BREN SCHOOL-BASED FELLOWSHIPS

The Bren School awards exceptional MESM and Ph.D. applicants some financial support in the form of fee payment, non-resident tuition payment, and/or stipends. This support is awarded on the basis of merit, and recipients generally have very high GPAs and GRE scores and show professional and/or academic promise.

To be eligible for Bren School support, your complete application must be received no later than January 10. No additional application is required.  All applicants are automatically considered for school-based fellowships.

School-based fellowships for MESM students are usually in the form of recruitment incentive awards (generally ranging from $2,000-$15,000), which provides incoming students financial support for their first year.

UCSB abides by the Council of Graduate School's resolution that prospective students are under no obligation to accept a financial award until April 15. For more information on this resolution, please see the Council of Graduate School's web site.

Fee Fellowship Program
UCSB provides money to the Bren School for fee fellowships for second-year MESM students. Students are invited to apply in spring quarter of their first year. Awards are made for one quarter of fee payment, and are made primarily on the basis of need.

Doris Duke Conservation Fellows Program

The Bren School is one of only eight university programs in the United States to host The Doris Duke Conservation Fellows Program. Founded in 1997, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and managed by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, the Fellows Program is the nation’s premier leadership development program for future conservation leaders pursuing master’s degrees in multidisciplinary environmental studies programs. The program provides funding to a select group of universities and/or institutions within them to support students who are enrolled in such programs at host universities and are committed to careers as practicing conservationists.

Each Doris Duke Conservation Fellowship provides up to $26,000 for fees, health insurance, and tuition (if applicable) for the 2nd year of the MESM program plus a $5,000 stipend to cover the cost of a summer internship. In addition, the School will receive $5,000 to enhance its career development program. Finally, Fellows will be eligible to compete for a small pool of funding to engage in self-initiated networking and career development activities. MESM students can apply during fall quarter of their first year in the program.

UCSB FELLOWSHIPS (Ph.D. only)

New Ph.D.Students
The Bren School Recruitment, Admissions, and Support (RAS) Committee can nominate exceptional Ph.D. applicants for competitive University-based fellowships sponsored by the Graduate Division. Information about these fellowships can be found in the graduate application and on the UCSB Graduate Division web site.

A committee of faculty from several departments on campus makes these awards based on each candidate's application materials and promise of productive scholarship. These prestigious fellowship packages are intended to advance the goals of increased excellence of and diversity within the graduate programs at UCSB.

To be eligible for nomination by the Bren School, you must submit a complete application package by the December 15 deadline. No additional application is required.   All applicants are automatically considered for nomination for University fellowships.

Continuing Ph.D. Students
Continuing Ph.D. students are also eligible for University fellowships. Students may apply directly for some of these awards, and the School can nominate students for others. The faculty committee awards the fellowships based on the level of a student's academic success, as measured by letters of recommendation, GPA, timely progress toward degree, publication of original research in scholarly journals, and presentation of research at scholarly meetings. All fellowship awards are highly competitive.

Please note that some fellowships require that you be a U.S. citizen to apply, while other fellowships accept applications from international students.

MESM students are not eligible.

The National Science Foundation's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program in Economics and Environmental Science

Housed within the Bren School, the Economics and Environmental Science (EES) Ph.D. training program provides multi-year fellowships for Ph.D. students from UCSB's Department of Economics and/or the Bren School to study economics and environmental science in a truly multidisciplinary fashion.

To be eligible for this fellowship, you must submit a complete application package by the December 15 deadline. No additional application is required.

More detailed information on this fellowship program can be found on the EES web site.

OTHER FUNDING SOURCES

There are numerous public and private fellowships and scholarships available to graduate students. The Graduate Division has a list of resources for extramural funding on its web site. In addition, a variety of directories describing sources of funding and research opportunities are also available in the library

Extramural Funding

There are many private and governmental fellowships that fund graduate students' education. Locating them just take a little detective work, either online or in the library. The link above contains a list of some extramural fellowships for master's and Ph.D. students in the environmental field.

World Wildlife Federation Fellowships for International Students

The Russell E. Train Fellowships, managed by the WWF-Education for Nature program are awarded to graduate applicants from selected countries who are iinterested in conservation.  Information about application procedures and eligibility requirements can be found on the WWF-EFN web site (linked above).