate Dean Xiaojian Zhao <xiaojian@ucsb.edu>, chair of the selection committee.
Nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships of note with deadlines in the coming year include:
- Beinecke Scholarship (graduate school in HFA/SS disciplines)
- Boren Scholarship (language study abroad in areas of critical need)
- Carnegie Junior Fellows Program (international policy internship in DC)
- Fulbright Student Program (English Teaching Assistant or Open Study/Research programs abroad globally)
- Goldwater Scholarship (undergraduate STEM research)
- Churchill Scholarship (graduate level STEM research at Cambridge, UK)
- Marshall Scholarship (graduate study in the UK)
- Mitchell Scholarship (graduate study in Ireland)
- Knight-Hennessey Scholarship (graduate study and global leadership program at Stanford)
- Strauss Scholarship (scholarship & grant funding public service project)
- Truman Scholarship (public policy/service, graduate/professional school)
- Udall Scholarship (environment/conservancy, native health care, or tribal policy)
Our successes have taught us that competitive applications require months of preparation, so it is critical for students to plan far in advance. Xiaojian Zhao, Associate Dean and Chair of the National Scholarships Faculty Selection Committee, and Nick Alward-Saxon, Executive Assistant to the AVC, are available to assist student applicants and coordinate campus endorsements.
Students who are interested in applying for a national scholarship should make an appointment to see Nick or Xiaojian by writing to: scholarships@ltsc.ucsb.edu
For detailed information on the many nationally competitive scholarships that require campus endorsement, see our website:
http://duels.ucsb.edu/academics/scholarships/endorsement
We look forward to working with you and helping our students to achieve even greater success in nationally competitive scholarship and fellowships.
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Michael Miller
Interim Dean of Undergraduate Education, College of Letters & Science
Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education
Glenn Beltz
Associate Dean
College of Engineering
Timothy Sherwood
Interim Dean
College of Creative Studies