Ford Foundation Minority Doctoral Fellowships. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies. Open to seniors or recent graduates who wish to begin their graduate work in preparation for a career of teaching and scholarship. Jacob K. Javits Fellowships. This program offers up to four years of support for graduate study at either the doctoral or Master of Fine Arts level in a selected field of the arts, humanities, or social sciences.
Eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
The University actively seeks to increase the enrollment of underrepresented women and minority students by providing an ongoing program of outreach activities and services. Asian Americans, Latinos, and nonminority women are targeted in disciplines in which they are underrepresented among University of California graduate students. Students of color will find academic and social support in the numerous student organizations on campus, including Graduate Students of African Descent, Graduate Students de la Raza, and the American Indian Graduate Student Association. The Graduate Opportunity Program also serves as a resource for financial assistance, retention issues, information networking, and outreach designed to increase the enrollment and graduation of underrepresented minority students. GOP Awards and other Diversity Fellowships were originally established to promote access to graduate education for underrepresented groups of students.