Purpose
The UC Merced Community, Labor and Immigration Graduate Fellowship is designed to support labor research and education in the San Joaquin Valley.
The Community, Labor and Immigration Fellow will be placed with the UC Merced Community and Labor Center. The fellow will contribute research, education and public service on major center projects.
The fellowship is designed to financially support PhD graduate students who lack work authorization and are excluded from University of California employment. The fellowship will allow recipients to pursue their graduate degree and career goals.
The award is based on research experience in the center’s major areas of immigration, rural work, occupational health, and economic development.
This fellowship is available to all California residents. It is renewable for up to five years total for each recipient.
EXTENDED Application Deadline: February 28, 2023
Eligibility Requirements
1. All nominees must be Ph.D. applicants entering their first year of graduate study; or currently enrolled in 12 units in one of the graduate programs
2. Good academic standing
3. Research experience in any of the center’s major areas
4. Lack work authorization and excluded from University of California employment
Support
Recipients will receive a fellowship of $42,000, paid monthly over a twelve-month academic year period plus payment of Graduate Fees (Resident Tuition, Non-Resident Supplemental Tuition (if applicable), Student Services Fee and Health Services Fee), in their first year of study, with the possibility of renewal.
