On-Campus Opportunities

Arts Dean’s Fund for Excellence and Equity - The Arts Dean’s Fund for Excellence and Equity (ADFEE) is dedicated to supporting the dissemination of student research. Qualifying projects must demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Arts Professional Pathways Internships Scholarship Fund is available to students who are hired into internships (off or on-campus) and need financial support for living or other related expenses (such as travel, or giving up other employment) during the period of their internship.

College Nine and Ten Student Project Funds (quarterly) - Applicants must be a member of one of the residential campuses.

Cowell College Student Project Fund (quarterly)

Crown Student Project Funds (quarterly) - Applicants must be a member of the residential campus.

Earth Futures Institute - The Earth Futures Institute was designed to focus world attention on the existential question of Earth’s future on the time scale of decades to a million years.

Humanities Institute Grants (multiple) - Check for regular and special funding opportunities available to students in the Arts.

Institute for Social Transformation Building Belonging Program - Social Science faculty apply for funding to work with undergrads majoring or minoring in a Social Science program.

Kresge College Student Scholarships and Grants (multiple) - Applicants must be a member of the residential campus. 

Merrill Student Special Project Funds (quarterly) - Applicants must be a member of the residential campus. 

Oakes College Rigoberta Menchú Scholarship (February) - Applicants must be a member of the residential campus. 

Oakes Student Project Grants (Fall and Spring quarters) - Applicants must be a member of the residential campus. 

Porter College Undergraduate Fellowships and Awards (multiple)
- Applicants must be a member of the residential campus.

Rachel Carson College Student Project Funding

Research Center for the Americas Undergraduate Research and Professional Development Award (rolling) - Supports undergraduates actively working in Chicano, Latino, Latin American, migration and/or human rights studies.

Research Center for the Americas Joel Frankel Memorial Award - Applications will be reviewed as they are received during the academic year with decisions made within 4-6 weeks of submission. The JFMA provides grants to support undergraduate field study projects in Latin America or in Spanish-speaking communities within the United States. While any UCSC undergraduate may apply, priority is given to Merrill College students, Latin American & Latino Studies majors and Politics majors focusing on Latin American and Latina/o issues, whose proposals reflect the founding spirit and vision that established the fund.

Rick Hooper Scholarship - Open to all UCSC undergraduate students in good academic standing, the Rick Hooper Scholarship is intended to fund travel expenses for any of the following purposes:

- Study at a college or university in an Arabic-speaking or Muslim-majority country
- An internship in peace and conflict resolution or human rights
- Study or work in Palestinian human rights issues

STARS Re-Entry Scholarship (April) - Funding support for transfer, re-entry, and veteran students.

Stevenson College Student Research Project Funding (quarterly) - Applicants must be a member of the residential campus.

Student Fee Advisory Committee Annual Funding (January) - The Student Services Fee was established as a supplement to tuition. The Student Services Fee exists to support the services and programs offered to students that are not a part of the core academic mission of the university.