Chancellor's Prize Recipients Activating Summer Mentorship Funding

Chancellor's Prize Program

The Chancellor's Prize is a supplementation award of up to $10,000 -- available in two options -- provided by the Graduate Division to augment a department's multi-year offer to highly recruited entering academic doctoral students. Chancellor's Prize recipients are the most highly recruited students admitted into the department.

Option 1: The Graduate Division provides a $5,000 stipend for 2008-2009 and a 2009 Chancellor's Prize Summer Mentorship award in the amount of $5,000.

Option 2: The Graduate Division provides a 2009 Chancellor's Prize Summer Mentorship award in the amount of $5,000 and a 2010 Chancellor's Prize Summer Mentorship award in the amount of $5,000.

Activation Procedures for Chancellor's Prize Summer Mentorship Award

Summer support is not automatically disbursed. Students and their departments are responsible for activating the award by following the procedures detailed below

Student's Responsibility

To activate their summer support, Chancellor's Prize recipients must submit the following to their department by April 1, 2009:

Chancellor's Prize Summer Mentorship Activation Form (iPDF-179KB)

Department's Responsibilities

View the Encumbrance database on the Graduate Division Intranet to see if your department has Chancellor's Prize recipients who are scheduled to activate their summer award.

By April 6, 2009 the department submits a copy of the student's Chancellor's Prize Summer Mentorship Activation Form to Liz Taylor in the Graduate Division Office of Outreach, Diversity, & Fellowships; 1252 Murphy Hall, 141901.

This is to ensure that the student's summer funding has been activated by the department.

For Further Information Contact

Liz Taylor at ltaylor@gdnet.ucla.edu or (310) 825-3623.