Financial Support

Prospective and current graduate students should refer to the UCI Office of Graduate Studies for Financial Aid Information.

Internal Fellowships and Grants for History Graduate Students

Schaeffer Fellowship Program in Creative Non-Fiction
The Schaeffer Fellowships in Creative Non-Fiction are designed to support exceptionally talented students interested in pursuing professional writing within the rigorous context of a Ph.D. program at the University of California, Irvine. Schaeffer Fellowships are available in either the Department of English or the Department of History. For more information please click here

UCI Humanities Center: Individual Research Grants

UCI Humanities Center: Collaborative Projects

UCI International Center for Writing and Translation: International Travel Grants
UCI Summer International Travel Grants offer support to UCI Humanities graduate students pursuing research and creative writing projects that require international travel. Grants are offered each spring quarter by open and competitive call.

External Fellowships and Grants

In addition, our graduate students have been very succeful in obtaining external grants and fellowships. Below is a list of fellowships & grants awarded to UCI History Graduate Students.

American Geographical Society: John S. Best Library Fellowship

Association of University Women Educational Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

Centre for the Study of Culture and Society

Ford Foundation Dissertation Diversity Fellowship

Fulbright-Hays: Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad

Haynes Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

Fullbright Scholarship

Harvard-Yenching Foundation

Huntington Fellowship

Social Science Research Council: International Dissertation Research Fellowship

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships

Middlekauff and Mayers Fellowship from the Huntington Library

UC Berkeley Institute for European Studies

Teaching and Research Assistantships
Teaching Asssitantships, Readers and Research Assistantships represent a second major source of funding available only to graduate students. Typically, these assistantships support UCI faculty with their undergraduate teaching and principal research responsibilities in return for compensation. At UCI, the most commonly paid assistantship positions are: Teaching Assistant (aka TA), Reader, and Graduate Student Researcher (aka GSR or GSAR). For more information click here.